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REV. CHARLES C. BOYER. PH. D.
ICE-PRINCIPAL STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, KUT2TOWN. PENNSYLVANIA
AUTHOR OF "GENERAL HISTORY WAYMARKS," "MODERN
METHODS OF TEACHING." ETC.
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REV. CHARLES CLINTON BOYER. Ph. D. '^
AUTHOR
Chapter IX, Page 247
COPYRIGHT 1915
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Preface ^
Introduction vu
Boyer Immigrants . ., ii
Revolutionary Soldiers, etc ^4
Family-tree Chapters 21 — 529
The Living Boyers ^ . . . . . 530
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PREFACE
The desir'-. to know one's ancestry is surely natural. Such knowl-
edge should help to explain many thing's that otherwise remain myster-
ies in personal development. The writer believes that a knowledge of
relationship — especially the relation of large numbers — produces a sense
of large responsibility. Such a multitude as that of the An\erican
Boyers will feel that they ought to be a ])ower for good in the world.
And this feeling will connect itself with the desire for a better educa-
tion and closer church connections. Then, too, the achievements of our
ancestors in vocations and professions will surely stimulate the coming
generations of Boyers to do still better in 'all the walks of life. The
religious fervor of our earliest forebears, the patriotic part they played
in the history of American freedom and American defence and Amer-
ican union, should be cherished in our memories forever and prompt
us to maintain unstained the fair fame of our name. The heads of
families should lu^ge sons and daughters to study this fair past, to re-
vere it, to add new glory.
The difficulties of the genealogist are numerous and sometimes in-
superable. The writer began his researches by visiting the oldest liv-
ing Boyers and by a country-wide correspondence. The labor and ex-
pense of such an undertaking was often a serious matter. To make
things worse, it was often quite impossible to secure replies from those
who did not understand the purposes and values of the undertaking. As
a result, many records will be ft)un(l quite incomplete, much to the
chagrin of the writer, and probably to the sorrow of many worthy
people. Among the valuable sources of information in the identifica-
tion of Boyers with their particular ancestral tree, are Church Records,
Bibles, Wills, Deeds, Tax Lists, Tombstone Inscriptions, County His-
tories, Ship Lists, etc., many of which the writer has examined per-
sonally. In other cases he secured such records through correspond-
ents who often went to much trouble to secure data. The writer is
greatly indebted to more than fifty enthusiastic co-workers, and credit
is given them in the chapters to which they have so nobly contributed.
Probably the records could never have been completed as far as we have
them had it not been for yearly reunions since 1904, At the first of
these reunions, held at New Jerusalem, by the descendants of George
Philip Bayer, the historian was formally elected, and the later reunions
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organized. The first president of tlie association was Charles B. Boyer,
of Tatamy, Pa. His venerable father, Abraham Boyer, of Schofer's,
Pa., was the first treasurer, and his son-in-law, Mr. J. L. Druniheller,
of Reading-, Pa., became the first, and thus far the only secretary. This
secretary deserves very great credit, lie wrote our constitution and
by-laws almost bodily. To him also we owe our incorporation by char-
ter. He secures most of the talent for our reunion prog^rams, collects
yearly dues, sends us notices, etc. His services have been an inspiration
to all. To cap the climax, it must be said that the Boyer book c<iuld
not have been published had not the Board of Directors bravely assumed
the expense of publication, believing- of course that the association would
ratify the decision and support the undertaking in every way.
The historian is grateful to the multitude of correspondents and
friends through whose co-operation the records have been completed,
and trusts that the lxx)k may serve its purposes. The chapters have
been arrang-ed somewhat in the order of the arrival of immigrant an-
cestors. Many of the shorter chapters undoubtedly belong to the larger
but incomplete chapters. Where the ancestral family-tree could not be
found, the reports of correspondents had to be recorded as completely
as possible.
The reader will probably find the Introduction, the Revolutionary
Roster, and the Ship List very useful. The book closes -^'ith a brief
address to the Living Boyers, explaining liow each one of them may
find himself and relatives through the chapter numbers near the close
of the announcement postal cards of 1916. The writer regrets the
necessity of dealing so briefly with individuals, and of confining the
records largely to the masculine descendants.
It is hoped that the living Boyers of each ancestral line may agree
upon some one as historian, and that reunion organizations may be
fostered wherever possible. The writer of this volume trusts that births,
marriages, deaths, change of address, etc., may be reported t?) him or
the general secretary. We hope to continue our researches as long as
necessary.
With the additional notification that a copy of this volume will be
placed in the State Libraries at Harrisburg, I'a., .Columbus, Ohio,
Springfield, 111., Richmond, Va., JefTerson City, Mo., the Library of the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and the National
Library, at Washington, D. C, we offer the book to its readers.
CHARLES C. BOYER.
State Normal School,
KuTZTowN, Pa.
April 21, 1915.
INTRODUCTION
In Jie year 58 B. C, Julius Caesar conquered the ilelvetians an(i
their allies, among whom were the Celtic Boii of Cisalpine (iaul. These
])oii (See Section 28, LJook I, Caesar's Commentaries) had won the ad-
miration of tlie great conqueror, and he allowed them to settle in the
land of the Aedui, other allies of the Ilelvetians. "They later anigrateil
to Bohemia, to which and to Bavaria they gave their name" ( See page
166, Vol. IX, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia). "The Bavarians
take their name from the Boii, a Celtic trihe who inhahited the ilistricts
which, when concjuered by the Romans, became the Roman ])rovinces
of N'^indelicia and Noricum. After the fall of the Western Empire this
territory was overrun by various Germanic tribes who formed them-
selves into a confederation like that of -the Franks and Alarcomamii
and called themselves Boiarii. The confederacy of the Boiarii was
made tributary first to the Ostrogoths and then to the Franks. 1^'inally
the sovereignty over them was assumed by Charlemagne, and on the
death of that monarch the kings of the Franks and Germans governed
it by their lieutenants, who bore the title of margrave, afterward con-
verted into that of a duke, and latterly (1623) into that of elector." (See
"Bavaria," Vol. II, The Americana).
The descendants of these Boiares have become intimately identified
with the land and history of Germany, France, England, etc. In Aus-
tria the name is spelled Boiar; in Germany it is Bayer, Baier, Beyer,
Beier, Byer, etc. ; in France it is most often Boyer ; in England Bovvyer.
It is interesting to know that Nonnandy furnished William the Con-
queror a number of Boyer soldiers for the battle of Hastings (1066),
and that those who thus became a part of England became distinguished
enough to furnish a dozen or more coats of arms. Religious persecu-
tion beginning in the 16th Century under the r)Ourbons and ending in
wholesale emigration caused many French Huguenots to llee to Holland,
Switzerland, England, etc. Thus it came about that some Boyers were
in the army of William of Orange in the battle of the Boyne (i6<)o) in
Ireland. Those who settled in Ireland — and perhaps Scotland — spell the
name with an "s," namely Boyers, and are generally Presbyterian. The
Boyers have a large place in the history of France. "Several branches
belong to the nobility. Many have been distinguished as ministers, sol-
diers, [ph) .-icians, statesmen, etc. | A notable example was the late
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Cardinal Jean Pierre Boyer (1829-1896), Archbishop of IJourgcs. Prince
I.ucien Bonaparte, a brother of the j^reat Napoleon, incurred the hitter's
displeasure by marrying- a beautiful girl named Boyer. Many of this
name were Huguenots." (See Stapleton's Memorials of the Huguetiots
in America, page 54). The iJoyer historian has examined many city
directori'.. in Germany, France, England, and other F.uroi)ean countries,
and finds many Boyers in all the important walks of life.
The Boyers began to come to America as early as 1648. In that
year Alexander Boyer, a Huguenot, was Dei)uty Commissary of the
Colony. Me was a man of great prominence (vSee Staj^leton's Memor-
ials). For half a century very few came. The Revocation of the Edict
of Nantes (1685) by Louis XIV, it is estimated, caused 500,000 Hugue-
nots to leave France, many of them coming through Holland and Eng-
land to different parts of America. Some of them settled at Ricj de
Janeiro, Brazil ; some at I^ort Royal, Nova Scotia ; some at Charleston,
S. C. ; some in Virginia, where indeed we find a few English Bowyers
soon after John Smith's arrival ; some in Boston, Mass. ; some in Rhode
Island, vind elsewhere; and many in Pennsylvania. Those who came
to Pennsylvania were mostly from I^alatinate Bavaria, on the river Rhine.
(See Vol. 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives, for ship lists, and
Dr. Stapleton's Memorials, for naturalized Boyers in the different coun-
ties of Pennsylvania.) These Pennsylvania Boyers, as we learn from
Rupp's Histories, were closely related. They have identified themselves
with every state in the Union. Large numbers live in Canada.
The Palatinates who settled in America spoke German very like
the Germans of Nuremberg, Bavaria, today, but with large admi.xtures
of the Dutch language of Holland. This unique form of speech has be-
come known as "Pennsylvania Dutch" probably because it was in Penn-
sylvania that so large a majority of these Palatinates settled. The fact
that the Pennsylvania Boyers soon very generally gave up the Germanic
spelling of their name for the French spelling shows the feeling with
which, in spite of the religious and political evils which had exiled
them to America, they still felt the French blood in their veins.
The induence of the German Reformation on the Palatinates is
seen in the fact that nearly all of the Pennsylvania Boyers were Luth-
erans. Some of them were Mennonites, Baptists, etc. The Huguenot
immigrants generally allied themselves with the Reformed Church ; the
English Bowyers of the Southern States, with the Church of England
anil the Methodists, while those who settled in Canada and the far West
or the far Smith commonly held to the Catholic Church.
The number of Boyers who served the cause of American inde-
pendence from England is astonishing, as the Pennsylvania Archives
AMERICAN BOYERS ix
and Colonial records show. The roster of Revolutionary soldiers will
be found in the present volume, pages 14-19.
Among the interesting facts of the JJoyer history is the use of "coats
of arms," of which there are more than a dozen, some of them French,
others English, and .still others German. .\ full study of these arms
would involve us deeply in "I leraldr\-," for wliich this volume is hardly
meant. I'ut we must try to set forth in the very hriefest v/ay the gen-
eral signiheance of at least three coats of arms. ( 1 ) The crest adoi)ted
by the Association of American IJoyers early in the development of
their keunions is a French t\pe. The upper third of the shield is silver
vvliitc, signifying light, brightness, joy. The rest of the shield is sky-
blue, the complement of white, signifying hope, courage, fidelity. The
repetition of these (pialities in the smaller shield imbedded in a star is
very emphatic. The star evidently signifies the strong desire to live in
light, night as well as day. The French lily, "Fleur de lis," within the
i- tar-imbedded shield, evidently shows the intimate connection of the
i^)0yers d'Eguilles widi the throne. The whole scheme is one of dignity
and recognized loyalty. {2) The German crest belongs to the family
of Frederick Bayer (Chapter 45) who settled in York County, T'enn-
sylvania, having come from the neighborhood of Leipsic, Germany. It
is a large watch-dog at rest in a big heart. The meaning is very evi-
dent. This family had served some lord or king so faithfully in his
fortress or palace that the lord or king trusted the man or family abso-
lutely— with a big heart. A book on German Heraldry probably con-
tains the record and explanation of this particular crest. (3) An Eng=
lish coat of arms, a reprint of which Attorney Otis Bowyer, (Chapter i)
of Baird, Texas, sent the writer — one of a dozen or more on record —
consists of a drawn bow and a startled stag. The French Boyers who
came into England with tlie Norman con(|uest were evidently archers
of reputation, who ha*! doue noteworthy service and who had thus been
permitted to record their honor.
The description of the crest adopted by the Association of^Amer-
ican Boyers and belonging to the Boyer d'Eguilles of France is found
on page 317, Plate 45, of "The Nouveau Traite Historique et Arch-
ologigue de la Vraie et Parfaite Science des Armories," published 1856.
This volume is to be found in the State Library at Harrisburg, Pa., and
in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, whose building is located
on Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
BOOKS OF REFERENCE
1. History of Bohemia By Count Lietzow.
(i) Origin of the Boyers.
2. Memoirs of the Duchess of Arbantes.
(2) Connections with Napoleon Bonaparte.
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3. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.
4. Americana.
5. Britannica.
6. Books of Heraldry.
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THE IMMIGRANT BOYERS
We learn from the Archives, as recorded in the chapter on the
Bowyers of the South that there were at least several Bowyers or Boyers
in the colonies soon after the settlement had been made. This was true
especially of Virginia and Delaware and Bennsylvania and New York
State. It is rather disappointing- to find that masters of ships bringing
immigrants did not always report passengers by name, or that such re-
ports have been lost. Records not lost have been pretty fully reported
in Volume 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives, and this volume
is to be found in almost any Public Library or State Library. The his-
torian has not been able to follow all these immigrants, but he has fully
recorded the descendants of other immigrants. not found in these ship-
lists. The following" data may be of interest to our readers. They are
nearly all from Palatinate Germany.
1. Jacob Beyer, settler in Lancaster County, Pa., came 171 2.
2. Johann Heinrich Beyer, settler in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks
Co., Pa., came 1728, from the Schoharie colony of New York State.
3. Jacob Bayer, arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 11, 1728, on
the ship James Goodwill.
4. Christopher Bayer, with his sons Andrew and Menry, together
with his nephew George, and a relative, John Philip Beyer, and their
wives, arrived at Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1731, on the shij) Pennsylvania
^Merchant. They settled in Frederick Twp., Montg. Co., Pa.
5. John Jacob Bayer age 33, John Adam Beyer, aged 30, Joseph
Beyer, aged 19, and four children, arrived at Phihulelphia, Sept. 21, 1731,
from London, England, on the ship Brittania. Hvidently Palatinates.
6. Valentine Bayer and wife Anna, together with John Christopher
Bayer and wife Anna, arrived at Philadelphia, Sept. 19, 1732, on the
ship Johnson. John Christopher settled in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa.
7. John Adam Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1733, on
the ship Brigantine Pennsylvania Merchant.
8. Hans Melchior Beyer, 21 years of ,age, arrived at Philadelphia,
Pa-, Sept. I, 1736, on the ship Hark*: On the same ship came Dewalt
Beyer.
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9. Wilhelm Beyer, together with Peter Bier, aged 21, and Albert
Biers, aged 28, arrived Sept. 30, 1737, on the ship Samuel.
10. John George Beyer arrived Oct. 31, 1737, on the ship William.
11. Andreas Beyer, aged 57, together with John Philip, aged 29,
John Jacob, aped 22, Philip, aged 20, and Martin, aged 18, arrived at
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 5, 1738, on the ship Winter Galley. They set-
tled in Berks antl Carbon Counties.
12. Jacob Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 2-j, 1738, on the
ship St. Andrew.
13-^ John Beyer, 19 years old, arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Aug.
-7' 1739. on the ship Samuel.
14. Nicholas Beyer arrived at I'hiladelphia, Pa., Sept. 27, 1740,
on the ship Lydra.
15. Jacob Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 26, 1741, on
the ship St. Mark.
16. John Nicholas Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 23,
1 741, on the ship Marlborough.
17. Leonard Beyer, aged 27, arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., October
17, 1 74 1, on the ship Molly.
18. Jacob Beyer and Philip Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa.,
Sept. 2, 1743, on the ship Loyal Judith.
19. Philip Bayer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 30, 1741, on
the ship Phoenix.
20. Andrew Beyer arriMed at Philadelphia, Pa., with George
Beyer, 0(^t. 9, 1747, on the ship Restauration.
21. Peter Beier and Peter Beier, Jr., arrived at Philadelphia, Pa.,
Sept. 15, 1748, on the sliip Two brothers.
22. Carlos Boyer, aged iS, arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 16,
1748, on the ship Patience.
23. Johann Philip Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., from Er-
bach, Wurtemberg, Germany, Sept. 2, 1749, on the ship Albany.
24. Hans Michael Beyer and Johan Adam Bayer arrived at Phila-
delphia, Pa., Aug. 13, 1750, on the ship Bennett Galley.
25. Johannes Beyer and Johannes Beyer, Jr., arrived at Philadel-
phia, Pa., Aug. 13, 1750, on the ship Edinburgh.
2(j. George Friederick Bayer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 3,
1750, on the ship Brotherhood.
2^. Johann Conrad Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 5,
1751, on the shij) Shirley.
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28. Baltes Be)er and Job Geort:,^ Friecicrich Dayer arrived at
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 25, 1752, on the ship Phoenix.
29. Johanu Jacob Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 15,
1752, on the ship Two Brothers.
30. John Georg- Friederich Bayer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa.,
Sept. 2"], 1752, on the ship Nancy.
31. Joseph Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 8, 1752, on
the ship T^ouisa.
32. Jacob Beyer arrived at r'hiladelphia, Pa., Sept. 24, 1754, on
the ship Neptune.
33. Leonhart Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Oct. 5, I7()7, on the
ship Sally-
34. Jacob P>eier arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 17, 1771, on the
ship Minerva.
35. Caspar Beyer arrived at I'hiladelphia, Pa., Nov. 19, 1771, on
the ship Tiger.
36. Friederich Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 16, 1772,
on the ship Crawford.
37. Nicholas Ba3^er and Friedericii Bayer arrived at Philadelphia,
Pa., Sept. 30, 1774, on the ship Union.
38. John Nicolaus Beyer arrived at Philadelphia, April 17, 1804,
on the ship Indostan.
REVOLUTIONARY ROSTER
A very large number of Boyers served the cause of American
Independence as soldiers in the Revohitionary War. The vohimes of
the Fifth Series and of the Sixth Series, Pennsylvania Archives, record
most enlistments from Pennsylvania. In most cases' enough details arc
recorded in connection with such enlistments to make identitications pos-
sible. Among these details are the county — .and sometimes the town-
ship— from which the soldier enlisted, the years of service, the company,
regiment, rank, etc. These Archives are indexed, so that any one in-
terested in the matter can readily find the pages referring to somebody
in question. These Archives are to be found in the public libraries of
3uch larger cities as Reading, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, etc. The his-
torian has gone through the details of the Archives, and has identified
many soldiers, as will be found in the various chapters. The living
Boyers will thus be able to know whether or not they are entitled to join
.such associations as the Daughters and Sons of American Revolution.
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ROSTER OF SOLDIERS OF 1812
The Boyers who served in the War of i8i 2-1814 against luiglaml,.
and in 1845 ag'ainst Mexico, have also been recorded in the I'ennsyl-
vania Archives and tlie Archives of other states. A big" vokmie might
be written on the Boyers who were soldiers in the Civil War, some ca
the side of the North, others on the side of tlie South.
The following- record includes only those suldiers that \vere suf-
ficiently described for purposes of identification :
Abraham Boyer Rockland Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Pages 13n, I'ilA, Vo\. D
Andrew Byer.s SU, k;g, \'u'.. S
Christian Boyers York County 1111, Vol. !.»
Daniel Boyer Richmond Twp., Berks Co., Pa. 1311. 1;;14. \ol. '.»
David Boyer Amityvillo, l'.erks Co., Pa. 11J9, IIM, Vol. ',♦
David Boyer Philadelphia and County yij, Vol. 7
Frederick Boyer Carlisle, Pa., Corporal 423, Vol. 7 and f*
Gabriel Boyer Philadelphia and County G7, Vol. 7
George Boyer Reading, Pa., Lieutenant 1177, 1180, Vol. H
■George P. Buyers Sunbury, Pa. (?) 201, \'ol. 7
George Boyer York Co., Pa. First Lieutenant 80I, Vol. 8
Henry Boyer Bucks and Montg. Co.,, Pa. 115, Vol. 7
Henry Boyer Oxford, Chester Co., Pa. llifiy, Vol. '.>
Henry Boyer Lebanon Rangei'' 372, 3 99, Vol. 7
Henry Boyer York Co., Pa. Second Lieut. i:;i8, 13G7, Vol. i»
Jacob Byers Indiana, Pa. 141, \'ol. 7
John Boyers York Co., Pa. 1405, Vol. 9
John Boyer Berks Co., Pa. 1018, Vol. 9
John Boyer Bucks and 'Montg. Co., Ensign 109, Vol. 7
John Boyer Schu>lkill Co., Pa. 1022, Vol. 9
John Boyer Rockland Twp., Berks Co., Pa. 1212, etc., Vol. 9
Enlisted Aug. 2S, 1814
John Boyer Oley, Berks Co., Pa. 1222, etc., Vol. 9
Joseph Boyer Bucks and Montg. Co., Pa. 113, Vol. 7
Joshua Byers 26, Vol. 8
Michael Beyer Cumberland and Franklin Cos., Pa. 4 56, Vol. 7
Nicholas Boyer Philadelphia and County, Pa. 38, Vol. 7
Paul Eoyer Lebanon Co., Pa. 845, Vol. 8
Peter Byers VVe.vtmoreland Co., Pa. 710, Vol. 7
Philip Boyer U|>per Mahaatonga, Schuylkill C9., Pa. 1264, Vol. 9
Samuel Boyer Union Co., Pa. 151, Vol. 9
Samuel Boyer Richmond Twp.. Berks Co., Pa. 1228, etc.. Vol. 9
Samuel Boyer Manhcim Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa. 13G1, etc., Vol. 9
William Boyer Dauphin ^o., Pa. 849, Vol. 9
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CHAPTER I
MICHAEL BOWYER
The Records of Augusta County, Virginia, show, as Judge Otis
BowN'er, of Jiaird, Texas, reports, tliat "John I'uwyer was appointed
guariHan in 1761 of ].<uke luAV\er, (iri)lian of ^^lichael IJowyer." This
record, by showing tliat Aiichael l>owyer (Ued about 1761, shows also that
he may have been born about 1700; especially when we remember the
tradition that he left 12 chiklren. At this writing we can not tell how
he came to Augusta County, Virginia, nor do we know to whom he was
married. Eucien Crockett, grandson of Colonel Henry Bowyer, wrote
Judge Otis Bowyer years ago that "the family was certainly French ; lied
to England, where they remained several centuries, and the name became
anglicized; and they then came to Virginia." They may be the Bowyers
who came in connection with tlie Jcjlm Smith settlement of Jamestown.
The immediate descendants of Michael I'owyer were Episcopalians. Jt is
almost certain that "John Bowyer appointed guardian of Luke iiowyer
orphan of Michael Bow)er," was a brother of Michael, though he may
liave been Luke's brother. General John Bowyer, for Michael's son
Michael was born in 1730, and liis son John may have been a little older
cr a little younger.
The State Library at Harrisburg contains two books that seem to
throw light on the subject. In the first one, "Lists of Emigrants to
America ( 1600-1700)," it is recorded c,,^ page 121 that Daniell Bowyer,
30 years old, came on the ship "George," Aug. 21, 1635, and joined the
Virginia settlement. On page 119, it is recorded that Thomas Bowyer,
19 years old, came the same year on the ship "Globe," and joined the
Virginia settlement, in the other book, "Early Virginia Emigrants ( 1623-
KjiX)/' it is recorded (page 40-41) that Andrew Boyer came in 1635,
William Boyer in 1636, Stephen lioyer in 1652, and Henry Bowyer in
1653. All these immigrants may be relatives — it is wholly likely that
they were — even if the names are not all spelled with the "w." It seems
very ])robable that those who came in 1635 were related, and that Henry
Bowyer, who came in 1653, was of the same stock as Daniel and Thomas.
The liistorian is inclined to believe that the Thomas of 1635, or the Henry
of 1653, is the ancestor of the people recorded in the present chaptt-r.
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2 2 ■ AMERICAN BOYERS
Whether tlie Bowycrs of America, for wlioni the liistorian can not account
in other chapters, heloni^" to tliis Virginia settlement, or not, may be diffi-
cult to ascertain.
Who the twelve children of Michael Bowyer, father of the ori)haned
Luke, were has not been completely found, nor whether they all qrew up,
but the following sons are certain, namely, Mi.chael, Thomas, William,
and John. Two others, namely, James and Stephen, seem fairly certain.
B (i) Captain Mich.ael Bowyer, son of Michael Bowyer and wife,
was born in 1730, perha[)S in Aut;usta County, Virginia, and died in 1809,
at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. A small man, dark complex-
ion. Episcopalian and a vestryman. Very fine character. Practised law
at Staunton, Virginia. Soldier of the 12th Virginia, under Colonel Wood
(See Heitman's Register). Served on the Conmiittee that reported the
famous memorial of the freeholders of Augusta County, Virginia, Feb-
ruary 1775, and was a member of the House of Delegates under the New
Constitution. In 1784 he purchased from Mrs. Kate Carpenter, widow of
Nicholas Carpenter, a vast projierty, in Greenbrier County, Virginia. He
developed the "White Sulphur Springs," where he died 1809. See com-
plete report "The Greenbrier Independent," August 2, 1883, Lewisburg,
West Virginia. He married Frances Carpenter, daughter of Nicholas
and Kate Carpenter. The chiUlren were John, James, William, Thomas,
Mary, Frances, Elizabeth, Henry, Lewis, Augustus Alfred, and xVlfred
Augustus.
B (2) Major TLomas Bowyer, son of IMichael Bowyer and wife,
died a bachelor in 1785. Soldier of the Revolution. Officer of the Conti-
nental Line. (See Heitman's Register). Member of the Cincinnati
Society of Virginia, and a wealthy man.
B (3) Bowyer, son of 'Michael Buwyer and v/ife,
Married
Children: Colonel Henry Bowyer, a gallant officer of the Revolution —
Second Lieutenant November 1777 — and a member of tlie Cinciimati
Society of Virginia. Married I\Iiss Madison, niece of President Madison,
and the family is connected with many of the old Virginia families. The
Colonel died June 13, 1S32. For partial reierence, See Heitman's His-
torical Register (1775 to 1783).
B (4) Colonel William Bowyer, son of Michael Bowyer and wife,
lived at Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia; Lieutenant Colonel of
Augusta Militia in active service. High Sheriff of Augusta County after
the war. Married a daughter of Israel Christian, and, after her death, a
daughter of Thomas Lewis.
B (5 ) General John Bowyer, son of Michael Bowyer and wife, was
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born ahx)ut 1720 and died at Thorn Hill, near Lexington, Va., in 1805.
He was one of the founders of Washinj^ton and Lee University at Lex-
ing-ton. \ irginia. Member of House of llurges^-cs from liotelourl, mem-
ber of all the ConveiUions leading up lo the kcvohition, Countv Lieutenant
and High i^hcriiT i.f l-'..ekbridge Co., \'a., Jusiiee of Peace of Rockbridge
and Botetourt. In active service as C\)K)nel of Rockbridge Militia. Presi-
dential elector in 1800. He married Mary Pecker, and after her death, a
daugiiter of Thomas Lewis. He willed his large estate to hi.s nephew
John Powyer. son of his brother Caj^tain Alichael Powyer. Vvmn tliis
fact the liistorian infers that there were probably no children of his own.
P {()) James l')Owyer, ])n-bably a son of Michael Powyer and wife,
lived in Montgomery Ccjnnl\, \'irginia. Married Frances Steadmin.
Children: Colonel Thomas Pow)er, of Montgomery Count}', \'irginia,
and Colonel John Puwyer, for whom Fort P>ow)er was named in Mobile
Pay. It is now called Fort Moraan. Colonel J^■hn was a gallant officer.
There may have been other cliildren.
B (7) Stephen Powyer, jM'obalily a son of Mich.ael liuwver and wife,
moved to ( )hio in 1802, and settled near Da\'ton. Married .Mary Jacobs
before he moved to CJhio. Children: De.^cer.tlants in the neighbui-h.i d L<i
Bayton. Grandson General Lli Powyer, of Olney, Plinois. Dr. W. C.
Bow3''er, Lebanon, Ohio, nia\- help inquirer.s.
P (8) Attorney Luke Powyer, son of Michael Powyer and wife,
was a partner of Patrick Henry in Law Firm. Married Patrick Henr)'s
sister. .■: '.' ,
C (1) Attorney John Powyer, son of IVlichael Powyer and F'^rances
Carpenter, was born at Staunton, Augusta Co., Va., in 1767, and died Oct.
23, 1853, in his 84th year. F'ducated at Washington College (later called
Washington and Lee lh^ivcrsit^■L and at William and Mary College.
Lav/ycr and jniblic man. Member of \ irginia Legislature for 30 }'ears.
jManv times Presidential Elector. A man oJ* absolute honor. His photo-
graph shows him to have been dark eyed, black haired, ami a prepossessing
man. Fie married lUizabeth Flubard, daughter of James Hubard, of
William.sburg, \'irginia. She was born in 1779, and died Dec. i, i.'c>^7
The children were FIcnry Morton, Frances Hubard, Alary Calwell. John
Colston, L(niisa Merriv/ether, James Hubard, William S. Kelton, Michael
^larmaduke, Charlotte, and Elizabeth H. The last one was born 1805.
C (2) Tames liowver, son of Michael Powyer and wife Frances
Carpenter, has not been traced by the historian's correspondents.
C (3) William Powyer, son of Michael llowNcr and Frances Car-
penter, was born June 31, 1803. "The best knuv/n private eiii::en in
America" at the time of his death on April 29, 1880. J le was the f)rac-
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tical business man of the "White Sulphur Springs." Married Ccjlunihia
Gwathey, anil after her death, Ella F. Temple. There were two sons and
one daughter, but these left no heirs, so far as the historian can ascertain.
C (4) Thomas Bowyer, son of Michael Kowyer ami Frances Car-
penter, has not been traced.
C (5) Doctor Henry Bowyer, son of Michael Bowyer and Frances
Carpenter, was a graduate of Baltimore Medical College. Surgeon.
Alember of Staff of General Winfield Scott. Married Mary J. Church-
man, of lialtimore, Md. Children: Dr. William P. Bowyer, Reverend
iienry C- Bowyer, and Virginia Bowyer (wife of Colonel Breckenridge
of Rockbridge Co., \'a.)
C (6) Lewis :\Icrriwether Bowyer, son of Michael Bowyer and
Frances Carijcnter, died a bachelor about 73 years old. Willed his estates
to his nephew Michael Bowyer.
C (7j Alary liowyer. daughter of Michael Bowyer and Frances
Carpenter, married Jam-s Cnlwcll. Children: (a) Virginia. She mar-
ried Major Powell, and died at Washington, D. C. (b) Frances. Slie
married Bowyer Aiiller, lawyer at Fincastle, Va. (c) Plenry B. Calwell.
Physician. Born 1802, died June 18. 1867. (d) Bedford Calwell. Ad-
dress (1883) Sulphur Springs, W. \'a. (e) James Calwell. Captam
under Zachary Taylor in Mexican War. ICilled at Vera Cruz, Feb. 23,
1847. (f) John Calwell. Lawyer and poet. Died a bachelor AprA
1875- (g") Kdward Sullivan Calwell. l5achelor. (h) William B. Calwell.
President of Sulphur Springs Company.
C (8) Frances Bowyer, daughter of Michael Bowyer and Frances
Carpenter, married William Bedford.
C (9) Elizabeth Bowyer, daughter of ^Michael Bowyer and Frances
Carpenter, married Major John Copeland.
C (lo)-(iij Alfred August Bowyer and Augustus Alfred Bowyer,
twin sons of Michael Bowyer and Frances Carpenter, both died single at 26
and 27 years of age respectively.
D (i) Henry Morton Bowyer, son of John Bowyer and Elizabeth
Plubard, was born about 1801, and died at Greenfield, Botetourt Co., X^r-
ginia, in 1893, about 92 years old. Married Children: (a)
William Bowyer. Address (1909) Greeniield, B)Otetourt Co., \ n. Pcr-
ha-ps others.
D (2j Elizabeth Bowyer, daughter of John Bowyer and Elizabeth
Hubard, married and left children.
D (3) Mary Calwell P.owyer, daughter of John Bowyer and Eliza-
beth Hubard, died at Lexington, Va., in 1887. Alarried Judge J. \V.
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E (3) Attorney John Bowyer, son of James ITubard P.owyer anrf
Aurelia AfeDonald. Address {1909) Abilene, Texas.
E (4) Elizabeth St. Clair P.owyer, daughter of [ames liubud
Bowyer and Aurelia McDonald, njanied Thomas Rhett, but has -lied.
E (5) Ann Eui-enic Bowyer, daughter of James llubard J^.owyer
and Aureha McDonald, married Farley S. Bell. Address (1909) Baird
i exas. ^ .' J I
E (6) Frances Louisa Bowyer, daughter of James llubard Bowv<t
and Aureha McDonald, nuuried ^Villiam Taylor. Address (19a,) MerkJh
laylor Co., Texas. -^ >■
CHAPTER II
ALEXANDER BOYER
A Swedish colony sctllcd on the J)ela\vare Ijcfore Wilhani I'enn's
arrival. Alexantlcr Jjoyer, tloubtless a French JluL^ucnot, became a ])art
of this settlement, and was Deputy Commissioner of the colony prior to
1650. He was a man of threat prominence. Dr. Stapleton says he had
a large family, and that doubtless the IJoyers who appeared on the Phila-
delphia and other Delaware A'alley records prior to the Cjcrman inllux
were descendants. Froni this old Dekuvare stcjck came Reverend Caleb
Beyer. The Colonial records should show what became of some of
Alexander iioyer's family, but they are silent on this subject.
B (i) Reverend Caleb Boyer, probably a great grandson of Alex-
ander Boyer, was born aljout 1750-1760, below Dover, Delaware, and
died between 1820-1830. He is buried at Wesley Chapel, Dover, Dela-
ware. One of the iirst Methodist preachers of Delaware (1779), and of
commanding inlluence in the founding of that denomination. Traveled
a circuit in Delaware, Alaryland, and New Jersey, with a companion
preacher named Ignatius Pigman. He began about 1779 as an itinerant,
but in 1788 he became the pastor at Dover, and preached here for a
jieriod of 25 years. The historian has not found to whom he was married.
Rev. James W. Boyer, his grandson and the historian's correspondent,
believes that there was only one child, namely, Francis Asbury Ijoyer.
C (i) Doctor Francis Asbury Boyer, son of Ivcverend Caleb Boyer
and his wife, w^'is born about 1770, and died 1S22. Physician at Snow
Hill, ^Maryland, for many years. Married a Miss Phipps. Only one of
his children grew to manhood, namely, James William Duer ]V)\er, who
believed himself to lie the only surviving member of his father's imme<liate
line.
D (i) James William Duer Boyer, son of Doctor Francis Asbury
Boyer and his wife Phipps, was born 1822, at Snow Hill, Maryland,
where he finally died and is buried, May 25, 18S8. Merchant in Missouri,.
and later in California. Married Caroline M. Phii)ps, of Petersburg, \'a.,
born 1833. In 1910 her address was 4 W. 47th St., New York. Only one
child grew up, n;une!y, Reverend Jan.es W. Boyer.
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E (i) Reverend James W. Ijoyer, son of James William Duer
Beyer, was born Jan. 13, 1S57, at Sioux City, Iowa. Presbyterian minis-
ter. Address (1910) Johnstown, Ohio. Had a brother and sister. The
former died without ehildren, and the sister is sint;le. 1 fe married Maggie
A. Weir, born Jan. 9, 181)3. Children: Esther W., born :\i)ril 25, i88t),
and Ellen F., born Feb. 23, 1891. Both are graduates of Wooster Uni-
versity, Wooster, Ohio.
C (i) Reverend Charles William Hoyer, probably a son of Reverend
Caleb r.oyer's brother. The historian's eorrespondents report that Rev-
erend Charles William l'>oyer was the son of a slaveholder, probably of
Fjiglish deseent, but the frequent oecurrence of the name "Charles Wil-
liam in this family and that of "James William" of this ehapter, together
with the faet that both families were Methodists in adjacent districts,
leads us to believe that this family is also of the Alexander Boyer "tree."
Be was born perha])s 1780-1790, as we judge from the birth date of liis
son Charles William ( iSio), and died suddenly of tlie shock caused by
the death of his son. Methodist minister. Married twice, but the historian
has not found to wh(;i.n. Children: Archibald and Jcjhn (sons of first
wife), Edward, vSarah E., Elizabeth, and Charles William.
B (O Archibald Boyer, son of Reverend Charles William P>oyer,
.and his first wife.
B "(2) John r)Oyer, son of Charles William Boyer and his first wife.
B (3) Edward Jioyer, son of Charles \Villiam Boyer and his second
wife, lived in Philadelphia, Pa., and was still there in the time of the
Civil War. Married . Chihh-en: Fannie
Boyer (Mrs. Suttles), and others.
B (4) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Charles William Boyer ami his
second wife.
B (5) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Charles William Boyer and his
second wife. '.^
'B (6) Charles William Boyer, son of Charles William FJoyer and
his seconil wife, was born .\])ril 25, 1810, at Baltimore, Marvland, and
died suddenly at Gene\a, Alabama, of heart failure, Dec. i8()i. Buried
at Geneva. Farmer and merchant. lUack hair and eyes, closely built,
and weighing about 180 pounds. Methodist. Came South during Mex-
ican War, perhaps for his health. Married Fannie F'arrell, and after her
death Catherine Gillis, born July 20, 1823. Children: John Farrel,
Sarah E., Julia Christian, Margaret Frances, Mary Louisa, Fannie E.,
Faura, Charles Willian^., and Catharine.
C M ) jiilin j'aiiel l!")i:r, .'.on of Ciiarh .1 U'illiani ll</)er and I'.umie
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Farrel, was born Aug. 6, 1846, at Clintonville, Ala., and died July 1906.
lie is buried at Opj), Alabama. A gifted man. Farmer. JSocjk-keeper.
Married Miss Godwin. No obildren.
C (2) Sarah E. Boyer, daughter of Charles William lioyer and
Fannie Farrel, was born July 15, 1848, Clintonville, Ala., and died April
17, 1894. Married Jidian P. Hutchison, Aug. 1864. Born March 6, 1843.
^lethodists. Farmers. Confederate soldier. Died May 1906. Left three-
sons and three daughters.
C (3) Julia C. ljO)'er, daughter of Charles William Loyer and Fan-
nie Farrel, was born June 1850, at Geneva, Ala. IMethodist, Teacher.
I\rarried (1865) Snowden Howell. Left a son, but he died \oung. All
buried at Urentou, Ala.
C (4) Margaret F. Boyer.
C (5) IMary L. Bo}er, daughter of Charles William Boyer and
Fannie Farrel, was born Nov. 8, 1855. JMarried Lawrence Enzone. Ad-
dress (1913) Millville, Florida. Two sons and three daughters.
C (6) Famiie L. Bo)er, daughter of Charles William Boyer and
Fannie Farrel, was born Aug. 1858, or 59, at Geneva, Ala. ^Methodist.
i\larried Jack Conner. Both dead at Brenton, Ala.
C (7 and 9) Laura antl Catharine Bo}'er.
C (8) Charles William Boyer, son of Charles William Boyer and
wife Catharine, was born April 6, 18G2. Methodist. Farmer and car-
penter. Address (1913) Williston, Florida. Married Cliarlotte G.
Clancy. ■ Children: (a) Alton, (bj Charles, (c) Melville, and (d)
Douglass.
CHAPTER III
JOI-IX PIIIIJP BEYKR
Jwliii l'li;Ii|) JU vir c-;ini^' f)(;]j) (h"ii)i:-.laill, ] 'al.iliji.'ik' ( HTiii.'ur,-, if we
iiKiy (iiir.t ll/f (i,[(lili(/(i of lii:> fif .■(■( iHlaiil:>.- Willi liim and f;llicr rdali ve--^,
as we know frurn the ship h^^t, Vol. 17, Si-coud Series, JY'unsylvania
Archives, came his wife and chihh'cn, on the ship "Philadelphia Mer-
chant." They arrived at i'hiladelphia, Pa., Sept. 11, 173 T, and settled
first in Frederick Township, Montgomery Co., Pa., v/ith Christojjhcr
iJayer and his family, but soon moved into ( )ley Township, and finally
into Amity Township, iJerks Co., l^a. Pie was a member of the "Palckner
Swamp'' Lutheran Church, wdierc five of his children were confirmed
Sunday after Easter. 174'), by tlie Patriarch Henry AI. jMuhlenberg-, who
had arrived in America about 1742. Muhlenberg', in whose coming
John Philip lieyer greatly rejoiced, admired him very much, as we
gather from the ■'llallischen Nachrichten," Vol. II, Page 147, where
Beyer's final illness, decease, and burial arc reported, together with an
illuminating reference to the fact that John Philip, in the infirmities due
to age, had been infiuenced, though not absorbed, by the sect known as
"New Borns." It was John Philip's request that ^Muhlenberg should
conduct the funeral services, and that he be buried in his private grave-
}'ard, on his Oley farm, which graveyard must have existed as early as
1746, when Be}'er's friend— i)rubably relative — Jacob Beck, was interred
there Feb. 5, 174'J. 'i'liis graveyard, where his wife was probably also
buried, lias imhappily been lost to his descendants. He died May 7, 1753,
as the church records show. Shortly before this, on April 21, he made
a very interesting "will," recorded in full in Will T^ook K, i)age 79, Phila-
delphia Court House. The "will" makes detailed provisions for his be-
loved wife Elizabeth, and the following children: John Henry, Michael,
Benedict (who is called the youngest son), Elizabeth, and Barbara (mar-
ried to Conrad Specht, the ancestor of Dr. A. Stajjleton, author of
"Memorial to Huguenots"). The ship list seems to imply that he had a
son by the name of Jacob, which inference tallies with a tradiliuii of
Louis W. Boyer, a descendant, that there were four brothers — all serving
the cause of the American Revolution. Two daughters, Catharine and
Juliana, confirmed in 1746, are not mentioned in the "will," probably
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Ijccaii-^c llie\' li.ul elird single. And yet wc can not be ([iiitc sure that
Jdhn Philip names all his children then livini^-, fur Muhlenherg- speaks
of "a numerous family." This j^hrase may however mean '"ilescendants,"
of which there were a lar^e number in 1753.
K (I ) John lienry lleyer, son of John Phili]) lieyer and wife Kliza-
bfth, was born in 1714, in i'alatinate Germany, and died at Amitv-
villc, I'a., on the old homesiead, May 2, J 814, as recorded on his toml;-
stone near the entrance to the Amityville Church — ti.i the rit^lit. In 1743
he vv;is married, probably by Muhlenberg", to Ala.L^'dalene l-^irclier. lie
livetl on a fme farm, known lo liis twentieth century posleritw as the
"flolloway" farm, in the vicinity of the church. That he was actively
on.u;aqed in the Revolutionary War can not be verified from records at the
liistorian's command, and seems hardly possible, for he was 61 years old
when the war began, and yet tradition connects him with the war. If lie
made a 'Avill" it was not recorded, nor has the historian found "admiiii'--
tration" records if there were such in the alisence of a will. vSo far as the
clnirch records, or old I5ibles show, he left the followinj^^ children: Sam-
uel, Juhn Philip, Valentine, Adam, liem-y, Charles JJ., and two girls.
The girls may have been older than the boys.
. 1) (2) Michael Deyer, son of John Philip Tleyer and wife Elizal)eth,
was born Jan. 8, 1726, Palatinate Germany, and died P\'b. 18, 1777, :is
the "Falckuer Swamp" burial records show. Pie was confirmed Sunday
after Easter, 1746, as already stated, and married Margaret Elizabeth
Wartman, April 10, 1749, as the records show. His early death may be
taken as proof of the tradition that the four brothers were soldiers. Ills
father had willed him a farm in Nanlmeal Township, Chester Countv, Pa.
Whether he incjved there is not known, but at any rate lie kept up his
membership in the Falckuer Swamp Church, where the birth of his
cliildren is fully recorded, namely, Elizabeth, John Philip, Hannah,
Catharine, Sarah, Susannah, and T\Iichal Magdalene.
It is likely that John Philip, the son, enlisted from Chester Count v
as a Revolutionary sokber, but the historian can not find an>- descend.ants.
B (3) Jacob P.oyer, probably the son of John Philiji I'.eyer and wife
Elizabeth, was born about 1725, Palatinate Germany, as we judge from
the birth of his first child, Elizabeth. Pie may have been older. Tlie
"Pennsylvania Magazine of Plistory and Piography," Xo. 3, Vol. 18, page
372, published October, 1894, records that he married Barbara Dubbs.
daughter of Jacob Dubbs, the grandfather of Rev. J^r. J. S. Dubbs, Allen-
town, Pa. According to this record— which agrees with the trarlition of
Louis W. Boyer, who calls him a relative of his ancestor Charles P.. Boyer
—Jacob Boyer went to Tennessee, and left many descendants. His son,
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John Henry Beyer, was born March 3, 1753, as recorded in tlic "Falckner
Swamp" Church, showing- that he was Hvins^- in tliat nei^^dlborIlu(;.l Ufurc
lie moved to Tennessee. The historian can not trace his descendants at
this writini;-.
Perliaps, liowever, Jacob Hoyer was not a son of John Pliih'p Beyer
at all—and tliis wouUI seem likely, for no Jacob is nicntiuned in his
ywill." In that ease he may be the iminioraut of 1731, and a relative.
This would account for his settlin-- with the Falckner Swaujp JJuyers.
It would be very interesting to find a Tennessee descendant who could
hel[) us answer tlie question.
B (4) (John) Benedict Boyer, son of Jojm Bliilip Beyer and wife
Elizabeth, was born Aus,nist 13, 1727, died Jan. 2, 1777, and is buried at
Amityville, Pa., where, by his side is also buried Hlizabeth. his wife,
born 1726, and who died February 26, 1802. The inscription on the
tombstone says "John," and not Benedict. If this is not the same man il
is impossible to account for the Amityville L;rave, and the historian after
years of open-eyed search has found no trace of a "Benedict" i;e3er in
tax lists, old Bibles, Revolutionary Arciiives, etc. The only use of the
name "Benedict" was in the confirmation list of "Falckner Swamp," Sun-
day after Easter, 1746, and the father's "will" in April, 1753. The name
was probably the father's preference, but not used by Benedict himself
and those who dictated the burial inscription. That he and Michael died
so closely too;ether in time, indicates that they died of the same disease,
or perhaps, as the result of the same engag-ament in the Revolutionary
War, for tradition makes four brothers soldiers. From the terms of his
father's "will," we would infer that the young man was put somewliat
under the supervision of his brother John Henry, and this may explain
why he was buried at Amityville, instead of '•Falckner Swamp," where
his brother I\Jichael, probably by preference of his wife, was interred.
The "Falckner Swamp" marriage record includes John Ba3'er, married
April 17, 1750, to Elizabeth Specht. This must be taken as almost
absolute proof that he was "John Benedict" (i), because John Philip's
daughter P.arbara married Conravl Specht, very probably a brother to
Elizabeth; and (2) because the burial inscription on the stone besides
John's is "Elizabeth." Children: Known from Orphans' Court Return ^
dated Feb. 25, 1778, for Amity Township, Berks Co., Pa.:
1. Samuel Boyer. Born about 1751-52.
2. Adam Boyer. See tax list 1788, Amity Twp., Berks Co., Pa.
Born about 1760.
3. Jacob Boyer. Born about 1763. May be Port Carbon line.
4. Susannah Boyer.
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5. 'I'hilip r.oyer. Born about 175O. Accepted farm in 1778. Single
then according- to tax list. Still in Amity in 1828.
6. Charles Boyer. Born about 1754.
The historian has tried hard to find the descendants, l)ul can not do it.
B (5) Barl)ara Beyer, dauj^hter of John Phili]) Beyer ami wife
Elizabeth, was born in the Palatinate, Germany. Married Conrad Specht
about 1753. Conrad came with his father John Peter Specht, 1738, from
Wurtemberg, German}\ The known children of this union were John
Peter Specht, born Jan. 27, 1755, John Specht, born Dec. 5, 1756; Chris-
tian Specht, born Dec. 27, 1758, and Matthias Specht, born April 1761.
Christian Specht was the ancestor of Rev. Dr. Stapleton, autlior of
"xMcmorials to Huguenots," and a personal friend of llie Boyer hisK^rian.
C (i) Samuel ]5eyer, son of John Henry IJeycr and Magtlalene
Kercher, was born Feb. 5, 1751, as recorded in a Bible owned by Mrs.
.Addis, Reatling, Pa., at Amitwille, Pa., where he died Jan. 20, 1822,
and is buried. l<utheran. l-'armer. Soldier of the Revolutionary War,
probably from 1777 to 1780. See Vol. 5, pages 197, 230, and 238, Fifth
Series, Pennsylvania Archives, where the items may refer to one or two
men by the same name. IMarried July 29, 1777, Catharine Kuser of
Amity, born Sept. 1752, died May 28, 1826. Children: John, J,ouisa,
]\lizabeth, Jacob, Maria, Henry, Eva, and Rachel.
C (2) John Philip Beyer, son of John Henry Beyer and Magdalene
Kercher, was born Dec. 14, 1754, died July 31, 1832, and buried at
Amity ville. Pa., where his wife is also buried. jMarried Anna Cliristina
, born Jan. I, 1754, died Nov. 10, 1832. He made a "will" in
1831. No known war record. Children: John, Michael, Maria, Jacob
A., Peter, and Daniel.
C (3) Valentine Beyer, son of John Henry Beyer and Magdalene
Kercher, was born about 1760, died about 1822, buried at Amityville, Pa.
Lutheran. Farmer and inn-keeper, half mile north of Douglassville, Pa.
No known war record. Married Annie Maria Kerst, born 1763. Chil-
dren : George K., Mary K., Elizabeth, Hannah, Henry K., Jacob K.,
and John K.
C (4) Adam Beyer, son of John Henry Beyer and Magdalene
Kercher, was born about 1766 and died
The Pennsylvania Archives do not record him as soldier. Married Mar-
garet Davidheiser. Children: Samuel, Henry, David, Jacob, George,
Anna, Elizabeth, sister and John.
C (5) Henry Boyer, son of John Henry Beyer and Magdalene
Kercher, born See Berks County History, page
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635, Vol. I. Il iIkto is a war record, tlic writer lias not foiiml it so far
(1<)13) Married llaiuiah . Cinldreii : Jereiiiiah, l)orn April 26,
1810. Tic died March 3, i<S48. Anna Maria, Julianne, Isaac, born 1817,
died i83(); llcnry. and 1 lannali l"*lizal)eth.
C (<)) Charles H. l-ioyer, son of John llenry I'.eyer and Magdalene
Kercbcr, l)orn i)rol)al)l)' about 1763, as, in the absence of Ivilckner Swamp
and Amity records, we infer from the date of his service as a s(ddier of
the Revolution, lie entered the r>erks Comity MiUtia, CoiUinenlal Line.
Dec. 17, 1781, and was discharged l"'eb. 17, 1782. C.uarded Convention
prisc^ners, probably at Readinj^-, I'a. See Vol. 4, i)a!.;e 25^), and Vol. 5,
pai^e 2ij3, Fifth Series, I'a. Archives. His i^randchildren I lannah Herbert,
William K. Boycr, Ivirlville, I'a., and William \V. Koyer, VVashin'.;ton,
D. C, call him' "soldier under Washiui^ton" in their reports to the writer.
He was Lutheran, like his ancestors — a farmer and stone mason. At the
time of his death in 1828, he lived on a farm in L.arl Twp., Lerks Co., Pa.
Leaving no "will," Iiis son Charles petitioned the Court for settlement of
estates. From the records examined at Keadinj^", the historian learns
that there were three little farms, one of 27 acres, bounded on one side by
the farm of Jacob Boyer, probably the brother of Rev. John L>(j\er, Chap-
ter II, another of 23 acres, and a third of 27 acres. These farms were
appraised at $1260, $330, and $280, respectively. In these Court trans-
actions the twelve children of Charles B. Boyer are named. It is also
rec(jrded that one son George had received his portion before the father
dicfl. His eldest son John had died, but left seven children, who are
also named in the jietition. The oldest of these seven children, Henry,
became guardian of his brothers William, Daniel, and Peter, and his
sister Mary, while Thomas Delaplane became guanlian i>f the other
sister Sarah. This last item ena])led the historian to prove that Louis
W. Boyer, New York, and W. W. Boyer of Washington, D. C, were of
this same family.
Charles B. Boyer married Maria Magdalena Reitnour, as we know
from the mention of her Christian name in the baptismal records, and
ll)r('n)di the evidenci- of her gran<ldauglih'r Mrs. 1 lannah 1 [erbert, who
knew the siuname to be "Reiliioiir." 'J'lie (hildren, as the baptismal
records and the Court petition sliow, were John, CharleSi Adam, George,
Samuel, Anna, Daniel, William, Elnora, Susannah, Mary, and Elizabeth.
The baptism of Charles and Adam are recorded in the Oley Hill records
and the others at Amityville.
C (7 and 8) Tradition credits John Henry Beyer and Magdalene
Kercher with two daughters. The historian has not tried to ascertain
their names and to record their descendants. The Piover book would
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'become too bulky if the desccnduiits of the IJoyer women were fully re-
corded.
C (2) John I'hilip Heyer, son of Michael lieyer and Margaret
Jvlizabeth W'artmim, was Ikm-u Oct. 15, 1753, as recorded at "Falckner
vSwamp." Tliere is no war record with which it is jjossible to identify
this John Philip. To make the matur worse, the "i-'alckner Swamp"
recorils are silent between 177J and I7(j4 on Jioyer baptisms. There is
only one entr)' that may belonj^- liere : l'hilij> iJayer and wife Kli/.abeth
were sponsors for Jlamiah IJayer, born Aut^. 10, 1794, daui^hter of
Valentine Mayer and wife .Afaria. This X'alentine, in that event, was liis
cousin, son of John 1 Unry I'.eyer. Nor do the Amityville and Trappe
records help us. The Cioslienhoppen records seem ecfualh' silent, unless
the entries of bapti.-ms for children of Philip Jkiyer and wife l-'lizabeih
from al)ont 1774 to 1784 are for the above John Philip and his wife; but
this can not be setrled without a si)ecial study of the Old Goshenhopijen
n,.rria,e records. S0ii3845
C (I, 3- 4. 5. ^*> i''\'^' dauL,dUers were born to Michael Heyer ami
Margaret Elizabeth Wartman: Elizabeth, Feb. 27, 1752; Hannah, July
2. 1756; Catharine. July 3, 1758; Sarah, Nov. i, iy()0; Susannah, July 17,
iyi)";, and Michal Magdalena, Feb. i, 1772.
D (I) John Boyer, son of Samuel Poyer and Catharine Kuser, of
Arnily, was born April 14, 1778, died Feb. 13, 1831. Lutheran. Farmer
11 miles below Rcadin.^-, Pa. Surveyor. Justice of Peace. Married Mary
EudwiJ,^ born 1780, died May 2^,- 1844. Children: Abraham Pudwig,
Lydia, David, Charles, Samuel, Daniel, Mary Ann, Reuben, Levi, Iliram,
Dehlah, and Malinda.
D (2) Uniisa Poyer. dau-luer of Sanniel Poyer and Catherine
Kuser, born Aug. 23, 1780. No data.
D (3) J^lizabeth Poyer. dau.L'hter of Samuel Boyer and Catherine
Kuser, born AParch 2, 1782. Married Jonathan Cleaver. Dr. Israel
Cleaver, 235 S. Fifth St., Reading, I*a., is a grandson.
D (4) Jacob Boyer, son of Samuel P)Oyer and Catherine Kuser,
born Alay 12, 1786, .\niity Twp., Herks Co., Pa., died there 1870. Puth-
eran. Farmer. Lived above Earlville, Pa. Married Sarah Spang. <Iied
1834. Children: Nathan, Frederick, Mark, Matilda, Gabriel, Amos,
Margaret, Israel, Catharine, IVrcival, Sarah, Augustus, and Amelia.
D (5) Maria Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Catherine
Kuser, married John S. Bertolet. No data.
D (6) IJenry Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Catharine Kuser,
born June 21, 1791. Lutlicran. Stone mason. Mrs. Noll, a corresi)ond-
icnt of the iiistorian, sa)s, Henry never married.
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D (7) Eva Roycr, ilauj^hter of Samuel Uoyer and Catherine Ku.scr,
born May 7, 1793- Married liooiie. Samuel IJoonc, Jacksonville, I'a.
(1910) is a son.
D (8) Rachel Boyer, daughter of Samuel Royer and Catherine
Kuser, born Feb. 13, 1797. Married Weaver. No data.
D (i) John Hoyer, son of John Philip Ueycr and wife, Christina,
was born Dec. 8, 1784. His son, Jacob II., and he are buried side by side,
Amityville, I'a. Lutheran. P.lacksmith at Hopewell Furnace. Powerful
man. Soldier of War of 1812. Lived on the '"llolloway" Farm, near
Amitvville, Pa. Married Susan Lloltcr. Children: Jacob II., Levi II.,
Isaac II., Jeremiah, Andrew, Enoch, Anna, Sophia, and i larriet.
D (2) Micjiael P>oyer, son of John Philip lieyer and wife, Christina,
born Jan. 15, 1787, died Nov. 3, 1830. Married Helen D. Luther, born
March 31, 1791, died March 3, 1847. See History of Cumberland County.
Children: Hannah, Kjchard, Israel Luther.
D (3) Maria Boyer, daughter of John Philip Ileyer and wife, Chris-
tina, born July 29, 1789, married Ceorge Koch. Great grandmother of
Mrs. Frey, mother of Minnie Frey, address (1915), 339 Chestnut St.,
Pottstown, Pa., graduate of State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa.
D (4) Jacob A. l)0\er, son of John I'iiilip l'.e}er and wife, Chri.vtina,
was born about 1780. Called "Haase Boyer." Stone mason. Contracted
stone work on James River, A^irginia. Lived in Amity Twp., Berks
Co., Pa. Justice of Peace for some years. In War of 1812. See "Will"
made 1842, recorded at Reading-, Pa. l^^Iarried Catharine Dceter. Chil-
dren: Philip, Frederick, Solomon, Gideon, Jacob, Jeremiah, Justina, Su-
sannah, Esther, Catherine.
D (5) Peter Boyer, son of John Philip Beyer and wife, Christina,
born Jan. 15, 1787, died March 6, 1852. Twin with Michael. Farmer.
Moved to vicinity of Loyalton, Daujjhin Co., I'a., after 1830. Known as
"Wammes" Boyer. Married Catherine Herb, born Jan. 27, 1791, died
Dec. 15, 1875. Children: Elias, Gabriel, Josiah, Benneville. John, Isaac,
Abraham, Benjamin, Sarah, Mary, Rachel, Catherine, Hettie, Leah.
D (6) Daniel Boyer, son of John Philip Beyer and wife, Chri.'.tina,
born March 15, 1792, died June 9, 1825. Appears to have died single.
William E. Boyer, Earlville, Pa., who identified the other brothers could
not speak of this one at all. If there were children, the historian can not
find them.
D (i) George K. Boyer, son of Valentine Beyer and Anna Maria
Kerst, born Dec. 18, 1801, Douglassville, Pa., died July 22, 1877, buried
in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. Lutheran. Grocer in Read-
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h-ig, Pa. Married Eliza Lorali, born March 7, 1807, <^licd Dec. 24, 1895,
Children : Anna Maria, Sarah Amanda, Valeria, Jane, George Daniel,
John Valentine, Allan Lorah.
D (2) Mary K. Boyer, daughter of Valentine Boyer and Anna M.
Kerst, married Rhoads. Kx-Judge ilenry i^hoails, who livt<l wu Fifth
St., between I'llm and Buttonwood, Reading, Pa., was an lu)n()rcd son.
D (3) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of \'aleniine Buyer and Anna
M. Kerst, married Ex-Sheritt Bauman. Mrs. Amelia li. Ellis, Ashbourne,
Pa., (1910) and Mrs. Mary E. Dickson, of the same place, are grand-
daughters. John Van Reed, Sr., Williamsport, Indiana, R. F. D., (1910)
is a grandson.
D (4) Hannah J5oyer, daughter of \'^alentine lioyer and Anna !M.
Kerst, born Aug. 10, 1794, died Nov. 8, 1863, married Jacob ReilY, Ixjrn
April 4, 1795, died Jan. 22, 1827. Charles D. Spohn, Willow »Street Sta-
tion, P. & Yi., r^hiladelphia, Pa., (1910) is a grandson. Two grand-
daughters are Mrs. Martha F'ichthorne, 21 N. 9th St., Reading, Pa., and
Mrs. Anna Fichthorne, whose address (1910) was Mrs. Dr. Carl Bergner,
950 Pcnn St., Reading, i'a.
D (5) llenr}- K. Boyer, son of Valentine P>oyer and Anna M.
Kerst, born about 1792, married Hannah Yoder. Children: x-\nna,
Maria, Henry, Hannah Eliza.
D (6) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Valentine P)oyer and Anna M.
Kerst, died single.
D (6) Jacob K. Boyer, son of Valentine and Anna Maria Kerst,
bom before i8(X). Buried about 1840, Reformed Church Yard, Reading,
Pa. Conducted a general store in Reading", Pa. Married Sarah Nagle,
liuried on Charles Evans Cemetery. Children: Charles Edward, William
Henry, Jacob K., l^nma, Sarah.
D (7) John K. Boyer, sou of A''alentine P>oyer and Anna AT. Kerst,
born July 14, 1809. Settled in Chicago, Bl. Both he and wife buried
there. Married Elizabeth Aurand. Died 1870. Children: Dr. ValeiUine
A. Boyer, Minnie FI., and James A.
D (i) Samuel lioyer, son of Adam Beyer and ^Fargaret Davidheiser,
T)orn July lo, 1787, Amity Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. Married
Elizabeth Eagle. Children: Isaac, Solomon, Adam, Jacob, Mary, Anna,
Kathryn, Malinda.
D (2) Henry Boyer, son of Adani Beyer and Margaret David-
heiser, born Aug. 24, 1791. Lived in Amity Township, Berks Co., Pa.
Married an English woman.
D (3) David Boyer, son of Adam Beyer and Margaret Davidheiser,
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was bom March 25, 1793, Amity Twp., Hcrks Co., Pa. Married Sarali
. Children: Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Maria Anna, David, Samuel O.^
Carohne (married a Mr. lioyer).
D (4) Jacob Boyer, son of Adam Beyer and Margaret Davidheiser,
born Marcli 13, 1795.
D (5) George Boyer, son of Adam Beyer and Marg"aret l)a\iilheiscr,
born, I7<)7.
D (6) John Boyer, son of Adam Beyer and Margaret Davidheiser,.
born Nov. 8, 1799. Married Peggy Boyer, probabls' a cousin.
D (7) Anna Boyer, dauglUer of Adam lieycr and Margaret David-
lieiser, born Nov. 6, 1801. Married Mr. Pott. Ciiihhen : Kailiryn,
married to Jacob Romig, Reading, ]'a. (1910).
D (8) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Adam Beyer and Margaret
Davidheiser, born May 29, 1804. Married Matthias. Children: \\'illiam„
Matthias. Address (1910) Blandon, Pa.
D (9) Daughter Boyer, daughter of Adam Beyer and ]\Targaret
Davidheiser, married Rhoads. No data.
D (10) Maria Boyer, daughter of Adam Beyer and Margari't
Davidheiser, born Sept. 9, 1784. (See Emmanuel Church Baptisms,,
Pottstown, Pa.)
D (i) Jeremiah Boyer, son of Henry P>o\er and Hannah
born April 26, 18 lO, died March 3, 1848. Married Nellie Ixjrri
Dec. 30, 1807, died Dec. 12, 1883. See page 635, History of Berks Coun-
ty, Vol. I. Children: Reuben Boyer, perhaps others.
D (2) Anna Maria Boyer, daughter of Henry Beyer and Hannah
born Aug. 9, 1812, died 1883.
D (3) Julianne Boyer, daughter of Henry Beyer and Hannah
born Oct. 27, 1814.
D (4) Isaac Boyer, son of Henry Beyer and Hannah born
Jan. 3, 181 7, died Sept. 23, 1839. Crave at Amity ville, J 'a.
D (5) Henry Boyer,. son of Henry Beyer anil Hannah born
Afay 2, 1825. No data.
D (6) Hannah Elizahcih Boyer, daughter of Henry Beyer and
Hannah born Feb. 9, 1830. No data.
D ( I ) John Boyer, son of Charles B. Boyer and Maria Magdalene
Reitnour, born April 5, 1784, died before father's estate was settled in 1828.
May be buried at Boyertown, Pa., or Amity. Children: (a) Henry, born-
Aug. 6, 1806; (b) Samuel; (c) Sarah; (d) Mary; (e) William, at Potts--
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villc, Pa., alxnit 1880, "Feed Store"; (f) Daniel; (>^) Peter. Daug^hlor
Sarah ippcars to have married Enos Ran, Readini^, I'a.
1) (2) Charles Dijyer, son of Charles 1». Jioyer and wife, Ahma M.i'.^-
<l;dene Reitnour, \)nvu June 14, 1785. See Krie Cemetery Record. i>;q)-
ti.MU recorded in ( Me\' lliil Church. Pulheran. Married ^lary IClizabedi
Dcbplane, (nee Moudy), horn Jan. 12, 1789, died July 27, 18O4. In
1S28 he petitioned the Court to settle up his father's estate for him-
self and his l)rotherf;, as described before. In 1829 or 1830 he moved to
J'lrie, Pa., or tliat vicinit)', as his descendants rejjort. The writer has
ni.'t ascertained what his occu])aii(jn was, but in church connection lie was
l.uthoran. There were ten children. Six lived to maturity: Anthony,
Kpiiraim, Silas, 'I'liomas, Pouis Wellinji^ton, ami Sarah (Mrs. Colt).
D (3) Adam IJoyer, son of Charles P>. Poyer and Maria MagdaP-ne
Reitnour, born May 3, 1787. Pajitism recorded at Uley Hill. He died
Jan. 10, 1875. Buried at OPy Hill Church. Lutheran. Married Moser,
horo Nov. 10, 1797, died June 5, 1834. Children: Elijah, Sarah, imd
Charles.
D (4) Georg-c Poyer, son of Charles P.. Poyer and Maria Mag'lal.:-!e
Reitnour, born ( )ct. 8, 1788. Puried at Arnit) ville. I'a. Lutheran. Car-
penter. Lived at Maxatawny liridge, near Earlville, I'a. ?^Iarrietl Bar di
Iv'senhower Feb. 19, 1815 (Swamp). P»uried near hubband. Children:
William E., Isaac, John, Anna, ]\Piry, Sarah, Amanda.
D ( 5 ) Samuel Poyer, son of Charles P. Poyer and Maria MagdaL*ne
Reitnour, born March 26, 1790. Dieil at Moselem, Pa. Buried at St.
Peter's Church, Richmond Tv/p., ]5erks Co., Pa. i blacksmith at Huntctr's
Furnace. Lutheran. Married Sarah Deibert. Children: (i) l)a\id
Poyer, born i82(); {2] Solonmn Poxer. (3) ]lann;di Poyer, (4) Cha;!-s
Poyer, son of secontl marriage.
D (6) Anna Boyer, daughter of Charles P. lioyer and Maria M:;.;-
dalcna Reitnour, born Jan. 1, 1794. She married Jacob Past, of PrLv-
town. Pa.
D (7) Daniel Boyer, son of Charles B. Boyer and ^Puia Magdal.p.e
Reitnour, born Feb. 23, 1795. No data.
D (8) \\'illiam Boyer, son of Charles P.. P>oyer and Maria Ma^f-
dalcna Reitnour, born Aug". 26, 1797. Constable at Orwigsburg, Pa.,
many years, i'owerful man. l^ied and buried at Orwig^sburg-, Pa., or
Red Church. Lutheran. Alarried Maria Henrietta Kroll, born Dec. 22,
1799, Hamburg-, Germany. Her parents were Hanoverians. She was
light haired. Children: (a) William E. Boyer, (b) Maria, (c) Charles
H., (d) Thomas M., (c) Rufus C, ( f) and Louis J.
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D (9) Elcnora Boycr, 'daug'hter of Charles 15. Boyer and ATaria M.
Rcitnour, born Dec. 29, 1802. Married David Annljrustcr.
D (10) Susannah Boyer, daughter of Charles B. Buyer and Maria
M. Moody, horn l^ec. 21, 1803. Livini^ in 1828, when e^lale was
settled.
1^ (11) Kli'/:a1)eth died single.
D (12) Mary married Michael Ilofnian, antl was living in 1828.
E (1) Ahrahani Ludwig B(j\'er, son of John Bo\er and Mary
Ludwig, horn Oct. 6, 1803, Oley Twp., Berks Co., I'a., died at I\lm, N.
J., 1880, buried at Mt. J'eaee, I'hila., Pa. Baptist. Carpenter. Teacher.
Librarian Eastern L'enitentiary, Phila., Pa., for 23 years. Married Sarah
Dodge, born July i, 1806, died Dec. 12, 1891. Children: Titus Dodge,
Mary Jane, Eleanor lliggins, Abraham Ludwig, Mary Lydia, Charles,
Samuel Dodge, William Henry, William Locke, Daniel Ludwig, Harriet,
and Sarah Dodge.
E (2) Lydia Boyer, tlanghter of John Boyer and Mary Ludwig,
born March 2, 1805. N(j data.
E (3) David Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Ludwig, horn Nov.
18, 1806, Amity; died Sept. 6, 1863; buried at Carlisle, Pa. Lnlhera]).
Superintendent of Iron Works. Married Maria Yohe, born .\pril 3,
1808, died April 1883. Children: Daniel, John Henry, Rebecca, Marv,
Eli:-abeth, Clara, Lydia Ann.
E (4) Charles Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Ludwig, born
Oct. 5, 1806. No data.
E (5) Samuel Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Ludwig, born
Sept 21, 1810, died March 7, 1900. Lutheran. School teacher 30 years,
singing schools and church organ 50 years, violin 63 years. A man of
most charming personality. Well known to the present writer while pas-
tor at Boyertown, Pa. Married Rebecca Rhoads, born July 26, 1834, died
June 30, 1893. Children died young.
E (6) Daniel Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Ludwig, born
April 19, 1812, Amity, died Nov. 15, 1889. Grave in Evergreen Ceme-
tery, Camden, N. J. Married (May 19, 1846) Elizabeth Parker Leach.
Children: (a) Albert A., C. Walter, Morris L., Mary Ellen, and Adele.
E (7) ^lary Ann Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Ahiry Lndwig,
born Dec. i, 1818, married Chalkely White.
E (8) Reuben Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Ludwig, born
Nov. 3, 1816, No data.
E (9) Levi Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Ludwig, born
Dec. I 1 81 8. No data.
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E (10) llirani IJoycr, son of Jolm J>oyer and ]\Iary Ludvviii;', born
Sept. 29, 1820. Married Children: iMnnui Jane, ilelen,
Clara, Ada.
K (11) Delilah noyer, daughter of Jolm Royer and Mary Ludwi;^,
l)orn Oct. 15, 1822. Married Daniel Drenklc, Springfield, ill.
E (12) Malinda Hover, daughter of John lioyer and Mary Ludwig,
died single.
F, (i) Nathan Ijcjnxt, .«;on of Jacob Ijoycr and vSarah Spang, born
Feb. 22, 1813. l>uried at Amit)'. (Five brothers died bachelors, says
Mr. Isaac N. Addis, nepliew.)
E (2) FVederick lloyer, son of Jacob lioyer and Sarah Si)ang, born
I'el). 24, 1814.
E (3) MarJ< IJoyer, son of Jacob Hoyer and Sarah Spang, born
July II, 1815.
E (4) Maltida r.oNx-r, daughter of Jacob l^ioyer and Sarah Spang,
born March \.\, 1818. Mcirried Hunter. She died at Dayton, Ohio.
E (5) Cjabriel Ijo^er, son of Jacob l>oyer and Sarah vS|)ang. born
Aug. 30, 1819.
E (6) Amos Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Sj)ang, born F'eb.
<), 1821.
E (j) Margaret J'oyer, daughter of Jacob IJoyer, and Sarah Spang,
born Aug. 3, 1822. Married Addis. J lis son Isaac N. Addis resided
(1910) at 531 Windsor St., Reading, Pa.
E (8) Israel BoNer, son of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Spang, born
Nov. 22, 1S24. Died at Dayton, Ohio.
E (9) Catharine Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Spang,
born Dec. 25, 1825. Married Noll. A daughter, Mrs. McKinney, resid-
ed (1910) at 227 S. kVlIi St., Reading, Ba.
E (10) Pcrcival Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Spang,
born March 11, 1827. Died at Dayton, Ohio. Married. Children:
Augustus. Address (1910) Reading, Pa., and Austin. Address (1910 )
Zanesville, Ohio. ]Vrha[js others.
E (11) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Spang,
born Sept. 15, 1833. Married Daniel I'rancis. Address (1910) lOtli
and ITaak Sts., Reading, Pa. Son Homer Francis.
E (12) .Augustus Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Spang,
born Aug. 5, 1828, died young in California.
E (13J Amelia Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Si»ang,
born June 20, 1830. No data.
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E (i) Jacob 11. IJoyer, son of John Boycr and Susaji IIoUlt, born
Feb. 21, i8o8, died Sept. 22, 1836, born at Amit.v. l.utberaii. Paniun-.
Married I\lary Leaver. Buried at Boycrtown, I'a. Chibhrn: Harriet
L Boyer, born March 2, 1848. at Grcshville, I'a. Married Dr. l*raiil:
B. Brunner. Address (1908) Eshbach, Pa.
E (2) Levi H. Boyer, sou of Jolin I'.oyer and Susan JloUer, born
Buried on Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, I'a. Ivudi-
eran. Carpenter. Lived near Crcshville, Pa. Married lletlie Vorg;'y.
Children: Edniond and Horace.
E (3) Isaac Boyer, son ui John J5(.)yer and vSusan Holler, boiii
Buried at lioyeriowu about 1904. Lutheran. Farmer.
Married ATary Mauj^^er. liuried at ]5o3erto\vn. Children: Frank.
Sarah A., Lucy, Emma, Matilda, John.
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E (4) Jeremiah Boyer, son of John Pioyer and vSusau Hohvr, born
about 1820. Buried at Oley Alarch 1904, a^^-d 84. Lutheran. Labour".
INTarried Lena Trout. Children: Jlcnry, James T., Abraham, John T.,
Mary, Malinda, Susan, Sarah.
E (5) Andrew Boyer, son of Jolm Boyer and Susan Holter, born
Aug-. 3, 1830. Buried Lutheran. Farmer. Lived later
at 366 Beech St., Pottstovvn, Pa. ALirried Henrietta iiassler. Children :
Alberta and J. Fred.
E (6) Enoch PL Boyer, son of John Boyer and Susan Holter, l)orn
Buried at Pottsville, Pa. Lutheran. I\Lirrietl Miss
Trout. Child: John.
E (7) Anna 1-ioyer, daup^hter of John Boyer and Susan Holter.
Married Samuel Rhoads. Unly son: Morris Rhoads. Address (1911)
Oriesmersville, Pa.
E (8) Sophia Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Susan H(jlter,
married Samuel Trout. Children: Aaron, Elam, Andrew, Emma. Ad-
dress (1910) Aaron Trout, Pottstovvn, i'a. Address (1910) ]\Irs. Emma
Drumheller, Earlville, Pa.
E (9) Harriet Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Susan Holter,
buried at Pottsville, Pa. Married Amos Walbridge (dead). Children:
John, Horace, Amos, Henry, Charles, Hiram.
E (I) Llannah Ik)ver, daughter of Michael Boyer and Helena D.
Luther, born Sept. 30, 181 1, died April 7, 1840. No data.
E (2) Richard Boyer, son of Michael Boyer and Helena D. Luther,
born June 5, 1813, died Oct. 6, 1865. No data.
E (3) Israel Luther Boyer, son of Michael Bo}er and Helena D.
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Luther, born July 15, 1817, ciicd Jan. 4, i8<)i, buried St. John's Church,
near Shiremauslown, Cumberland Co., Pa. About iS-jo, Mr. lioyer niovoa
from the neighborhood of Amity ville, Herks Co.. I'a. to Lii:=burn, Cum-
berland Co. Pa. In 1852 he bouijht half interest in a forj^e, became well
to do, resided later at Mechaniesburg, Pa. See Cumberland County
History, page Oo}. Married Elizabeth Moser, who died IDec. 30, 1902.
Children: Anna Helena. Philij) Moser, Charles Israel, Jacob Henry,
Margaret Jane, Franklin I'ierce, William Penn.
E (i) l'hili[) l^o}er. s<.'n of Jacob A. lieyer and Catharine Deeter,
born Aug. 4. 1807. Lived at Danville, i^a. Marrieil. Children: hCdward,
F.raiik, Solomon, Pekr.
E (2) Frederick iioyer, son of Jacob A. Ik-ycr and Catharine Deeter,
born i8i.|, died Sept. 1S84. Lived in the neighborhood of
Xorthumberland, I'a., where he died. ?»Iarried Sarali Shicry, born Dec.
24, 1S14, died 1879. Children: Levi. Annie, William H., John, Fred-
erick, Fjiicline, Alexander, Catharine, Jacob, Jane.
E (3) Solomon Ijoyer, son of Jacob A. Beyer and Catharine Deeter,
born June 13, 1813, P.erks Co., Pa. Died at Red Willow, Neb., Marcii
14, 1884. Farmer near Danville, Montour Co., Pa. Moved (1858) to
Keokuk, Iowa. Then to AV'ashington, Iowa. Then to Red Willow,
Nebraska. Married Catharine Hortz, daughter of David Bortz and Ha:i-
nah Kerlin. She died, Iowa, June 17, 1896. Children: Joseph A..
Jacob, David A., Andrew, Allen, Stephen C, Mary, Rebecca, Sarah K.,
Susan C, and Hannah.
E (4) Jacob Re)'er, son of Jacob A. Beyer and Catherine Deeter,
born 1812, died Sept. 1887. liuried in Hendricks Cemetery,
A'alley Township, Montour County, Pa. Belonged to a training com-
])any in Berks County and pla\ed the tenor drum. Married Martha \ ixu
Plorn, born 1818, died Oct. 4, 1870. Children: Levi Y., Yiary Catherin:-,
Jacob, Hiram, Mahlon.
E (5) CiideH)n Boyer. son of Jacob A. Beyer and Catharine Deet.T,
born July 10, 1815. Address (1911) Washingtonville, Pa. Married
Mary Verker (Yerger). Children: Levi, Amelia, perhaps others.
E (6) Jesse Boyer, son of Jacob A. Beyer and Catharine Deeter,
born Gunsmith in L> coming County. Pa.
Married Elizal>eth Budman. Children: John \'\, Hester A., Flli T.,
Charles 1'., Kate, Nellie M.
E (7) Jusiina (Christina) Boyer, daughter of Jacob A. lieyer and
Catharine Deeter, born Nov. 21, 1805. Married Jacob Moser. One t -ii
Peter Moser resided (. 1911J at Pottsgrove, Pa.
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E (8) Susannah Boyer, daucrhter of Jacob A. r>eyer and Catharine
Dceter, born Nov. 28, 1808, married Samuel Mauj-er. No data.
E (9) Hctlic (Estlicr) I5oycr, dau-bter of Jacob A. Beyer and
•Catharme Dectcr, born July 10, 1810, married Sanniel Moser. No data.
E (10) Catharine Boyer, dau-htcr ol Jacob A. Beyer and Catharine
Deeter, married William Bovver. Children: One son Cyrus iJowcr, lived
at rotlsg-rove, Pa., 1911.
_ E (1) Elias Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Catharine Herb hum
:n Amity Twp., Berks Co., Pa., Oct. 26, 1816, accordin^^ to Church Re-
cords, but Oct. 25, 1815 according to correspondent, i^efor.ned. Farmer.
Died Jan. 14, 1891, buried hi Stone Valley, Jack.sou Twp., Dauphin Co
Pa. See "Will," Harrisburg, Pa. Married
She was born June 11,18.7. Children : Isaac, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah A *
Ida Berdella, Emiuauuel, Emma Caroline.
E (2)' Gabriel Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Catherine Herb, born
'I'^'^l Married
Chddren: One son J. Wesley Boyer, merchant, lived at Povalton Pa
in 1910. ' '
E (3) Josiah ]!oyer, son of Peter Boyer and Catherine Herb, born
Address ( 1910) Edizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa. Married
Jane . Children: J. Clinton, D. Alfred, and Malinda.
E (4) Benneville P,oyer, son of Peter Boyer and Catherine Herb
born (li,..! . , '
,-., ., , ,, "'^" married
-Children: Henry, Irwin, others.
E (5) John Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Catherine Herb, born
. ^^-5- Address (1910) Loyalton, Pa. Reformed. Farmer.
Married Children: Isaac F., George O., Kate, William M.
E (6) Isaac Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Catherine Herb born
March 12, 1818, died at l^illow. Pa., July 3, 1902. Baptismal record at
Amity, Pa. Reformed. Farmer and miller. Children: William, Levi,
John D., Polly, Catherine, Susan.
E (7) Abraham Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Catharine Herb
Lorn April 11, 1820 (Sec Amity Records). Died at Mandata, I'a. Mar-
W^"^ Children: S. P. Pierce, Elias D., Peter,
Hannah, Amelia.
E (8) Benjamin Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Catharine Herb
lx,rn Sept. 1813, near Yellow House, Amity Twp., lierks Co., Pa'
<lied at Mandata, I'a., 1887. Reformed. Teacher. Married Catherine'
Mein. born Sept., 1814, died 1887. Children: Benjamin A., Isaac, John
E., Ehas S., Daniel, Hannah, Emma, Caroline.
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E (9) Sarali lloycr, dauj^htcr of Peter lioyer and Catherine Herb,
married Jonas Kanfnian. Children: (a) F.lias (11)13), Tower City, Pa.,
(b) John, dead; (c) Mary Kaufman (Muller), (d) ICl.sie.
E (10) Mary Ann P>oyer, dau[;hter of Peter lioyer and Catherine
Herb, born March 28, 1820, (See Amity Records), (bed at Millersburg-,
J'a. Married J. Witmer. Chihhen: (a) John Witnur (1913J Millers-
bnrg, Pa., (b) Joel Witmer (1913) Altoona, Pa., (c) Kate Witmer (app)
Altoona, I'a.
IC (11) Rachel Hoyer, dauj^hter of Peter Boyer and Catharine Herb,
married Elias Jjuflington. Children: (a) Mary Purtint^ton. Address
(1913) Mrs. Aaron Daniel, Gratz, i'a. (b) lillen l'.ulVmi,'^ton. Address
(1913) Mrs. John Miller, C.ratz, Pa. (e) Catherine P.ufhni^ton. Ad-
dress (1913) Mrs. lilias Scholl'stall, Gratz, Pa.
E (12) Catherine Poyer, ilaughter of Peter P>o)er and Catherine
Herb, married Jonas Miller. Children: (a) Lizzie Miller. Address
(,1913) Mrs. Georj.;c Kosher, Lykens, Pa. (b) Sarah Miller. Address
(i()io) Mrs. Washington Shaffer, Lykens, Pa. (cj Ellen Miller. Ad-
dress (1910) Mrs. !^luckle.
E (13) Ilettie Poyer, daughter of Peter I'oyer autl Catherine llerb,
born Jan. 9, 1823, died at Potlsville, Pa. Reformed. i\larried Daniel
Ilofman, born Jan. 21, 1823. Children: John liofman. Address (1910)
Pottsville, Pa.
E (14) Leah Royer, daughter of Peter I'oyer and Catherine TIerb,.
married Charles Moover. Children: Daughter, Mrs. (lunternian, I^oyal-
ton, Pa. (1910).
E (1) \'aleria Jane lioyer, daughter of George K. I'xjver and Eliza
Lorah, born ?\larrie(l William C. Witman. Address (1910)
E (2) George Daniel Poyer, son of George K. Lioyer and Eliza
Lorah, born 1836, died 1886. High Sheriff Perks Co.,
Pa. Married Only cliild: Charles P)ernhart JJoyer:
E (3) John Valentine l-5oyer, son of George K. Poyer antl Eliza
Lorah, born died single, March 11, 1893.
E (4) Allen Lorah lioyer, son of George K. Boyer and Eliza Lorah,
born Address (I913) 52 N. 4th St., Reading, Pa. Died
single 1915.
E (i) Charles J£dward Poyer, stjn of Jacob K. Boyer and Sarah
Nagle, born Jan. 5, 1815, Reading, Pa., died Sept. 21, 1868, Lockport, /
111. Married I-'lizabeth Runyon, Feb. 22, 1823, Easton, Ohio, died at
Lockport, 111., April 17, 1908. Children: (a; Emma Elizabeth. Ad-
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tircss (1911) Mrs. I'lniina 15. Coriicau, Lockport. III. (b) Julius Ann-
ytcad lioyer (deceased). His chiKlreii were Julius Aniistead lioyer.
Address (1910) St. Louis, Mo., and Doui^lass Cook iJoyer. Address
(1910) St. Louis, Mo. (c) I'loreiice (jerirude. Adilress (1910J Mrs.
Olaus Paulson, Lockport, ill.
E (2) William Henry l»oyer, son of Jacob K. lioyer and Sarah
Nagle, born AuJ,^ 28, 1821, Reading, I'a., died March 23, 1887, IMiila.,
I'a. Merchant and broker. Married Sarah Coxe, born March Jo. 1841.
Children: (a) John l^ednian Coxe Uoycr. Atldress (n;io) Ciu-^, llill,
N. C. (b) Mary lioyer. Address (1910) -'15 Wnk St., Uurliuglon,
N.J. (c) Mabel l\leanor Koyer. Ad(lrLa> i loi ;) 1 1 i-l .Madi.^on Ave.,
Baltimore, Md.
E (3) Eninia I'-oyer. daughter of Jacf)b K. Iioyer and Sarah Xagle,
married Augustus K. l!o;is. Their dauiditcr is Mrs. Manlia McManus.
Address (1910)
E (4) Sarah Xagle lloyer, daughier of Jacob K. Jioyer and Sarah
Nagle, married Abraham Harper Raguel. Their son is Harper Raguel.
\dilress (1910^ Reading, La., and a daughter Mrs. Augustus R. Smith.
Aildress (I910) Jamestown, X. D.
E (i) Valentine L5oycr, son of John K. l'...'yer and Elizabeth Auraml,
born Jan. 23, 1814, died i8()0, in Chicago, 111. Lutheran. (Graduate of
U. P. Phila., Pa., 1830, in Medicine. Physician at Chicago, 111. First
Surveyor Port of Chicago. Justice of Peace 1844-1852. Deputy Collec-
{(•r Married Mary C. S|)echt. No children.
E (2) Ivlmnic L lioyer, ilaughter of John K. Ilo\er and Kli;:abeth
Aurand, married L. \\ Milliard. A grandson, \\'illiam J'. Hilliard re-
sided (1910) at Lnngw'ood, Chicagtj, 111.
E (3) James A. Boyer, son of John K. Loyer and Elizabeth Aurand,
born 1S24, died Oct. 9, i8()6, buried at Graceland, Chicag(j, 111. Married
Julia Ann Ege, born Oct. 1837, died June 9, i8ip. Children: (a) Charles
Edward lioyer, born Nov. 7, 1865. College man. Lutheran. Address
(1911) 65 Aberdeen St., Chicago, 111. Married Retta Duimaway. Chil-
dren: Clermont Aurand i:?oyer, born April 2(). i8*)5 and Ruth Claudine
P.oyer; (b) John K. Boyer, born I'eb. 18, 1861, and died single March
4, 1880.
E (i) Isaac Boyer, .son of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth E:igle, born
Jan. 29, 1809, and died unmarried at 22 years of age.
E (2) Solomon Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth Eagle,
born March 20, 181 1, died unmarried in Bedford Co., I*a., aged 22.
E (3) Adam Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth Jiiagle, born
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Oct. S. iS(.^, died I'Vl). 15, 1R89, Ijuricd at Pottstown, Pa. Lijiheran.
Farmer. .Mairicd ( jati. 8, iSy)) llaimali P.os.sirt, born .Mav 3, 1815,
<lit(l I;iii. 1SS5. CliildrLii: Maria. John 1')., Jlaniiah, .Malinda, William
15., Jacob, and I iciny.
K (4) Jacob UoytT, son of Samuel P.o)cr and F.lizabctli l*'a.i;Ie, born
Oct. 12, 1818. J^arl Twp.. l'.ork.s Co.. I'a., died (Vt. 10. 1885. Luiiuran.
Fanner. .Married Klizabcth I'.ovcr, btun I'lb. 11. iHj(), in Alsace Twp.,
llcrks Co., I'a., .>;amc line as Mablon IU>ycr, J'inct;r()vc. Pa. Cbildrcn:
(a) Amelia 15. Address (1910) Mrs. Obadiah l"blin^-, W'e^t l.e^-^pori,
■Pa., R. F. D. (c) William li. Boycr. Address (i.)io) 132 S. 8tli St.,
Rcadin}:^, Pa. Children (i) Mrs. Deborah Sailer. Same address. (2)
Mrs. Harry Rothcrmel, West Leesport, Pa.
E (5 ) Mary l5oycr. daughter of Samuel Poyer and Flizabeth Eagle,
born April d. l8i(), died unmarried.
E (6) Anna 15oyer, daui^hter of Saimiel Boyer and Elizabeth Eai^Ie,
born Feb. 19, 1S21, married bVy. Children: (i; Aaron Fry, .MIcntown,
Pa., L^aac i'ry, Allentown, I'a.
E (7) Kathryn P)0yer, daughter of Samuel Boycr and Elizabeth
Eagle, married Daniel Clouscr. A .son, Davitl Clouser, resided (I910) at
I'Jcasantville, Pa.
E (8) Malinda P.oyer, dau^Iitcr of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth
Eiigle, born Dec. 20, 1827, married Amos S. Melot. She is still livini;-
(HJ13). Address, I'"lcetwood, Pa. Son's address, Fleetwood, Pa. Ilis
<laughter Jennette married Dr. Claude W. ISankes. Address (i«)i3) N.
61I1 St., Reading Pa.
E (1) Ezekiel Boyer, son of David Boyer antl Sarah born
A])ril 2, 1821.
E (2) Jeremiah P>oycr, son of Davitl P)Oycr and Sarah born
Oct. 13, 1822.
E (3) Maria Ann Boyer, daughter of David ]5oyer and Sarah
born April 2S, 1825.
E (4) Daniel Boyer, son of David Boyer and Sarali born
Jidy 20, 1828.
E (5) Samuel G. Boyer, son of David Boycr and Sarah Ixtrn
Feb. 21, 1831, died Jan. 18, i88(;. Married Salome Yost C Nov. 10,
1855). See Trinity Reftjrmcd Church Records, Pottstown, Pa. Had
one son.
E (6) Caroline Boyer, daughter of David Boycr and Sarah
married a Mr. Boyer.
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E (i) Reuben Jkiyer, son of Jeremiah Boyer and Nellie born
about 1830 or later, lie bad niarried Katie Moyer. Tliey are both
burieil at the '•Hill" Church, not far from Amity. Children: Jeremiah
M., Catharine Anna, and John.
K (I) .\nthony Hoyer, son of Charles lioyer and Mary l-.ii/abelh
IXdaplane, born Oct. <S, 1815, died at Waterford, Erie Co., J'a., 1851.
Married Margaret Musher, born Nov. 15, 1821, married Keb. 21. 1843.
Children: (a) Ivouis Wellinj^ton Boyer. Address (ujio) 28th and
liroadway, New York. Born June 17, 1845. Minried Margaret Mosher.
No children, (b) Thomas Jefferson Px.ner, son of Anthony lioyer and
Margaret Mosher. Address ( i«jio) DuBois, Pa. Born Dec. 11, 1846,
Fairview, Pa. Died April 24. 1910, at DuBois, ]'a. Married MeMa
I.indsay, born March 21, 1855, Butler, Pa. Only child: Bonis Ephraim
Boyer. Address (1913) Duliois, Pa. Born Oct. 14, 1878, Karns City,
Pa. Admitted to Bar i8«j9. Mayor of DuBois, 1906-100:^. Contributor
to Magazines and Periodicals.
E (2) Ephraim Boyer, son of Charles Bo>er and his wife Elizabeth
Delaplane, died at h'airview, Pa., 1903, leaving no children.
E (3) Silas lioyer, son of Charles Boyer and his wife Elizabeth
Delaplane, born about 1814, Earlville, Pa., died at Erie, Pa., abcjut 1880.
Married Ann Mee. Both buried in Erie, Pa. Children: (a) l^izabeth
Boyer. born April 8, 1861, and (b) William Woodward Boyer, born (Jet.
(>, iXi'x). Highly trained man. Address (1913) f.ock Bo.x 461, Station
(i., V\'a.shington, D. C. Teacher. Clerk in Oltice of Intericjr 20 years.
Married (April 30, 1907; Mary M. Dreher, born Aug. 10, 1878.
E (4) Thomas J. Boyer, son of Charles Boyer and Elizabeth Dela-
plane, died at Erie, f^a., 1906. Married. Only child: Ida Boyer. Ad-
dress (1910) ^Irs. A. Ci. Ueaver.
E (5) Louis Wellington lioyer, son of Charles Boyer and Elizabeth
Delaplane, died at Earlville, I'a., about 1825, single.
E (G) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Charles iioyer and Elizabeth
Delaplane, died at Millvillage, Erie Co., Pa., about 1895.
E (i) Elijah Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and wife Moser, born
Sept. 12, 1815, died March 12, 1892, buried at Huff's Church, with wife.
Lutheran. Married Elizabeth I leydt, born Sej)t. 12, 1813, died July 26,
1881. Children: David H., Levi 11., Jacob, Jefferson, liettie.
E (2) Sarah Boyer, daughter of .Vdam Boyer and wife Moser, born
Oct. 14, 1823, married Williani Shirev, born Feb. 26, 1817, both buried at
Huff's Church.
E (3; Charles Boyer, son of .Adam Boyer and wife Moser, born
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49
Married twice. First wife a lleiiiibacli. A daughter was
the issue. Second wife was a Derr. She had first married a Kau. Her
son is married and lives on Mohr St., Allentown, I'a. Address Mrs.
Amaiula Rau.
E (i) Wilham E. Boyer, son of Georpe Boyer ami Sarah Eisen-
iiowcr, born April 12, 1822. Euthtran. I'"armer. Single. Eiving with
David B. Eisher, a sister's son, Earlville, I'a., in KJ13, when the liisiurian
stopped to see him, having secured his report two years earlier. He and
his sister Amianda Heist, hy enumerating first cousins ahsohitely con-
nected Charles 15. lioyer, their great grandfather, with his five brothers.
E (2) Isaac l)Oyer, son of George Hover and Sarah Eisenhower,
born 181 5, buried at Tarhotville, Pa., about 1900. Lutheran.
Farmer, carpenter, miller. Married Sarah Bender. Children: (a)
Isaac Boyer. Adilress (1911) Turbotville, I'a., (b) Kate Boyer. Ad-
dress (I'jii) Mrs. Kate Moyer, Turbotville, i'a. I'erhaps others.
E (3) John B(\ver. son of George Boyer and Sarah Fjsenhower,
born March 6, 1824. Lutheran. Farmer. Rolling mill worker. Soldier
in Civil War. Married Lydia Sassamau. Children: Charks, perhaps
others.
E (4) Anna Boyer, daughter of George I'oyer and Sarah Eisen-
hower, married Amos Boyer. She is buried in Michigan. Children: A
daughter in Detroit, Michigan ( 1913). .Address 42 Charles street.
E (5) Sarah Boyer, daughter of George Boyer and Sarah FZisen-
hower, ilied June 17, 1913, at Fottstown, I'a. Married William Fisher.
Address (1913) Pottslown Landing, I'a. Children: (a) Darius B.
Fisher. Address (1913) Earlville, Pa. (b) James Fisher. Address
(1913) Pottstown Landing, ]'a. (c) William F'isher. Address (1913)
Amity ville, I'a. (d) Emma Fisher.
E (6) Amanda lioyer, daughter of George Boyer and Sarah Eisen-
hower, married Jeremiah Heist. A(Ulress (1913) Uley, I'a. Lutheran.
Children: (a) Mrs. Mary Kline, Earlville, Pa. (b) Emma Frchn, New
Uerlinvillc. Pa. (c) Ella Heibst, Landis Store, Pa. (d) Kate Weiscr,
Oley, Pa. (e) William Heist, Oley, Pa. (1913).
E (l) Solomon Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Deibert,
l)orn 1828. Lutheran. Organist at "Red Church," near Or-
wigsburg, Pa., many years. Burictl there. Married Susannah Gardner.
Children: (a) Charles Benjamin Pioyer. Address (i(;i3) Supt. of
Schoi>ls, Atlantic City. Bf)rn Aug. 8, i860. R(jom-mate of the JLioyer
historian about 1877 at the State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa. A man
of unusual organizinjf power, who has built up the school system of
50 AMERICAN nOYIiUS
Atlantic City with the growth oi the city itself. Married Ainaiuhi neiiner,
born Jan. i, 1864. Only child: ikssic Uona. lx)rn Dec. 2^, 18.^1. l^rad-
natc of college an 1913. (b)Mary Amanda lioyer. Mrs. Jonathan
Fidlcr. She died Dec. 1870. Left one child. Katie I'.oycr Fidler. She
married Philemon Hoycr. Address (iwij) Orwi.^shnr- I'a. (c) Sarah.
Married Isaac N. Kutz. Address ( i(>io) 137 Cireenwich St.. Reading,
Pa. Children: (a) Sarah. Died May, 1913. (h)Snsan. Married 1 larry
Steitlcr. (c) Clarence Boyer Kutz, Lorn 1S85. Ad(h•e.^.■, Ci.ji^) n7
Greenwich St., Reading, I'a.
E (2) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Samuel lioyer and Sarah iJeihert,
born March 20, 183 1, married (;eorge Herbert, born Feb. 23, 182c;. Ad-
dress (1913) Alburtis, J»a. Children: (a) Samuel Franklin Jlerbcrt.
Address ( 1910) Hmaus, Pa. ( b) Henry Albert Herbert. Address ( 1910)
Alburtis, Pa. (c) George Daniel Herbert, Red Hill, Pa. (d) Oliver
Peter Herbert, (e) William l-.huer Herbert, (f) Rebecca E. Herbert.
Address (1910) Mrs. Aaron Strunk, r.14 Wciser St., Reading, Pa.
E (3) David P.oyer, son of Samuel Jioyer and Sarah Deibert, born
Aug. 15, 1826: died 27 years of age at Washington, D. C. Lutheran.
Shoemaker. Veteran of the Civil War. Married Sarah Kaufman. Chil-
dren: (a) Jacob K. Poyer, born 1854. Address (1911) Leesport, i'a.
Married Abiah Reeser, born 1859, died 1912, born at Gernant's Church
Chddren: (i) Mrs. Daniel Mitchell. Address (1911) Mohrsville, Pa.
(2) Mrs. Hiram Shoenert, Reading, Pa. (3) Charles D. Hoyer, Lorane,
Pa. (4) Jacob R. P.oyer, U. S. Army, Norfolk, Va. (5) Alvin S. lioyer]
Gernant's Church, Pa. (6) Mrs. Otis Rothenberger, Leesport, Pa. (7)'
Laura P.oyer. (8) Harry IJoycr. (9 ) Florence Jiover, all of Lecsix)rt, l^a.
(h) Charles Poytr. He and all his family buried at Gernanfs. ^c)
Elizabeth Hoyer. Address (1913) Mrs. J. P.. Rickenbach. 36 Nohle St
Kutztown, Pa. Children: (1) Oliver, (2) Annie ( K. S. N. S.j Mary.
E (4) Charles Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Deil>ert
stepbrother to the foregoing three. Eutheran. Carpet Weaver. Married'
Sarah Frahn. Buried at Weissport. Pa. Children: Sybilla (Mrs Gar-
man).
E (I) William Edward IJoyer, son of William Bovcr and Maria
Kroll, born Oct. 30, 1823, died Aug. 29, 1898, In^rn at' Pottsville. Pa.
Evangelical. Tobacco merchant at Pottsville. Married Hannah 1-liza-
beth Schwalm, born March i, 1825. Children: (a) Dr. Francis William
Boyer. Address (1913) 217 Mahantonga St., Pottsville, Pa. Physician
Married Caroline G. Hammaker. Children: (i) Dr. George H.'Boyer
(2) Lama Irances Boyer, (3J Judith M. Boyer, (4) Frances Elizabeth'
^oyer, (5j Annie A. lioyer, (6) Marion G. Boyer. (b; Laura 11 Boyer
AMERICAN BOYHRS e|
Address (1910) Mrs. James A. Medlar, 305 Mahantonga St., Pottsville,
Pa. No desceiulams. (c) Attorney Kdnuuid S. iioyer. Address (1913)
Somervvorih. N. 11.. horn Oct. 21, 1857. Conore-at'ional Church. Grad-
uate of Lafayette Coll., A. II and J'h. 1}. A.lniitted to liar 1889. Married
Charlotte Ru.^sel, lx)rn Sept. 6, 1862. Children: (1) Francis Burleigh
Hoyer, horn Dec. 12, J885. Graduate of Dartmouth College, 1907. Con-
gregational. Supcrinten.lent of Dye Works. Address (1910) Somer-
worth, N. II. (2) William K.lward lioyer, born March 13, 1890. Grad-
uate of Amherst, 191 1. Congregational. Address ( 1913) Somcrvvorth,
A^ IT. At home in Montreal, Canada. k^S-
H (2) Maria I'.oyer, daughter of William ISoyer and Maria Kroll,
•married Andrew Mover. Son; W. Mover. Address (1910) Rau St'
Tottsville, i'a. ' ^ / .
E (3) Charles 11. I'.oyer, son of William lioyer and Maria Kroll,
'^"'■'^ ^''^'^l Married. (;nlv chil.l : Emily
Boyer. Married William Smith. Address (1913J Baltimore, Md.
E (4) 'J'homas M. Boyer, son of William Boyer and Maria Kroll,
"born April 29, 1830, died Married Hannah M. Sterner,'
liorn Feb. 10, 1832. Married I-\b. 13, 1851. Children: (a) Frank E.
Boyer. Address ( 1910) Broadway, Joplin, Mo. (b) Walter T. Boyer.
Address (1910) Broadway, Joplin, Mo. (c) Mary L. Boyer (Moore).
A^ddress (1913) Cheyenne, Colorado. No children, (d) Jennie Boyer
(Tousley). Address (1913) Joplin, Mo. (e) Gertrude A. Jioyer. Mrs.
Mark A. i^aldwin. Two children.
E (5) Kufus C. J'>o\er, son of William I'.oyer and Maria Kroll,
iH'rn (lied • Married
Children: (a) Ehn;er 11 Jioyer. Address (1910) St. Clair, Ba. (b)
Alvesta Boyer. Address (1913) Mrs. William J. Sealy, St. Clair, Pa. (c)
Theodore Boyer. Address ( 1913) St. Clair, Pa. (d) Emma Boyer. Ad-
dress (1913) Mrs. James Kocher, Orwigsburg, Pa. (e) Lucy M. Boyer,
Atlantic City, N. J.
E (6) Louis J. B.oyer, son of William i{(ner and Afaria Kroll, born
April 28, 1838, Orwigsburg, Pa., died ]<eb. 18, 1906, Freinont, Nebraska.
Evangelical. Soldier from July 1861 to ck)se of war. • Second Lieutenant
part of time. Railroad clerk for more than 20 years. Married Susan
Locke. Address (1910) 506 East 14th St., Fremont, Nebraska. Chil-
dren: (i) Anna Mabel Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. Arthur L. J(»bn-
son, Fremont, Nebraska. {2) Nettie Alice Boyer. Address (1910)" Mrs.
L. Harry Rogers, F>emont, Nebraska.
F (1) Titus Dodge Boyer, son of Abraham Ludwig Boyer and
Sarah Dodge, born Jan. 29, 1845. Address (1910) ffaddonfield, N. J.
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Presbyterian. Worked in Publisliinif House about 35 years. Book-
keeper. Ticket agent. Married Maria Harding, born April 20, 1849.
Children: (a) Murray Cbester lloyer. Acklress (1908) Hadilontield^
N. J., born March 30. 1872. Attorney. Married Jane H. Allen, (b)
Marian D. Address (1908) Mrs. William C. de Zouche. She was born-
June 13, 1875, *1>^'<^1 i'*-'!*- -7. 1902. Left a daughter, Margaret, (c)
Townsend Harding Boyer, born Oct. 7, 1883. Chief Clerk Post Office,.
Haddonfield, N. J. Served as Trustee of Association of American
Bo\ers. (d) Henry Ludwig Boyer, born Nov. 12, 1890. Mechanic.
Address (1908) Haddonfield, N. j. (e) Helen Butterworth Boyer, bcjrn-
Dec. 29, 1893. -^t home with parents.
F (2) Eleanor l)03er, daughter of Abraham Ludwig Boyer and
Sarah Doilge, marrietl Joseph H. Homer, in April, 1872.' Harriet Homer
is a daughter. Aildress (1913)
F (3) Abraham Ludwig Boyer, son of Abraham Ludwig Boyer and
Sarah Dodge, born , No data.
F (4) Mary Lydia Boyer, daughter of Abraham Lutiwig Boyer and
Sarah Dodge, married William L. Merriel in 1862, died 1904. No chil-
dren.
F (5) Charles Boyer, son of Abraham Ludwig Boyer and Sarah
Dodge, born . No data.
F (6) Samuel L")odge Bo)cr, son of Abraham Ludwig Boyer and
Sarah Dodge, born i!^34? X'olunteer Corn E.xchange Regiment,
118th Pennsylvania. In 26 engagements. Wounded at Gettysburg. Cap-
tured at Cold Harbor, June 2, 1864. Libby prison, Andersonville, Milan.
Died here Nov. 11, 1864. P)uried in Lawton National Cemetery, Milan,
Georgia — Grave 26. Sergeant Co. D. Wife was Judith DeBozier, born
Dec. 31, 1835, Phila., Pa., died May 14, 1908. Buried at Mt. Peace,
Phila., Pa. Children: Charles Sunnier lioyer, born Sept. 23, 1856.
Graduate of Brown L^niversity, 1879. Principal of William D. Kelly
School, Phila., Pa. Address (1915) 6140 Columbia Avenue, Phila., Pa.
Married Ella H. Talbot. Children: (a) Edith T. Address (i(;io) Mrs.
Ernest D. Spangler, Bryan, CJhio; and (b) Carl Boyer, born 1884, mar-
ried Mabel Alsop. Address (1910) Children:
Carl Boyer, born Oct. 27, 1908.
F (7) William Henry Boyer, son of Abraham Ludwig Boyer and
Saraii Dodge, born No data.
F (8) William Locke Boyer, son of .Abraham Ludwig Boyer and
Sarah Dodge, born , died 1906, leaving no children. Car-
penter. Organist many years. Married Sarah Biitting.
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F (9) Daniel Lmhvij^ 15oyer, son of Abraham Liulwij^ Boyer and
Sarah Dodge, born died of typhoid fever, 1863, single.
Enlisted in .Marine Corps, 1861. Sent to U. S. S. Pawnee, and took
part in the burning of Nolfolk Navy Yard. Transferred to frigate St.
Lawrence. Present at engagement between Monitor and Merrimac.
F (10) Harriet iioyer, daughter of Abraham Luilwig Poyer and
Sarah Dodge, born 1843. Highly educated both in America and Europe.
Owned private school in New York and then in I'hiladclpliia. Principal
State Normal School, Trenton, N. J. Unmarrieil.
F (11) Sarah Dodge Poyer, daughter of Abrahan\ Ludwig Boyer
and Sarah Dodge, was well educated. Teacher in Philadelphia schools.
Alarried Edward Gideon, Supervising Principal of Oeorge G. Meade
School, Phila., Pa.
F (i) Daniel Boyer, sou of David L. Boyer and ]\Iaria Yohe, born
Jan. 30, 1846, Columbia, Pa., died Oct. 31, i»P5. Lutheran. Civii
War veteran. Foreman of water pipe construction. Contractor. Mar-
ried Mary Zellar, born Nov. 10, 1851, died A[)ril 30, 1904. Children:
(a) Maurice Z. Boyer. Address (1910) 537 W. Sedgwick St., Mt. Airy,
Pa., born Dec. 6, 1880. Book-keeper. Married Martha Dallon F'just.
Children : I{dgar IMaurice, Doroiliy Mattie.
F (2) John Henry Boyer, son of Daviil L. I'oyer and Maria Yohe,
tjorn July 8, 1850, Mainville, Columbia Co., Pa.- Address (1910) 338
Allen Lane, Mt. Airy, I'a. Lutheran. Employed in Bureau of Water,
Phila., Pa. more than 25 years. j\Larried Flora Zell, born May 2"], i860.
Children: (a) Ethel Blanche Boyer. Address (1913) 338 Allen Lane,
Mt. Airy, Pa. (b) Waller Gresheim Boyer. Address (1910) (^2^2 Gtn.
Ave., Gtn., Philadelphia, Pa. (c) Andrew Warren Boyer. Address
(1910) Cheyenne, Wyoming, (d) Rali>h Sidney Boyer. Address (1910)
,338 Allen Lane, Mt. Airy, Pa. (e) Albert Henry Boyer. Address (1910)
338 Allen Lane, Mt. Airy, Pa.
F (3) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of David L. Boyer and Maria Y'ohe,
born Jan. 21, 1849. Address (1910) 252 Jieech St., Pottstown, Pa.
F (4) Mary Boyer, daughter of Davitl L. Boyer and Maria Yohe,
born Sept. 24, 1851, married George W. Shannon. Address (1910) 3129
Powellon Ave., W. Pliila., I'a. Children: Florence, Willie, May, Eva.
F (5) l*'dizabeth Jkner, daughter of David L. Boyer and Maria
Yohe, born Nov. 17, 1852, married George Boone. Address (1910) 3129
Powelton Ave.., W. Phila., Pa. No children.
F (6) Clara M. Boyer, daughter of David L. Boyer and Maria
Yohe, born Nov. 14, 1854, married Williard Staley. Address (1914)
54 AMERICAN BOYERS
9316 Olive St., Elmhurst, Oakland, Cal. Children: Oscar, Elmer, Har-
riet, Marion, Freelin, Raymond.
!F (7) Lydia Ann Boycr. dangliter of David L. Boycr and ?\Iaria,
Yohe, born Feb. 20, 1857. Atldress (1910) 271 Brinj^hurst St., German-
town, Pa.
F (i) Adele Boycr, daui^diter of Daniel Boyer and Elizabeth Parker
Leach, born Nov. 15, 1847. Married Edward Bnrr. Address (1909)
122 Seaside Ave., .Atlantic City, N. J. No children.
F (2.) Albert A. PiOycr, son of Daniel Boyer and Elizabeth P..
Leach, born Sept. 21, 1849, ^'''-'^l • Married Elnora A.
Cochran. Children: (a) Alice Francis Boyer. Address (1910) 2440
W. Alleg-heny Ave., Phila., Pa. (b) Florence May Boyer. Married
William S. Grover. Address (1910) 548 Twenty-fourth St., Oakland,
Cal. Children: Elinore Elizabeth, John B., Alice, William B. (c)
Albert A. Boyer. Address (1910) 2440 W. Allegheny Ave., Phila., Pa.
(d) Earle M. Boyer. Address (1910) 548 24th St., Oakland. Cal.
F (3) Charles Waller Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Elizabeth P.
Leach, born Nov. 16, 1856. Adilress (1911) 511 Hamilton Ave., Atlantic-
City, N. J. Employed by ]'ennsylvania Railroad. Married Mary H.
Willits. Children: (a) Ralph Ludwig Boyer, born July 23, 1879. -'^<J-
dress (1911) 1720 Sansom St., Phila., Pa. (b) Maurice WilHts Boyer,
born Dec. 11, 1881. Address (njii) 906 Filbert St., Phila., Pa. Mar-
ried Beatrice House, born Sept. 21, 1882. (c) Daniel Warren Boyer,
born Dec. 18, 1886. Address (1911) 446 S. 57th St., Phila., Pa.
F (4) Maurice Leach J^oyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Elizabeth B.
Leach, born Nov. 13, 1861. Address (1911) Moorestovvn, N. J. Married
Frances Piatt. Children : Walter Boyer. Same address.
F (5) Mary E. Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and Elizabeth P.
Leach, married Mr. Van Gunten. Address (1911) Care of I\Irs. Burr,
122 Seaside Ave., Atlantic City, N. J.
F (i) Frank Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Mary Manger, mar-
ried died Children: One son Wil-
liam resided (1911) at Stowe, Pa.
F (2) Sarah .A.. Boyer, daughter of Isaac Boyer and Mary Manger,,
married Abraham Smith. Children: (a) Mary Smith, (b) Preston
Smith. Address (1911) Pottstown, Pa. (c) Arabelle Smidi.
F (3) Lucy Boyer, daughter of Isaac Boyer and Mary Manger,
married David Gross. Address (1911) Pottstown, Pa.
F (4) Emma.Maltida Boyer, daughter of Isaac Boyer and ]\Iary
AMERICAN HOYERS 55
Maugrer, married William l.iveugood. Children: (a) Dr. Liven^iood.
Two girls.
F (5) John r.oycr, son of Isaac IJoyer and Mary Maui^er. Address
( 191 1 ) Stowe, Pa.
F (i) Henry Hoyer, son of Jeremiah IJoyer and Lena Tront. died
in the Civil War. Married Son lives in Readin-, Ta.
F (2) James T. IJoyer, son of Jeremiah Hoyer and Lena Trout,
born Sept. 4. 18.44. Address (1910) Hox 68, I'arkershurj,'-, Pa. Marriecl
Isabella Wcsner. Children: (a) Sarah lioyer, married Harry P. Wit-
nieyer. Address (1908) 181 Franklin St., Pottstovvn, i'a. (b) Katie M.
Boyer. married Frank L. Mullen. Address (1908) Parkersbur^-, Pa.
(c) John W. Boyer. Address (1908) i'arkersl)uri,'-, Pa.
F (3) Abraham Poyer, son of Jeremiah P.oyer and Lena Trout,
born .Vpril 18, 1853. Married Amanda L. . Children: (a)'
Florence Poyer. Address (1908) Mrs. Florence Willauer, K. F. D. 2,
Pottstown. Pa. (b) Eilward G. l^oyer. Address (1908) 615 North St.!
Chester, Pa. (c) Eva. (d) ALattie. (ej Sarah. Address \ 1908) 612
K. 8tli St., Chester, Pa.
F (4) John T. Boyer, son of Jeremiah Boyer and Lena Trout, born
1860. Address (1908) 3034 FHiutt St., Baltimore, Md.
F (5) Mary Boyer, daughter of Jeremiah Boyer and Lena Tnait
Address (1908) Mrs. Mary Stettler, 620 Chestnut St., Pottstown, I'a.
Children : Four or more.
F (6) ALalinda Boyer, daughter of Jeremiah Boyer and Lena Trout,
married Frank Ludwig^ Address (1908) 542 Chestnut St., Pottstown!
Pa.
F (7) Susan Boyer, daughter of Jeremiah Boyer and Lena Trout,
married Peter Reitnour. Address (1908) Boyertovvn, Pa. (En-lesville)!
Children : Five or more.
F (8) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Jeremiah Boyer and Lena Tn.ut.
Address (1908) Mrs. Sarah Rhine, Stowe, Pa.
F (I) Alberta Boyer, daughter of Andrew Boyer and Henriclta
Bassler. Address (1910) 366 Beech St., J'ottslown, Pa.
F (2) J. Fred. Boyer, son of Andrew P.oyer and Henrietta Bassler.
Address (1910) Lincoln Ave., Pottstown, Pa. Mill worker. Married
Ro.se Rhoads. Children : Clara, Anna.
F (i) John Boyer, sc^n of Enoch H. Boyer and wife Trout. ALir-
ried Miss Byerle. Children: (a) Enoch Boyer. Address ( 1910) Pctis-
vdle. Pa. (b) George Boyer. Dead. Formerly connected with the
"Mmers' Journal." (c) Emma Boyer.
56 AMERICAN BOYERS
F (i) Anna Helena lioycr, claiij^hter of Israel Luther lioyer ami
Margaret Moscr, married William I'enn Lloyd. Address (1910) Mc-
chanicsburg, Pa. Her brother George died young.
]' (2) Philip Moscr P)oyer, son of IsraeP Luther Boycr and F.liza-
beth Moser, born Oct. 23, 1846. Address (1913) Carlisle, Pa. l^iilistcd
Company 11., <)ih Pennsylvania Cavalry. Farmer. Steward York Coun-
ty .\lms House (1888-1896). Married Sarah Jane Hart. Children:
(aj Charles Sherman Hoyer, born Feb. i, 1865. Address (1910)
(b) Dr. Israel Lullier lK)ycr, l)oni May 25, iSr^. Married
Nellie A. Kershaw. Children: Marion K. Kuyer, Josephine iJoycr.
Physician. Address (1910) Weitzenkorn iMdg., Wilkes-liarre, i^a. (c)
Dr. Henry Mixser Hoyer. Address (1910) 25 S. Hanover St., Carlisle,
Pa. IJorn Oct. 9, 1868. T'hysician. Member of Town Council. M;ir-
ried Bessie Irene Stephens, June 12. 1902. See History of Cumberland
County, page 6i(j. Died H}i5. (d) Jennie iviizabeth Hoyer, daughter
of J*hilip Moser Hoyer and Sarah Jane Hart, born Sept. 23, 1870. Mar-
ried E. L. Meek, Carlisle, Pa. (e) Flsie Vernon Hoyer, daughter of
Philip Moscr Hoyer and Sarah Jane Hart, born ^Lay 23, 1873. Marrieil
Charles S. Shapely, Hi Pa.so, 'I'e.xas. (f) William Herbert Hoyer, son of
]'hilip AToser Hoyer and Sarah Jane Hart, born May 2;^, 1873. Address
(1910) Mechaiiicsburg, J'a.
F (3) Charles Israel Hoyer, son of Israel Luther Boyer anil Fliza-
beth Moser, horn Feb. i, 1S65. .Xddress (1910) Harrisburg, I'a. Shirt
manufacturer. Married Annie E. Hoyer, of Mechanicsburg. Pa. Chil-
dren: (a) Oram Walter (died young), (b) Dorothy Boyer.
F (4) Margaret Jane Hox'cr, daughter of Israel Luther P>o\er and
Elizabeth Moser, married Jacob Mumma, father of the Philadeli>hia Leg-
islator F. G. jMunima.
F (5) Franklin Pierce Boycr, son of Israel Luther Boyer and ICliza-
beth Moser. iVddress (1910) AUentovvn, Pa. Prominent farmer. Mar-
ried Catharine Baker. Children: George, John, Carrie, Laura, I'lanche,
and Raymond.
F (6) William Penn Boyer, son of Israel Luther Boyer and Eliza-
beth Moser. Adtlress (1910) York, Pa.
F (i) Edward Hoyer, son of Jacob A. Beyer and Catherine Deeter.
Address (1910) Danville, Pa. Distiller.
F (2) Frank Boyer, son of Jacob A. Boyer and Catherine Deeter,
died at Danville, Pa.
I"* (3) Solomon Boyer, son of Jacob A. Beyer anil Catherine Deeter,
died at Danville, Pa. 1
AMERICAX BOYERS 57
F (4") IVtcr IJoycr, son of J;ici)l) A. Uoycr and Callicrine Dcctt-r,
"born Married Son lulward
married Cora Buyer.
F ( I ) John Hover, son of Frederick IJoyer and Sarah Sliiery, l)orn
Oct. II. 1837. Died
F (2) I'.ineHne l>oyer, dani;hter of Frederick lioycr and Sarah
Shicry, horn July 12, iS3y, married Jolinsun.
F (3) Catherine Hover, dani^hler of iMcderiek lioycr and Sarah
Shiery, horn Dec. 20, 1841, married iluj^lies.
F (4) Jacoh Hoyer, son of Frederick Hnyer and Sarah Shiery,
born Oct. 11, 1843. Address (1910) Nurlhuniherhind, J'a.
F (5) Wilham ]1. I'oyer, son of Frederick lioyer and Sarah Shiery,
born Nov. 5, 1845. Address (1910) Kinj^ston, Pa. Married Ceciha
Newbnrg, born June i, 1846. Died Dec, 1871. ChiUlrcn : (a) F.mmanuel
E. liOrn Jidy 16, 1868. Died April 7, i8(;4. (b)Aimie E. H)Oyer. After
death of Ceciha Newburc^. he married Clara May Shder. Children: (c)
Cecilia G. Uoyer, burn Jan. 16, 1878. Address (1910) Wilkes-Harre, J^a.
(d) Jessie M. Hoyer. Aildress (1910) Mrs. G. E. Howell, Truckville,
Pa. (e) Tacie O. Hover. .Address (1910) While Haven, I'a. (f)
Clara M. Boyer. Address (i»jio) White Haven, Fa.
F (5) Levi J5oyer, son of Frederick Boyer and Sarah Shiery, born
Jan. 18, 1847. Address (1910) Riverside, Danville, I'a. Farmer. Mar-
ried Children: (a) Elmer Hoyer. Aildress (1910)
TXinville, Pa. (b) William H. Boyer, Danville, Pa. (c) Dora lioyer.
^Married Edward Boyer, her cousin. Address (1910) M(jntana, Pa.
Child : Merle Boyer.
F (7) Jane Hoyer, (hui<j;hter of Frederick Hoyer ami Sarah Shiery,
born July 7, 1848. Address (i(>io) Mrs. Jane Walborn, Williamsjxjrt,
Pa.
F (8) Frederick Boyer, son of Freilerick Hoyer and Sarah Shiery,
born Sept. 12, 185.}. .Address ( kjio) Scranton, Pa.
F (9) Alexander Boyer, son of Fretlerick P.oyer and Sarah Shiery,
born July 3, 1857. Address (1910) Scranton, ]';i.
F (i) Joseph A. Boyer, son of Solomon Boyer and Catharine
Bortz, born March 17, 1836, Berks Co., Pa. .Address (I*ji3j Washintc-
ton, Iowa. Served nearly four years in Civil War. Came home Cajjtain
of Company C, 8th Iowa Infantry. Married Mary E. Duke, born 1835.
died in Chicago, 1894. Children: (a) Thomas A. Boyer. .Kddress
(1913) 4454 Emerald .Ave., Chicaj^o, 111., born Jan. 9, i8^)('). Official of
58 AMERICAN BOYERS
Cooke County, 111. 15 years. Married Ida .\. Hutch, Iwrn July 19, 1870.
Children: Gertrude M., Margaret A.
F (2) Jacob 15oyer, son of Solomon P.oyer and Catherine l^ortz,.
born . Left large family in lovva.
F (3) David .A. Hoyer, son of Solomon Bt)yer and Catherine I'xjrtz,
born Address (T913) Wasliington, Iowa. Married iCliza
J. Harris. Children : Five.
F (4) Andrew lioxi-r, son of Solomion lioyer and Catherine l>ortz,
born Address (1913) Oklahoma.
F (5) Allen Beyer, son of SoU^mun lU))er and Catherine I'ortz,
born died
F (()) Ste()hen C. IJoyer, son of Solomon Boyer and Catherine
Bortz, born Address (1913) Denver, Colorado.
F (7) Afary Boyer, daughter of Solomon Boyer and Catherine
l)ortz, born Address (1913) iMrs. Mary McCarty,
Richlanil, Iowa. Chililren : Five.
F (8) Rebecca Boyer, daui^hter of Solomon Bioyer and Catherine
Biortz. born died Married \V. S.
Shawhan.
F (9) Sarah E. Boyer, daughter of Solomon Boyer and Catherine
Bortz, born Married William Edwards.
F ( 10 ) Susan C. Boyer, daughter of Solomon Boyer and Catherine
Bortz, born Married Juhn Adam.
F (ii) Hannah Bo)er, daughter of Solomon Boyer and Catherine
Bortz, born Married Dr. John Wertz.
F (i) Ivcvi V. lieyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Martha Vanhorn,.
born June 18, 1847. Address (1911J Danville, Pa., R. F. D. 2.
Reformetl. h'armer and butcher. Married Sarah M. Flick, burn Aug.
I, 1853. Children: (a) Malcolm E. Boyer, born March 18, 1873. Ad-
dress (1901) Danville, Pa. Married Mame C. Earp. Children: (b)
Martha E. Boyer, born Jan. 19, i87('), married William F. Adams. Ad-
dress (191 1) 1115 W. Front St., Berwick, l^a. (c) Harvey E. Beyer,
born Dec. 12, 1885. Address (1911) 20 South 401)1 St., I'hila., Pa.
(d) Eva G. Boyer, born July 22, 1887, married Recce Merrell, Mercer,
Pa.
F (2) Mary C. Beyer, daughter of Jacob Beyer and Martha \'an-
liorn, born March 14, 1850. Married Philip Everett, horn 1835. .Ad-
dress (1911) Danville, Pa., R. F. D. 2. Children: (a) John Everett.
Address (191.1) Mausdale, Montour Co., Pa. (b) Annie ICverett. Ad-
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dress (1911) Mrs. Ivlward Rc.hins, Milton, I'a. (c) Calvin Everett.
Address (1911) Danville, I'a. (d) Ida Everett. Address (kjii) Mrs.
Frank U. Diehl, Danville, I'a., R. D. i. (e) Elizabeth ICverett. Address.
(191 1) Mrs. Charles Kiedy, Danville, Ta. (f) Alete Everett. Address
(191 1) Mrs. Charles Dichl, Danville, Pa. (^^ William Everett. \d-
dress (1910) Danville, I'a. (h) .\ynes Everett. Address (1911) Airs.
Frank Beyer, Danville, Pa.
F (3) Jacob Heyer, son of Jacob Peyer and Martha Vanhorn, born
March 1859. Address (1911) Mooresbur^-, I'a. Married Ijinna Tanner.
Children: Daisy, Annie, Clyde, Jesse, Joseph.
F (4) Hiram Peyer, son of Jacob iJeyer and Martlia Vanhorn,
born 1867. Address (1911) Purnside, Iowa. Farmer. Married Ida
Poulk.
I' (5) Mahlon Peyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Martha Vanhorn,
^O""" died 189C3. Millworker. Married Sarah Coup. Then
Edith Iloon. Child: Glen Beyer. Address (1911) Danville, Pa.
F (i) Levi Poyer, son of Gideon Poyer and Mary Yerker, born
Aildress (1911 ) West
F (2) Amelia Poyer, daughter of Gideon P.oyer and iMary Yerker,.
^O''" . Family — perhaps (jthers.
F (i) John F. Beyer, son of Jesse Boyer and Elizabeth Budman,
born Aug. 2, 1852. Address (1911) Blo(jmsbur--, Pa., K. F. D. 2.
Lutheran. Farmer. Married Anna iM. Pausch. Children: (a) Jesse
C. Boyer. Address (1911) Grovania, Pa. Married Minnie Raup. Chil-
dren: Raymond, Elizabeth, Lester, (b) Fred R. Poyer. Address (1911)
Bioomsburg, Pa. Married Gertrude Kline. Children: Itsther, Leroy.
(c) Pessic Poyer. Address (1911) Mrs. Frank Gii^ger, Ploomsburg, Pa.
(d) Mary l5oyer. Address (i9ii( Mrs. Daniel oiil. (e) Harry 15..yer.
(f) William iJoyer. (g) Sadie Boyer. (h) Arthur Boyer. {i) John F.
Boyer — all at home in 191 1.
F (2) Eli T. Boyer, son of Jesse Boyer and Elizabeth Budman, born
Address (1911) Bloomsburg, Pa. Farmer. Mar-
ried Gerilla Ten'iple. Cliildren: (a) Philip P.oyer. Address (1911)
Grovania, Pa. (b) John W. Boyer. Address (1911) Bloomsburg, Pa.
R F. D. 2. Married Martha Morgan. Children: Melvin Boyer. (c)
Frank Boyer. Address (1911) Rupert. I'a. Married Ada Faust. Chil-
dren: Girl, (d) Cleveland l^xner. Addresses (1911) Bloom^burg. Pa.
(e) Susan Poyer. Address (1911) Mrs. Eugene Steed, Bloomsburg. Pa.
(f) Kate Buyer. Address (1911) Mrs. David Kerschncr, P,erv/ick, Pa..
(g) Lydia Poyer. Address (1911) Mrs. Boyd Frey, Rupert, Pa. ' (h>
6o AMERICAN BOYERS
Elle Hoyer. Address (1911) Mrs. Fred. Roth, C.rovaiiia, I'a. (i) Martha
Boyer. Address (1911) Mrs. D. Cotner, C'.ruvania, I'a. (j) Odessa
iioyer. Address (1911) Bloomsburg, Pa.
F (3) Charles P. Boyer, son of Jesse Boyer and FJizahelh Biuhnan,
"born A(Mress (1911) Unityvillc, I'a. F'armer. Married
Amanda Kessler. ChiKheu : (a) John P>oyer. Address (1911) Unity-
ville, Pa. Married Children: (h) Jesse
Boyer. Adthess ( 1911) Married AHce Piatt. Children:
(c) Etta Boyer. Address (1911) Mrs. Keller,
(d) Kate Poyer. Address (1911) Mrs. Arthur Walker, 208 North St.,
Rochester, N. Y. (e) Nellie M. I'oyer. Address (1911) Mrs. Nellie
'M. Myers, sani: as i'hove.
F (i) Isaac Boyer, son of Elias P>oyer and wife
Buried at Uniontovvn, Pa. Married Caroline Emerich. Children: (i)
Daughter Mrs. John C. Fitting, lenders, Pa. (1910). (2) Ida Boyer.
Address (1913) Mrs. Ida 15. Feick, 807 N. loth St., Reading, Pa. (3)
Mary E. Boyer. Address (1913) Mrs. Mary E. Drumheller, 229 N. nth
St., Reading, Pa. (4) Carrie E. Boyer. Address (1913) Mrs. Carrie
E. Hurst, 347 \V. Windsor St., Reading, Pa.
l^ (2) Mary Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife
born
F (3) Sarah A. r.o\er, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife
born Died at Loyalton, Pa.
F (4) Ida Berdella Boyer, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife
F (5) Emmanuel Bo)er, son of Ivlias Boyer and wife, born Feb. 24,
1844. Address (1910) Elizabethville, I'a. Reformed. Married Susan
Philips. Children: (a) F. G. Boyer. ;\ddress (1910) Elizabethville,
Pa., born Aug. 7, 1872. Reformed. Farmer. Married
Children: (i) Clarence E. Boyer, (2) Edwin H. Boyer. (b) Mrs.
Harvey O. Miller. Address (1910) Elizabethville, Pa. (c) Mrs. Samuel
L. Eby. Address (1910) FZlizabethville, Pa.
F (6) Emma Caroline Boyer, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife,
born Address (1910) Reading, Pa.
F (i) John Wesley LJoyer, son of Gabriel Boyer and
Lorn Merchant. Address (1910) Loyalton,
Pa.
F (i) Dr. J. Clinton Boyer, son of Josiah Boyer and wife, Jane,
born Sept. i, 1874. Physician. Address (1910) 745 S. 3rd St., Phila, Pa.
F (2) Dr. D. .\lfred Boyer, son of Josiah Hoyer and wife, Jane,
^rn May 22, iSrk). Physician. Address (1910) 17th and York Sts.,
AMERICAN BOYHRS 6a
Phila., I'a. Married I.illic llensel, born Dec. 3, 1864. Children: Edna
J. Boycr, W. Kay Jioyer, Jesse Boycr.
F (3) Malinda Hoyer, daui^hter of Josiah Boycr and wife, Jane,
born Address (1910) Mrs. Malinda Lcnker, Ivlizabelh-
ville, Pa.
F (i) Henry Boycr, son of Benncville Boyer and wife
born Address (1910) Loyalton, Pa.
F (2) Irvin Boyer, son of Benncville Boyer and wife
born Address (1910) Loyalton, Pa.
F (3) Boyer, son of Benncville IJoycr and wife, ,.
born married Address
(lyio) Mrs. Ellen Marner, Loyalton, Pa.
F (i) Isaac F. Boyer, son of John Boyer and i'.lizabctli Swab, born
1867, died 1897. Married Agnes Bowman. No chil-
dren.
F (2) George O. Boycr, son of John Boyer and Elizabeth Swab,,
born 1871. Farmer. Address (1913) Eliza-
bethville, Pa., R. F. D. i. Married Daisy R. Ely. Children: (a) Ralph
T. Boyer, (b) John P. Boycr, (cj Mary E. Boyer, and (d) Jennie M.
Boyer.
F (3) Kate E. l)oycr, daughter of John Boycr and Elizabeth Swab,
born 1^75- Married James Tobias. Ad-
dress (1910) I\Irs. Kate E. Tobias. Farmer. Son: Charles S. Address
(1913) Loyalton, Pa.
F (4) William M. Boycr, son of John Boycr and Elizabeth Swab.
Address (1913) Fishcrvillc, Pa. Born 1878. Married
F (i) William Boycr, son of Isaac Boycr and Caroline Dcppcn,
born July 25, 1854. Address (1910) Pillow, I'a. Farmer. Married
Elizabeth Shartle, born Feb. 26, 1858. Children: (a) Dr. Edwin C.
Boyer. Address (1910) 1828 Frankford Ave, Phila., Pa. (b) Marry
Jioyer. Address (1910) Pillow, Pa. (c) Mrs. Edgar Newkcrk. Ad-
dress (1910) Elizabcthvillc, i'a. (d) Mamie Mabelle I)Oyer. Address
(1910) Pillow, I'a.
F (2) Levi Boycr, son of Isaac Boyer and Caroline Deppen, born
Adilress (1910J Pillow, Pa.
F (3) John D. Boycr, son of Isaac Boycr and Caroline Dcppcn, born
Nov. 10, 1845, Lower Mahantonga, Pa. Dictl at Klingerstown, Pa.
Married Mary Children: (a) Caroline I'xiycr. Atldrcss
(1910) Tslrs. Cyrus Lcitzel, Uniontown, Pa. (b) Charles A. Boyer, Ad-
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dress ( k^io) Klini^erstown, I'a. (c) I-'linira Al. 15oycr. Address (kjioj
Mrs. David R. W'cist, Klinijerstowii, Pa. (d) l\va E. Hover. Address
(ii)io) Kliiigerstown, Pa. (e) Jolm C. Buyer. Address (1913) 144
Maple street, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
F (4) PdIIv Hi)yer, datii,dUer of Isaac J^oyer and Caroline Deppen.
Address (1910) Mrs. John l)eii)ler, IJerrysburj^, Pa.
F (5) Catliarine lioyer, daughter of Isaac lloyer and Caroline [\\)-
\)ci\. Address (1910) Mrs. Michael Shaffer, Ik-rrysburg, Pa.
I' {()) Susan lioyer, daughler of Isaac Hoyer and Caroline l)ei)pen.
Address (1910) Mrs. Jacob Zarlnian, 139 S. ()lh St., Shanujkin, Pa.
Children: (a) F. Alice Zartnian. .\ddress (1910) Mrs. A. P. Keitz,
Shamokin, Pa. (b) ilarry Zartnian. .Address (1910) Shaniokin, Pa.
..(c) Kdwin Zartnian and (d) luif^ene Zartnian, Shaniokin, Pa.
F (1 ) S. P. Hoycr, son of .Abraham lioyer and wife, bcjrn
Address (1910) Hickory Corner, Pa.
i' (2) Pierce Ho}er, son of .Abraham P.o\'er and wife, born
Address (1910) Mandata, Pa. '
F (3) EHas D. lioyer, son of .Abraham Doycr and wife, born
Address (1910) Sunbury, Pa.
F (4) Peter lioyer, son of .\braliam lioyer and wife, born
Atldress (1910) llcbc, Pa.
F (5) Hannah iloyer, daughter (^f Abraham Poyer and wife, born
^larried John l^ehr. Address (1910) Dalmatia, Pa.
F (6) Amelia lioyer, daughter of .Abraham lioyer and wife, born
Alarricd Henry Kcefer. Address (191Q) Halifa.x, Pa.
F (i) lienjamin .A. Poyer, son of Benjamin A. Boyer and Catharine
Stein, born Address (1910) Hickory Corner, Pa. Mar-
ried ' Children: (a) Professor John B. Boyer. Ad-
dress (1913) Milroy, Pa. (b) Charles I. Boyer. Address (1913) i/V:;
Arnold St., Atlanta, Ga.
F 2) John F. jioyer, son of Benjamin A. lioyer ami Catharine
Stein, born Dieil aged 53 years, 10 months and i day.
Buried at Hofman's St. Peter's Reformed Church, Lykens Twp., Dauphin
• Co., Pa. Farmer. Married .Mary Moyer. Ad<lress (1913) Mrs. Mary
Boyer, Gratz, Pa. Children: (a) Jacob Boyer. Address (1913) Gratz,
Pa. Married. Children: Lee Boyer and Mary Boyer. (b) Kate Boyer.
Address (1913) ^'rs. Kate J. Riegel, Pillow, Pa. Children: Ruth,
Mark, (e) Clara Boyer. .AiKlress (1913) Mrs. Clara Harman, Berrys-
burg, Pa. .Children: Allen, (d) Sallie Boyer. Married Lehman. Chil-
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-drcn: (i) Ralpli f.chnian. Address ( igio) Elizabetlivillc, I'a. (2) Miles
Lehman, Gralz, I'a. (3) Paul, i'.orrysbiirg-. Pa. (e) Rcvcifiul i'hilijj li.
Boyer. Address (1913) I'iunan, I'a., lioni July 11, 1874. Graduate of
Albriy^ht Collejje. Minister uf l.'nilcd lwanj.(elicai Church. Married
Martha Iv Ilofinan, born July 21. uSjS. Ciiildrcn : Clartncc Iv. Mildred
E., John Harold, Kenneth Ira, W'illard P.. .Allen J. v f ) Hlizabeth lioyer.
Address (1913) Mrs. b'lizabeth l.ciiUer, l^lizabelhville. Pa. Child: For-
est Lenker. (i() Susie 15o)er. Address (1913) dratz. Pa. (h) Hannah
lUiyer ( Philips). Address (1913) Hickory Corners, I^a. Children: Ralph
H^nnia, sister, (i) Kmnia P>oyer (Williams). .Address ([<)13) Williams-
touii, Pa. Children: Three. (j) Jithn .\. ni>)er. .Address U913)
Elizabethville, Pa. Married Children: John, Robert,
Mary. (1) Leah I'.oyer. Address (1913J Gralz, Pa.
I*" (3) Klias S. Hoyer, son of IJenjamin .\. I'.oyer and Catharine
Stein, born Address (191 3) Dalmatia, Pa. Married
Children: (a) Sovarrah P>oyer. Address (1913) Millers-
burg, Pa., R. F. D. (b) Jacob .\. Boyer. Address (1913) Millerslnirj.^,
Pa., R. F. D. (c) Ed. Coyer. Address (1913) Millersburij, Pa., R. F. D.
(d) Jane Boyer (Witmer). Address (1913) Hickory Corners, Pa. (ej
William Boyer. Coaldealer. Address (1913) Sunbury, Pa.
F (4) Daniel l^oyer, son of Benjamin A. Boser and Catliarine
Stein, born Died at I'illow, Pa. Married
Children: (a) David Boyer. Address (1913) Pilhjw, I'a. (b) Jacob
Boyer. Address (1913) Elizabethville, Pa. (c) Harry Boyer. .Ad-
dress (1913) Elizabethville, Pa. (d) Joel Boyer. Address (1913) Pil-
low, Pa.
F (5) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Benjamin A. Boyer and Catharine
Stein. Married William Seller. Children: (a) Jacob Seller. Address
(1913) Mahanoy, Pa. (b) Daniel Seller. .Address (1913) Dauphin, Pa.
F (6) Emma Boyer, daughter of Benjamin A. Boyer and Catharine
Stein, married Enmianuel Lark. She is dead. Children: (a) .Attorney
C. C. Lark. .Address ( 1913) Shamokin, Pa. (b) Dr. John Lark. .Ad-
dress (1913) Shamokin, Pa. (c) H. William Lark. .Addre^s (1913)
Shamokin, J'a. (d) Ed. Lark. Address (1913) Shantokin, Pa. (ej
Leah Lark. Address (1913) Shamokin, Pa.
F (7) Caroline Boyer, daughter of Benjamin A. BoNer and Cathar-
ine Stein, married Jeremiah Lenker. .Address (1913) Sunbury, Pa., R.
F. D. 2. Children: (a) Alma Lenker, (bj Rev. George Lenker, (c)
Kate Lenker.
F (i) Maria Boyer, daughter of Adam Boyer and Hannah Bossart,
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married Joseph R. Waid. Address ( 1910) 530 N. Front St., Reading, Pa.
Children: Joseph liooker, Achim, Ahce R.
F (2) John B. Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and Hannah Bossart,.
born April 30, 1841, jMaxatawny Twp., Berks Co., I'a. Lutheran.
Blacksmith. Private of Comjjany II, 68th Regiment Pennsylvania Vol-
unteers, three years. Enlisted August 10, 1862. Mustered out June 9,
1865, at Hart Island, New York Harbor. Married Dora Nagle, born
Dec. 19, 1858, married Oct. 1866. Children: (a) Alice Boyer, bcjrn
July 20, 1867. Address (1913) 249 Beech St., Pottstown, Pa. (b)
Edward Bailey Boyer, born May 5, 1871. Address (1913)
Pottstown, Pa. Reformed. Salesman. Married Esther Wells. Chil-
dren: Madeleine, Helen 15., l)t)ra, Mary Wells, Josephine Irene, (c)
Charles Bailey Boyer, lH)rn March 4, 1873. Address (1913)
Pottstown, Pa. Reformed. Blacksmith. Married Laura Phipps. Chil-
dren: Alice, Edna X'aleria. (d) Raliih Nagle Boyer, born Sept. 3, 1877.
Address (1913) Pottstown, Pa. Reformed. Stonecutter,
(e) Edna Valeria. Woman of charming personality, highly developed in
the art of nuisic. Died about 191 1.
F (3) Hannah lioyer, daughter of Adam Bo)er and Hannah Bos-
sart, born Aug. 7, 1843 niarried Nicholas Bohn. Son: Howard Bohn.
F (4) Malinda Boyer, daughter of Adam Boyer and Hannah Bos-
sart, born Oct. 14, 1845. Address (1909) 246 Beech St., Pottstown, Pa.
Married William O. Yahn, born 1837. Children: (i) William Edwin
Yahn, April 18, 1867, married Mary Elizabeth Imbody. (2) Rosa Ella
Yahn, Aug. 7, 1870, married Isaac Swinehart.
F (5) William B. ]^)oyer, son of Adam Boyer and Plannah Bos-
sart, born Sept. 7, 1849. Address (1909) Carnegie, Cadds Co., Oklahoma,
R. F. D. I, Box I. Methodist. Farmer. Married Ann Martin, born
July 15, 1849. Children: (a) William Edgar, born June 6, 1881. (b)
Robert Ediuond Lee Boyer, born Jan. 23, 1883. (c) Alice lilanche Boyer,
born Jan. 12, 1885, (d) Rosa Ellen Boyer, born April i, 1887, (e) Simon
Ralph Boyer, born May i, 1889, (f) Roy Eldon Boyer, born Aug. 21,
1891, (g) Anna Eva Boyer, born Aug. i, 1894.
F (6) . Jacob Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and Hamiah Bossart
born Address (1909) Lincoln Ave., Pottstown, Pa. Re-
formed. P.lacksmiih. Married Kate Huyette. Child: Heber Ellwood
Boyer.
F (7) Henry Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and Hannah liossart,
horn Address (1910) Pleasantville, N.J. Reformed.
Merchant. Married Lizzie Fox. No children.
F (i) John Boyer, son of Reuben Boyer and Kale Moyer, born
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died Married Amanda Yoder. Ad-
dress (1910) Mertztown, Pa. Children: (a) William Isaac Boyer. Ad-
dress (1915) Mertztown, I'a. Railroader. Married Cora Long. There
are two children, Pearl and Harry. Pearl is a Normal School student,
(b) Frederick Orville lioyer. Address (1913) i^rOngswamp, Pa. Mail
Carrier. Married .\nna Schadler. There arc two children, Charlton
and Ralph, (c) John Raymond I'.oyer. Address (1913) Allen Hotel,
Alleniown, Pa. (tlj Annie IsUen lioyer, born March 27, 1869, married
Charles Brensingcr. Childrt.n : (1) Llo)d llrensinger, 5607 Arch St.,
Philadelphia, Pa. (2) Charles Hrensin^er, llalifa.x, Pa. Secoml marriage
to Nicholas C. Schadler. Children: (i ) Florence, Norman, Fdna, Paul,
George, Melvin. (e) Mary P>oyer. Married George Ruke, Rittersville,
Pa. Xo children, (f) Lydia lloyer New York, N. Y.
(g) Kate Ijoyer (dead); husband John Werst. Children: (i) Harry
Worst, Topton, Pa. (2) Herman. (3) Alvin. (4) John, all of Topton,
except John, of Longswamp, Pa. (h) Pertha Fstelle Poyer, Mertz-
town, Pa.
F (2) Jeremiah M. Poyer, son of Reuben P<oycr antl Kate Moyer,
born in Pike Twp., iJerks Co., Pa. Address (1913) I'ine Iron Works, Pa.
Lutheran. Farmer. Married Sarrdi Y. Slrunk. Children: (a) Mary
Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. Robert Gottshall, Boyertown, I'a. (b)
Amanda Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. Leon Gilbert, Sydenham St.,
Phila., Pa. (c) Henry Pjoyer. Address (1910) Care of Mrs. Gilbert,
(d) Sarah Boyer. At home, (e) Annie Boyer. At home, (f) Amnion
S. Boyer. Address (1910) Pottslown, Pa. Born Nov. 8, iBrnj. Railway
Mail Clerk. Alarried Children: William, Fretlerick,
Lawrence, Caroline, Bertha.
F (3) Catharine A. Buyer, daughter of Iveuben Boyer and Kate
Moyer, R. I'. 1)., born Dec. 13, 1848. Address (1910) Mrs. Peter K.
Heffenlrager, Pennsburg, Pa. Children: (a) Alice B. licftentrager. Ad-
dress (1910) Mrs. Curtis W'eiss, Pennsburg, Pa. R. F. D. i. (b) Flor-
ence C. Hettentrager. Address (1910) Pennsburg, Pa., R. F. D. i.
F (i) Alfred Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and Catharine Kroll, born
Sept. 16, 1844. Address {1910; 165 Central Ave., Titusville, Pa. Mar-
ried Elizabeth Hack. Children: (a) Catharine lioyer. Address (1910)
Mrs. Catharine Harlow, Keystone Park, Florida, (b) Mary Lydia Boyer.
Address (i<;io) Mrs. Mary L. Henry, Mt. Zion, Pa.
F (2) Levi Cyrus Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and Catharine Kroll,
born Jan. 20, 1841, Callcnsburg, Pa. Ad«lress (1910) Sligo, Pa., R. F.
D. 3. Methodist. Blacksmith. Married Nancy Scott, and after her
death Margaret Swarm. Children: (a) Laura Celinda Boyer. Address
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(1910) Fredonia, N. Y., R. F. D. 17. Box 55. (b) Morris .\foiUgoiiK'ry
Boycr. Address (1910) Suiter, Oklahoma, born Nov. 22, i8()('). Mar-
ried I\lvina Rinjjer, born Sept. 1868, Norfolk, Knj^iand. Children: (i)
Bertha May Boyer. Married Alfred Mc.Vellis. (2) Melvin Kevi Boyer.
Address (1910) Sutter, ( )klahonia. (3) William Cilhert Boyer. Addreb,
(1909) Sutter, Oklahoma, (c) Hildie Milfurd Boyer, lx>rn Sept. 1(),
1868. Address (1910) St. Joseph, Mo., or Kansas City, Mo. (d) Flor-
ence Adella r)Oyer, horn Nov. 6, 1873. .\ddress (1910) Mrs. Matthias
Fox, Yatesboro, Armstrong- Co., Pa., Box 236. Children: (r) lult^ar,
(2) Charles, (3) Orjiha, (4) Homer, (5) Lloyd, (d) Alvin Snyder
Boyer, born Feb. 26, 1876. .Address (1910) Mar-
ried Children: (1) Myrtle, Ruby, Leafy, Willis, (e)
Myrtle r)elle Boyer, born July 22, 1884. Only child of Marij^aret Swarm.
Address (1915) Mrs. Frank L. Myers, New Bethlehem, I'a.
F (3) Joseph Henry Boyer, son of Henry B.oyer and second wife,
born Address (1910) St. Petersburg, Pa.
F (4) Rebecca Boyer. daui^hter of Henry I'.oyer and Catharine Krull,
born 1831- Married Henry W'hilmer. Address (1910) Mrs.
Rebecca Whitmer, Sligo, I'a., R. F. D. 2, Wox 21. Children: (a) Mrs.
Lafayette McCk-e. Address (1910) 1243 N. Washinj^ton .\ve., Wichita,
Kansas, (b) Alvin H. Whitmer, Sentinel, Oklalujma. (c) Orrin W.
A\hitmer, Sligo, Pa. (d) Bennett Whitmer, Sligo, Pa.
F (5) Mary Boyer, daughter of Henry P)Oyer and Catharine KroU.
married Jacob McNann)'. Children: (a) Mrs. Jane 'J'urnuy. Address
(1910) Emlenton, Pa. (b) Mrs. Maggie Troutman, Parker, Pa. (c)
George McNanny, Parker's Landing, Pa. (d) Bertha McNanny, Park-
er's Landing, I'a. (e) Mrs. William Karns, Appollo, l^a.
F (6) Jane Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Catharine Kroll,
married Emmanuel Karns. Cliiklren : (a) \'incent Karns. AiKlress
(1910) Parker, Pa. (b) Ralph Karns, (c) Mrs. Anna Wiant.
F (1) David H. Boyer, son of Ulijah lioyer and Elizabeth Heydt,
born Jan. 12, 1836, died July 20, 1898. Married Susan Gehres. Children:
(a ) George Boyer. Address (1910) 520 S. i6th St., Reading, Pa. Married.
Children: (i) Warren Boyer, (2) Flester Boyer. (b) Jacob G. Boyer.
Address (1910) Alburtis, Pa., R. F. D. i. liorn Sept. 8, 1861. Reformed.
I^Iarried Angeline Children: (i) Eliza hillen Boyer. .Address
(1910) Mrs. Nathan Ruppert. (2) Jennie h'meline Boyer. Adilress
(1910) Mrs. Milton Reinert. (3) Lillie Sybilla Boyer. Address (1910)
Mrs. Fred. Reinert. (4) Mamie Angeline Boyer. Address (1910) Mr^.
Harvey Moll. (5; Sylvester George Boyer. Address (1910) Alburtis,
Pa., R. F. D. I. (6) Jacob Franklin Boyer, (7) Stella Ivlmira Boyer, (8)
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Ka^^moiul .Myron lioyiT. ((;) Charles E. Hoycr. acMrcsses (1910) Alburtis,
Ta., K. J-\ I). I. (c) Abrahain JU)ycr. Address (1910)
Married. Children: {i) William Hoyer, (2) John iJoycr, (3) Clara
lloj.er. (d) John JJoyer. Address ( 1910) Toplon, I 'a. (e) Adam Hoyer
Address {Ujio) Allentown, i'a. (f) Til^diman Hoyer.
Address (1910) Topion. Pa. (-) Jeremiah Hover. Address (1910)
loj.ton, Pa. (h) Howard I'.oyer. Address (1910) Topton, Pa.
1' (2) Levi li. lioyer, son of J'.Iijah Boyer and Elizabeth lieydt
born Nov. 4, 1839, Annty, Pa. Uuheran. Grocer. Address ( 1910) -M-
burti.s, Pa., R. F. I). 1. Married llaltie Werlev, burn July 25. 1845.
iS'o children.
F (3) Jacob lU)yer, son of Elijah Poyer and Elizabeth ileyilt born
Sqn. 29, 1842. Lutheran. Miner. Died Au^^ 8. 1882. Married Eliza-
beth Higley. Children: (a) Ezra J!, iioyer. Address (1909) 25 S 9th
St., Allentown. I'a. Jlorn Xov. 15, 1S71. Lutheran. L5utcher. Married
-"^''^''^ •^- '""■'! ^^V^- >i. 1869. Child: Dorothy M. Hoyer
(b) Irwni Boyer. Address (1910) 612 N. 10th St., Allentown, Pa.
Plasterer, (c) \''ictor H. Ht^'cr. Address (1910) N mh ^t' Al-
lentown. i\i. Photographer. Born 31, i«74. Lutheran. Sunday
>cncol supermtcndent for years. Married Eva A. Child-
\icwr Steltz Boyer, b-rn March 22, up;, (d) Jacob Hover. -Xddress
(i')io) Bally, Pa. Ribbon weaver, (e) Belle Hover. Address ( 1910)
Mrs. Belle P.lose, nth and Linden Stx-, Allentown, Pa. ( f ) Elizabeth
Beyer. Address (1910) nth and Linden Sts., Allentown, I'a.
F (4) Jeffenson Hoyer, son of Elijah Boyer and Elizabeth lieydt,
born Jan. 25. 1846, Oley, Pa., died Married
Children: (a) Levi E. Boyer. Address (1910) Alburtis, Pa., R. F. D. 1.
(b) Martha E. B(n'er. (c) .Mary i'.oyer. Address (1910) Mrs. Aman-
dus DeLonj^, Readinj^, I'a.
F (5) Hettie Boyer, dau.G:htcr of Elijah Boyer and Elizabeth IL'ydt.
Address (1910) Seisholtzville, Pa.
F (i) Mary L. Boyer, daut,ditcr of Thomas M. Boyer and Hannah
Sterner, born April 17, 1852, married Nov. 18, 1869, John J. MtMjre.
Ko children.
F (2) Jennie Dean Boyer, daui^hter of Thomas M. Boyer antl Han-
nah Sterner, born March 15, 1861, married Jason \V. Touslev, Feb. is.
i87«). There are four children: Harry A., Ered A., Walter E.. and
Myrtle.
F (3) Clertrude A. Boyer. dauj>hter of Thomas M. Boyer and Han-
nah Sterner, born April 3, 1804, married Mark A. Baldwin, April 26,
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1893. There are two children: Frank, hi)rn Sept. 12, 1890, and Russell,
born Sept. 16, i8<j6.
F (4) Walter Thomas Boyer, son of Thomas M. Beyer and Han-
nah Sterner, born Dec. 22, i^j, married Lenore M. Pa«,^e, April 26,
1893. Children: (a) Raymond Page Boyer, born Dec. 29, 1894. (b)
Francis A. Boyer, born Nov. 4, 1896. (c) Constance Boyer, born April
26, 1903. (il) Curran Paj;e Boyer, born Feb. 6, 1909.
F (5) Frank Elmer lioyer, son of Thomas M. Boyer and Hannah
Sterner, born March 15, 1875, married Octavia Mathis, March 4, 1902.
No children.
CHAPTER IV
CIlRISTOl'illCR I'.AYrCR
The baptismal records of the Old Goshcnlioppen Church, in Salford
Twp., Monti^omcry Co., I'a., show that Christopher Bayer, with hi^> wife
Anna Maria and two sons — perhaps other children — came from the
neighborhood of Grunstadt in Dackrum, Palatinate, Germany. The same
ship which broui^ht this family, namely the "i'hilailelphia Merchant,"
and landed at riiiladelphia, Sept. n, 1731, also brought George liayer,
probably an orphaned nephew, and the family of John Philip Beyer.
They all settled in Frederick Twp., Montg., Co., Pa., and became identified
early with the Old Goshenhop])cn Church. John Philip was imdmibtedly
closely related to Christ(jpher, but became itlenliticil with the Swamp
Church, probably through Dr. Muhlenberg, who buried him in 1753.
We do not know the date of birth for Christopher and his wife, but
she was still living in 1752, when the baptismal records for his grand-
children were transcribed into the Old Goshcnlioppen book. Prom the
fact that his son .Viulrew was born in 17139, we must infer that Christopher
was born about 1689 or earlier. Father ami mother are no doubt buried
in the oUl graveyard (;f this church, but the historian can not locate the
graves. They were Lutherans, and so were their descendants. If
this worthy couple luul other sons besides the two sons Andrew and John
Henry, whose children are recorded up to 1752, they can not be idtnlified.
Andrew Bayer of the 'JVapi)e Church, as reci^rded in \'ol. 6, Penna.
German .Vrchives, was certainly a relative.
B (i) Andrew Bayer, son of Christopher Bayer and wife Anna
Maria, was born Nov. 30, 1709, l^alatinate, (icrmany, as rect)rdcd on
page 43. of the Old Goshcnlioppen book. Lutheran. Farmer, lie lived
on the Perkiomen Creek near Zieglerville, Pa. In 1754 he was overseer
of highways in Frederick Twp., Montg. Co., Pa. "On March 22, 1763,
the respected Andreas l'>ayer presented a little box to the congregation
(Old Goshenhoiipen), which is to serve as a receptacle to place in it and
preserve the church documents and accounts. It is all com[)lete with lock
and keys." His wife was Susanna Bauman, to whom he was married
Nov. 8, 1733. She died Aug. 13, 1744. There must have been a second
ivife Anna Maria, in order to account for the presence of Andrew ami
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Anna Maria Raycr at baptisms between the years 1761 and 1768, ai?
recoriied in tlie ( )lil Cosheulu>i)pen book. This conckision correspt)iuls
with the fact thai he was only 35 \ears oM when hi^ wife .Susanna (bed.
It also agrees with the trachtion of Sanniel 11. Hoyer. and his brollier Jt^hn
G., of Norristown. I'a., who say that their grandfather John Jonas, was
a son of -Vmlrew Mayer. lUit if John Jonas was a son of .\n'h"ew and
.Maria l')0>er lie should be recortled in the Old Goshenhoiipen book. The
historian can not iind him recorded, which must mean that he was born
in those years between 175-! and I75'>. when there were no records, <jr
that perhaps John Jonas was the son of the Antlrew liayer of the Trappe,
as reci.»rded in Vol. 6, Pennsylvania .Vrchives. The children of .Andrew
and Susannah Bayer, as recorded in 1752, were John X'alentine, lyConard,
John William, Philip, ami John Jienry. A son by second marriage,
whose name we do not have, jirobahly accounts for the Boyers at the close
of this chapter beginning with C, after the F's.
B (2) John Henry Boyer, son of Christopher Bayer and wife Anna
Maria, was born June 5, 1724, in Palatinate, Germany, as recorded in
the Old Goshenhop])en book, un page 43. l^utheran. The ta.\ lists of
Frederick Twp., or Salford Twp., .Montg. Co., Pa., would ]irol)ably help
liis descendants to study biography. The church recortls show tliat
he married Maria Magdalene Kercher, P\lMHiar\ 1746. She was born
in Kreuznach, Palatinate, Germany, in 1718. The Old Goshenhopfjcn
book contains the baptismal records of liis children on j^age 43. They
were John George. John Philip, Conrad, Jijhn Henry, and John \'alcntine.
In 1752, when this entry was made in the Church Records, he was only
28 years old. The historian can not find any other children in the 01«1
Goshenhopix-n book, aifd that in the face of the fact that he evidently
dill not move out of the neighl)orhood, for his children's children are
reconled in the same clun-ch book. The historian believes that Jc^hn
Henry died in 1752. and that his brother Andrew's wife died in the
same year. The necessary services of a minister in both families would
explain the reason for the very iniusual lamil)' history of |>age 43, of
the Old Goshenhoppen book, where the Palatinate origin of the brotlu-rs
is recorded with the liirlhs and baptisms in both families. Andrew no
doubt marrietl again, as explained before, and continued faithful to this
church till death, and his brother's widow undoubtedly brought up her
children in the same connection.
C (i) John Valentine Bayer, son of Andrew and Susannah Bauman
Bayer, was born March 2, 1734, as tlie ( )ld Goshenhoppen book says.
Lutheran. The marriag-e record of John \'alentine is very complete, and
very signihcani. liis descendants will fnid this record on page I<i2 of the
old book. From this record we learn that he was a shoemaker, and that
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he was iiianici.1 to Maria Chrisliua Wiiickic, Rcfonncil, ilauj^lUcr of
Caspar W iuckic, a Calln^lic ol Maxalawiiy Twp., licrks Co., I'ii., and liis
wife Ciertniilc, Rcfonncil. 'Ilir hans were pul)li.slie(l June 8, 15, and 2Jad,
and llie niarriai;e took place in his father's Ijarn June J.j, 1755. The
puhiiealioii of the ehureli hans, hniks hke Calhohc iulluenee, but who
performed the nvirriaj^e ceremony, and why it was performed in the
barn instead of the house, has not been reeonic-d. That the ceremony
was probably performed by a Reformed pastor c;f the (Md Cioshenhopi)en
(.1i'.n\h seems allo;.;ether likely, and perha])S somethin}^' had happened to
the lionse to prevent its use iov the occasion. 5~io far as the old bcjok
enables the historian to Imd the children, they were Dewald. Maria
(Gertrude. John, Catharine, and Kenuard. It is likely that there were
others, as the Trinity Records of Readini^ may prove.
C (2) Leonard l'>a\er, son of Andrew and Susanna llanman .liayer,
was born .May i, 1737, .is the old l)ook has it. Lutheran. His wife's
name was Mar{;aret, as we learn from the old l)ook on pa;.;"e -'42. On page
668, of Vol. 3, Sixth Series, J'ennsylvania Archives, we learn that Leonard
iJayer was a soldier of the Revolution from Monl^'oniery County. Me
was a private under Captain CouL^Ier. of the -jlli Ikittalion, in 17H'', Ijeinj.^
tlicn 49 years old. Four other Uoyers. one a cousin nanieil Andrew, aiul
three sons of George Bayer of Frederick Tv/p., MoiUq: Co., wi-re in tb.e
same company, liis children, so far as recorded in the old book, were
John William, Catharine, John, Ulizabelh, Leonard, Jacob, and Samuel.
C (3) John William Loyer, son of Andrew liayer and wife Su.-:an-
na I>aumTn!, was born Jan. 21, i73<). Lutheran. Married .Appolonia.
vScc Old G.).^henhoir|;en Church Records, \rdi;c 263. Children: I'hi'.ip,
John, and no doubt (jlhers.
C (4) Philip L:j\'cr, son of Anclrew Layer and wife Su.-anria L:m-
nian, wa.s beM-.i .\'o\ . 13, 1740, ;is recorded in tb.e < )Id Goshenh(;p)je'n 1. ".ik
and in a family Liblc in possession of the Strohecker family, Readinjj^, :'ri.
Lutheran, lie may be the Philip Hoyer mentioned on pai,^e 663, \'ol. j;.
Sixth Series, I'einisylvania .Vrchives. as a private soldier from Ah nt-
i.,ajmery County in 17S5. His wife's name was Catharine, as we kiiO'.v
from the old Church book. Children: Andrew, John i'iiilip, Hei;ry,
ICiizabeib.. C:itherine, Jacob, Christian, Catharine, Mainlalena., ant! Sarali.
C (5) John Henry iloyer, so!i of Andrew I'.ayer and wife Su.sanra
IJauman, was born Oct. 31, 1742. Lutheran, lie may be the one riun-
tioned on pajji'c 665, Vol. 3, v'^ixth Series, l^ennsylvania Archives, as a
]>rivate soMier of Captain Shuler's Comjjany, 4th llatialion, frenn Mont*,^.
Co., Pa., in 1785. Perhaps his son was the one. Wife's name wiih
(Maria; oMagdalena, as llie Old Goshenhoppen Records show, on pai^e
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239. Cliiklrcn: Jolm Henry, Anna iClizHhclh. Andrew, and no doubt
others.
C (6) John Jonas lioycr, probably the son of Anch-ew I'.aycr and a
second wife, whose naiue was Anna Maria, as recorded on p:vj;c 251 of
the Old Goshcnhoppen records, was born at Hoyertcjwn, Pa., as the
liistorian's Morristown correspondents report. Lutheran. Married Mary
Snyder, born at Green Tree, Montij. Co., I'a. Chililren: Jonas, Ixjrn
at Green Tree, Feb. 28, 1805, and probably oiliers.
C (i) John George Buyer, .son of John Henry liayer and wife
Mary Mai^^dalena Kercher, was born June 18. 1746. Lutheran. Married
Children: M. Jolm, John William, Anna Maria, Jacob,
George, etc.
C (2) John Philip Boyer, son of John Henry Bayer and wife Mary
Magclalena Kercher, was born June 30, 1746, or July i, 1747, inMontg".
Co., Pa., and died IMarch 25, 1832, at Freeburg, Pa., where he had moved.
Lutheran. Married F,!i::abcth Mirir.ycsser, wlio is buried at 'Irappe,
Pa., and after her death, Catherine Keely, born Jan. 29, 1761. She died
Jan. 8, 1835. at Freeburg. They were nv-rried Nov. 26, 1801. Children:
Elizabeth, Catherine, Jacob, Magdakna, Susannah, Salome, John Pliilip,
John, Isaac, and Francis A.
C (3) Conrad Boyer, son of John Henry Ba3er anil wife Mary
Ma;.;dalena Kercher, was born Nov. 20, 1748, and died April 13. 1827.
Lutheran. Lived in Limerick, Pa., and is buried at the old Traijpe Church.
On page 661, Vol. 3, of the Sixth Series, Pennsylvania Archives, it is
recorded that lie was a private soldier under Captain Bro«,ikc. on May
20, 1785. In May 1770 he married Llizabelh Seidel, born May 14, 1745.
She died June 13, 1837. Children: Isaac, Caiharine, Mary, Elizabeth,
Conrad, and another son whose name the historian can not learn.
C (4) John Henry Boyer, son of John Henry liayer and wife ^[ary
!Magdalena Kercher, was born March 31, 1750. He may be the Jlenry
mentioned on page 742, Vol. 3. Sixth Series, IV'nnsylvania Archives, as
])rivate soldier from Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa., l^etween
1783 and 1790. Wife's name was Margaret, as the Old Goshcnhoppen
record shows, page 255. Chiklren : Catharine, John Phili]), Sarah,
Magdalena, John Henry, Jacob, I'lizabeth.
C (5) John VaJcntine Boyer, son of John Henry Bayer and Mary
^Magdalena Kercher, was born Nov. 11, 1751.
C (i) Martin Boyer, son of an Old Goshenhop])en Boyer, jierhaps
of John Hiiny P)oyer and Maria Magdalena Kercher, though not record-
ed in the Church records of 1751, or what is just as probable, of an-
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other son of Christopher Player and his wife Anna Maria, was born abont
1739. as we infer from the birtli of his son Christian, whi^sc bai^tihin is
reeonleil in Trinity Chnrch. kcachnjj;', Pa., in 175^- I'Voni these records,
and from an old liible in the hands of IClkhart, Inihana, relatives, we
know that the name of Martin's wife was Parbara. His descendants
in Reatlini^ report that he came fmrn the vicinity of the ( )U1 Coslien-
Iioppen Church in iMonli;()n)ery Co., I'a., and that h.e lived at tiie
corner of iitli and Penn Sis., Readins^, Pa. These relatives also report
some of the children in the Trinity list of baptism, such as Sarah, ami
Abraham. Prom the Trinity list we also learn that Martin Poyer's
wife, Ikirbara, mother eif Christian r.oyer, must have died, perlia])s,
.soon after Christian's birth. Martin then married Anna Maria, ansl left
a larj^e family of children. They were, as far as we can gather from
the Trinity list, and Keadinj^ relatives, as follows : Christian, I'llizabeth,
George, Susannah P.Iizabetii, Isaac, vSarah, Mary, llettie, Jacolj, and
.\braham.
1) (1) IX'wald Poyer, son t-f Jtjlm V'aler.tine Poyer and v>ife Maria
Christina \\ inckie, was l)orn C )ct. 7, 175'). Pived in Ivi.besuii Tu'[) ,
Perks Co., Pa. On pai^c 187, \'ol. 5, l^fth Series, Pennsylvania .Vrcliives,
a Dewalt Po)'er is recorded as private soldier from Alsace Tw])., Perks
Co., Pa., Jan. 5, 1784. The records of Trinity Church contain the
baj;tisms of three children of a Dcwald Poyer as late as 171^4 to 1708,
and connect the man with Robeson Township. It is undoubtedly the
same man. The wife's name was Cliri.^tina. The children's names in
th.e Trinity records are Sara, Jolm, and Anna.
I) (2) John Poyer, son of John \'aleiuine Po}er and .Maria Chris-
tina Winckie, was born Jan. ii, 1766.
D (3) \'alenline J)0\er, son of John A'alentine l)Oyer and Maria
Christina Winckie, was born I Married Elizabeth. See
Trinity Reconls, Reading, Pa. Children: Jacob, Catharine, and doubt-
Jess others.
D (4) Leonard Poyer, son of Jcjhn \'alentine I'.oyer and Maria
Christina Winckie, was born Married IIa^mah. See
"Trinity Records, Reading, I'a. Children: Susannah, John llenry, Fan-
nie, Polly, Kate, Elizabeth, autl .\ntlrew.
D (i) John Willla:n I'.oyer, son of Leonartl Poyer and wife Mar-
garet, was born Oct. 0, 17;' '3.
D (2) John Poyer, son (^f Leonard I'.oyer and wife Margaret, was
born July u, or 22, i/Cx), and died July 7, 1830. Married Parbara
(Hevy) Ziegler, who died i8f)f), at the age of 02. Children: Ji'hn,
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George, Jacob, licm-y, Kate, Sarah, Rachel, Ehzabcth, Susan, and an-
other girl.
D (3) Leonard Koyer, sun uf Leonard l'>oyer and wife Margaat,
was born Oct. 8, 1775. Married Cliildrcn : \'alcnUne,
Sanincl, Rachel, ISarhara, Susan, Anna, Elizabeth, lleliie, Tolly, and
three more girls.
D (4) Jacob Loycr, son of Leonard P.oyer and wife Margaret,,
was born Jan. 12, 1778, and ilied about 1848, as we judge from the
fact that his son Samuel was his executor April u, 1S48. He is buried
in Rowc Cemetery, Salem, Snyder Co., I'a. Married Catherine New-
man. Children: Samuel, Sarah, I^lizabeih, Polly, Henry, i'.lias, Cath-
erine, Anna, and Franklin.
D (5) Sanuiel I'ioyer, son of Leonard Loyer and wife ^Llrgat■et,
was born April 3, 1783, died Oct. 3, 1855, aged 72 years. 5 monih.i and
17 da)S. iiurieel with wife in Rowe Cemeter\', Salem, La. Married
Rosina, born Feb. 14, 1782, died May ly, 1807. Write to grandson iJ.
H. Boyer, O41 N. 4th St., Sunbury, La.
D (6) George i>u}er, son of Leonard Uoyer and wife ALirgaret;
was born altout 1780. died 1815. Luried at Salem, Snyiler Co., I'a.
His "Will," recorded at Sunbury, shows that he ilietl in Lemi Township,
Union Co., I'a., in 1810. Married Hannah Haas. Llentificd by ( ). J.
Yeagcr's data, Sunbury, I'a., l )ct. 1, 1913. Children: Jacob, John 1*.,
Elizabeth, and George.
D ( L) Philip lioycr, son of John William Boyer and wife A()po-
lonia, was born March 16, 1775, as recorded in the Old Goshenhoppen
1k)oIc, and as reported from Bible reconls by his Amity ville descenda:its.
He ilied August 21, 1836. and is buried at Amity ville, Pa. Lutheran.
lie married Eli;:abeth Schrack, born Jan. 18. 1780. She died June 3,
1833, and is buried at husband's side. Children, as recorded by his
descendaius on page 635, iJerks County Hisl(jry, \'(il. L were Jacob,.
Isaac, Hannah, John, Samuel, William, Mary, and Abraham.
D (2) John Boyer, son of John William P.i>yer and wife \ppolonia,
was born Sept. 2, 1777, as reported by his grandson, Jonas vS., and he
died April 26, 1830. Buried at Old Goshenhoppen Church. .Married
Maria Rudy, born March 5. 1777. Oied Sept. j^, 1853. Childu-n :
Jonas R., John R., George R., Charles R., Jesse R., Philii) R., and
Elizabeth.
D (i) .\ndrew Boyer, son of i'hilip Boyer and wife Catharine, was
born Sept. «j, 176^), as re|)orted by the Strohecker descendants, 21S S.
3rd St., Reading, Pa. Lutheran. The wife's name was Sophia, as.
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recorded in the Old Goshcnhoppcii book. Cliildrcii: John, and doubtlt-ss
others.
n (2) John rhi!ii> Iloyor, son ol Anchx-w Txiyrr an<l wife Cath-
arine, was horn Dec. u, I7()8.
n {3) Henry IJoyerj son of I'hihp I'.oyer and wife Catharine, was
horn June 22, 1771, and died Jan. 12, 1S5J, at Rea<hnu;, I'a., where he is
hnrieil. Wife's name was Maria. She was born Nov. 22, 1708, and died
(3ct. 12, 1850. Chihlren : llenry, Jacob, John, Charles, ("leor.Qe, and
Elizabetli.
1) (4) (5) Uhzabelh lloyer, dau^liter of l'hih'|) lioyr :n\d wife
Catherine, was l)orn March 31, 1774, anti anollier daui^iher Catharine,
was born Jan. 1, 1777.
D (6) Jacol) I5cj\er, son of I'liibp lloyer and his wife Catharine,
was born vSept. 12, 1778, and died Oct. 3, 1846.
L) {7) Christian Ijoyer, son of I'hiHp ]5o}er and wife Catharine,
was born Aujj. <), 1781.
D (8) Catharine Coyer, daughter of I'hiHp llo\cr and wife Cath-
arine, was born .\u:^. 23, 1784.
1) (1) ]i>hn Henry Boyei;, son of John Tlenry P.oyer and wife Maria
Mag'dalena, was l)orn Aut^. 24, iyi)i.
D (2) Anna HHzabeth Lio}er, daughter of John llenry l>i)_\er and
wife Maria Magdaleua, was born July 24, 17()7.
D (3) Anih-ew lloyer, son of Jolm llenry IJoyer ami wife Maria
Magdalena, was born ( )ct. 18, 17(18.
Troljably others.
D (i) Jonas iJoycr, son of John Jonas Coyer and wife Mary
Snyder, was born Feb. 28, 1805, at Green Tree, Montgomery Co., I'a.^
and died Jan. 4, 1882. Me is buried in Norrislown Cemetery. Lutheran.
Millwright. Wife's name was Sarah. Children: Samuel K., girl, Mary,
ji^irl, Salome, Amanda, Amos, and John.
1) (i) M? John lioyer, son of John George Coyer and Catharine
Co)er, was born 1765.
I) (2) George Coyer, son of John (k'orge Coyer and wife Caiharir.e,
was born Sept. 20, i/(>^), and died April 5, 1832. Reformed church,
probably at Limerick Center, Montg. Cg., I'a. Farmer. Cousin of Gen-
eral Philip ii<j)er, father of Judge Benjamin Markley Coyer. Married
Anna Maria Zolkr, born June 21, 1762, died Dec. 22, 1846. Children:
John, George, Philip, Hannah, Mary, and perhaps Augu.'^tus.
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^ (3) Jt^>'i'i William r>ovcr, son oi John Georj^e IJoycr and wife
Catharine, was horn Nov. 22, 1768. 1'. S.— Perhaps this is William
Beyer of Chajiter 6.
D (4) Anna Maria Boyer, dau<;htcr of John Geori,^e ['.oyer and wife
Catharine, was horn Jnly 20, 1773.
^^ (5) Jacoh Hoyer, son of John (k'or}2:e Boyer and wife, was horn
April 28i)r 29. 1776, and died Jan. ly, 185.;. Buried at Old Coshen-
hoppen Chinch. Lntheran. Lived and died at Sunmeytown, I'a. Mar-
ried Christina Schade, horn March 11, 1774. She died June 7, 18.12.
Children: Kli/.aheth. Jonas, Silas, Jesse, Sarah, and Rehecca.
Tcrhaps others.
D (I) Elizahcth Boyer, daut,diter of J(jhn J'hilip Boyer and Kliza-
belh Nuno-csscr, was horn Dec. 31, 1769. Married Mr.' Croll. Lived
near Philadelphia, Pa.
D (2) Catharine Boyer, daughter of John rhilij) Boyer and wife
Klizabeth Nungvsser, was horn 1770. ^Tarried John L'lmstead. Lived in
Chester Co., Pa.,— probably in Coatesville, where, as John lilnisiead of
Salem, Ohio, says in a 1913 letter, relatives still live.
D (3) Menry, or Jacob Boyer, son of John Philip Boyer and wife
Elizabeth Nungesser, was born 1772. Lived at Lisi;on, Ohio. Mar-
'"'^•^^ 'I'lie children have not been found at this writing,
hut correspondents say that one daughter married a physician at Colum-
biana, Ohio.
D (4) Magdalena (Molly) Boyer, dau-hter of John Philip I'.oyer
and Elizabeth Nungesser, was born Jan. 2, 1774. .ALirried a Mr. Keely.
Lived in Reading, Pa.
D (5) Susannah JJoyer, daughter of John Philip Boyer and Eliza-
beth Nungesser, was born April 5. 1776. Married a Mr. Kelchner, and
]ived in Milton, Pa. There were twelve children.
D (6) Salome Boyer, daughter of John Philip Boyer and iClizabeth
Nungesser, was born Oct. 1779. Married a Mr. Stettler, and lived in
Philadelphia, Pa.
D (7) General John Philip Boyer, son of John Philip Boyer and
Avife Elizabeth Nungesser, was born Sept. i, 1782, and died Sept. 27,
1853. Lutheran. Lived and died at Pottstown, I'a., where he is hon-
orably buried. Served as general of State Militia in War of 1812.
Married Sarah Markley, born Aug. 9, 1783. She died Nov. 2, i8(3i.
Children: Caroline, and Benjamin Markley.
D (8) John P.oyer, son of John Philip Boyer and wife Elizabeth
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Nungesser, was born Nov. 25, 17H4, and died at Fl"cchll^^^ I 'a., Jan. 23,
1837. Marrieil Klizabcth Spatz, horn March 25, 17S7. She died Oct.
25, 1861. Children: llcnry J., Wilhani S., ICHza, .Mary Ann, Polly,
Sarah, and Daniel S.
I) (9) ilaiiiudi lloycr, daiiji^iilcr of John I'liilip Hdnct and Elizabeth
Nuni^'esser, was born Pec. 5. 17SO, anil died Aui;'. 1, I.S44. Married a
Mr. Iveynian, and liveil in Freeburj^, Pa.
D (10) Francis A. Pioyer, son of John Philip Poyer and Elizabeth
Nnnt^esser, was born July 9, 1790, and died May 24, 1876, in die vicinity
of Freel)ur^^ Pa. Lutheran. Married liarbara Sell, born at Wonicls-
dorf, Pa., Dec. 15, 1785. She died at Freeburg, March 27, 1865. Chil-
dren: Aui^u.stus, Henry S., Pliilip S., and Carijline.
D (11) Isaac IJoyer, son of John Philip Boyer and Catharine Paul,
secoiul wife, was born June 27, 1805, in Limerick Twp., Monlg. Co., I'a.,
and died at FVee!)urg-, Pa., (Jet. u, 1870. Lutheran. Married liarbara
Strayer, born Aug. 5, 1799. She died Jan. i, 188-'. Children: Kate A.,
and lunnia Jane.
D (i) Isaac IJoycr, son of Conrad H(j\er and wife FJizabeih Seidel,
was born June 10, 1774, and died June 21, 1821, in \Viilianis[)ort, Indiana,
where he appears to have been a merchant. Married Elizabeth Richards,
June 20, 181 1. She was born Feb. 19, 1783, and died Aug. 18, 1857.
Children: Dr. Conrad K., William C, and Ann Elizabeth.
D (2) Catharine IJoyer, daughter of Conrad Boyer and wife Eliza-
beth, was born April 4, 1779. and died Aug. 22, 1838. She married
Henry Kecly. One daughter, Elizabeth, born Oct. i, 1798, married John
StauiTer, and is the grandmother of Ella Dechant, wife of Rev. J. L.
Rausch, Sumneytown, Pa., 1908.
D (3) Mary Boyer, daughter of Corad Boyer and wife Elizabeth,
was born Nov. 14, 1782. and died March 10, 1851. She is burietl at
Limerick, Pa.
D (4) Elizabeth Bo)er, daughter of Conrad Boyer ami wife Eliza-
beth, was born about 1770, and Iniried at Limerick, Pa., Dec. 22, 1851,
about 80 years old. Married to John Koons. Descendants can lind
records through Mrs. Edward Rowland, 88rx3 (jermantown Ave., Chest-
nut Hill. Phila., Pa.
D (5) Conrad Boyer, sou of Conrad Boyer and wife Elizabeth, was
born about 1780-1790. Married Hannah Zoller. Became a Mcnnonitc.
Buried at Lower SUippack. Meiuionite Meeting House. Millwright.
Children: Enoch. .Arnold, Henry, Rebecca, F'.liza, Mary, and Hannah.
D(i) Catharine Boyer, daughter of John Henry Boyer and wife
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Marg-arct. was born ]'cb. 6, 1770, as recorded in the Old Gosheiihoppen
hixik.
D (2) John Phihp lluyer, son of John Henry Hover and wife
Mari,Mret, was burn 1773, and is buried at Trapjje, Pa.
l^ {2>) Sarah iJoyer, daii-^hier of Ji)iin Henry Ik.yer and wife
.Mari(aret, was buried at Trappe, I'a. Married to Conrad Snell.
1) (4 J Elizabeth lioyer, dau^'hter of Joim Henry I'.oyer and wife
Margaret, was buried at Trappe, I'a. Married to A. Kavson.
D (5) Magdalena Mover, dauij^hter of John Henry i5o3er and wife
Margaret, was born IX-c. 1784.
D (6) John Henry iioyer, son of John Henry Hoyer and wife
Margaret, was born Dec. 3 ? 1786, perhaps, 1783, as reported bv Mr.
ilallnian. Lutheran. Klack'sniith. Married Klizabeth Dull, and later
Mar3'Speece. Children: Alauasies, Ephraim, Charles, Elizabeth, Han-
nah, Sarah, Mary, antl Amanda.
D (7) Jacob JJoyer, son of John Henry Uoyer and wife Marg-arct,
was born Feb. 6, 1789, and died at Trappe, Pa., May 1869. Married
Children : Jacob II., and perhaps others.
0(1) Christian Poyer, .';on of Martin li'iyer and wife Barbara, was
born March i(), or August 16, 1759, in Exeter Township, Berks Co, Pa.
If this is not the connection, the historian can not tell what became of
thi.. Martin, nor can lie find tlie .Martin whom descendants of Christian
Boyer record in the family i;il;lc. The picture of David C. Boycr,
Christian's grandson certainly ilescribes the well-known features of the
Montgomery family tree, lie ma) have spent his early youth in Berki
County, but is known to have been one of Snyder Countv's— then Union
—early settlers, lie died Nov. 16, 1839. at Frecburg, f\-i., where he is
buried. He was married first to Miss Cook, as reported bv a grand-
<!aughter through Miss Mary Wiest. The name of the secoml wife was
fiannah Nagle. She was born 1783, and died Julv 21, 1853, at the age
of 70 years, 3 months, and 11 days. He must have married the t^rst
v/ife about 1780-1785, and the second, 1803, when he was about 44 years
old. He was a soldier of the Revolution, as the traditions of his grand-
son affirm, though the Pennsylvania Archives recorrl no Christian ^Jover
from Berks or Union County. This mav mean that he was active" in
connection with the war without enlisting. The children of the first
marnagc were Catherine, Elizabeth. Polly, and lolm Christian. Catharine
married Straycr; Elizabeth, Mr. Albert; Pollv. Heintzelman ; John Chris-
tian, Mary Epley. The children of Christian Boyer and his second wife
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Uarin;ili Xai^Ic, were David. Jacub, Henry C. I'egjjy (Schaeffer), Sarah
(Kuhiis), Rachel (Leonard).
D (2) Khzaheth UoNcr, dauj^hter of iNIarlin Bayer and second wife
Anna Maria, was b<Hn July 25, 1768, as the Trinity Records, Reading,
l*a., show.
D (3) GcorLj^e IJoycr, son of ]\Iartin Hayer and his wife Anna
Mciiia, was born Feb. 16, 1770, but there are no records of descendants.
L) (4) Susan I'.li/.abeth Boycr, tlaui^liter of AJartin I'.ayer and wife
Anna Maria, was lK»rn Xov. 17, 177O.
D (5) Isaac Uoyer, son of Martin llayer and wife Anna Maria,
was born Oct. 12, 1874, but there are no records.
1) (()) Sarah Iloyer and Mary I'oyer, dauL!:hters of .Martin liayer
and wife .\nna Maria, were born Sept. 19, 1785, but died single.
13 (7) Abraliani Iloyer, son of Martin Inner and wife Anna Maria,
was ])orn in Kxeler Twp.. near Reading', I'a., Jan. 17, 1791. His ReadinLf
relatives say he went West, and so they lost all connections with de-
scendants.
D (8) Jacob i'oyer, son of Martin 15ayer and wife Anna JNfaria,
was probably next youni^est son. Lutheran. Cooper. Resided on I'enn
street, R^cading, Pa., above lolh street. Relatives do not recall his wife's
name. The children were John, who died single; Hettie, wile of Mr.
Riegcr, of Adanistown, Pa., and Catharine.
1) (y) John lioyer, son of Martin IJayer and wile Anna Maria,
was jirobably the youngest scin. Lutheran. Lumber merchant. Resided
at 10 Nortli lolh St., Reading, Pa. J'.uried in Lutheran cemetery, N'ever-
sink Mt., Reading, Pa. Married Sarah Ritmeyer. Ciiildren: Martin.
Sarah, Lytlia, George, Henry, John. All died single except Martin and
Sarah.
I) (i) Ifenry i!(jyer, probably the grandson of John Henry P>ayer
of the OKI Goshenhoppen neighborhood and his second wife, lived in
C)hio, where his nephew Henry Royer visitc^l him shortly before he died
in 1846. So says .Vnnie T. no3'er, the historian's worthy correspondent.
Rut this is all we may ever know about Henry Royer unless we find
his Ohio descendants in some way. From the geographical clews, and
the names, we judge that his sons were George M., Charles II., and per-
haps others.
D (2) John Henry Beyer, brother of the above Henry P.oyer, was
born in Pottstown, Pa., 1775, ^1'^^ August n, 1840, and is buried on
the old cemetery at Hanover and Chestnut Sts., Pottstown, Pa. Had
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lived in Ilariisl)ur<;i^, Pa., awhile, but returned to Pottstown, and kept
the well known Roadside Tavern for many years, lie wab i.ianieU
to Eva Ann Clapp, born Feb. 4, 1777, near IJtit/;, Pa Slic died .\i)ril
II, 1855, and is buried with her husband. Children : I km ) , i\)lly, l:*li/.a,
Catharine, George, Mary. William, Juliana, Frederick, Flecana, Isabella,
anil Sarah.
E (l) Henry Boyer, son of John Henry Boyer and wife Eva Ann
Clapp, was born Oct. 20, 1797, in Harrisburg-, Pa., and died July 16, 1846.
Buried in Westminster Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. WMiolesalc hardware
merchant. \'eteran of War of 1812. Married Rosanna R. Rodcnfield,
who died March i, 1891. Children: Henrietta, Edwin, William R., and
Annie F. The first two died in infancy.
E (2) Polly (Mary) Boyer, daughter of John Henry Boyer and
wife Eva Ann Clapp, was born Oct. 10, 1799, at Puttstown, I 'a. W- data
reported.
E (3) Eliza Boyer, daughter of John Henry Boyer and wife Eva
Ann Clapp, was born April 12, 1800, Pottstown. Pa. No data.
E (4) Catharine P)oyer, daughter of John Henry Boyer ami wife
Eva Ann Clapp, born Sept. 16, 1801, was married to Mr. Hanks. Left
a daughter Isabella H., who died March 4, 1913.
E (5) George Boyer, son of John Henry Boyer and wife Eva Ann.
Clapp, was born Oct. 25, 1803. flis niece Annie F. Boyer reports "They
say George died )'Oung, unmarried."
E (6) Mary Boyer, daughter of John Henry Boyer and wife Eva
Ann Clapp, was born Jan. 13, 1805. Married Mr. Green. Child: Jen-
nie. Married Mr. Knoche. Address (1915) Mrs. Jennie Knoclie, 449
Richmond Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
E (7) William Boyer, son of John Henry Boyer and wife Eva Ann
Clapp, was born Feb. 21, 1807, in Pottstown, and died Dec. 29, 1865.
Buried with wife in Fernwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. First Post-
master of Pottstown. Veteran of Civil \Var. Married Eliza Spang, of
York, Pa. Children: Isabella, William, Ellen, and Sarah.
E (8) Juliana Boyer, daughter of John Henry Boyer and wife
Eva Ann Clapp, born Dec. 12, 1808, married Mr. Heger, and died Dec.
1891. Children: Julia Ann, Jonathan, Valeria, Mary Jane, and War-
rington.
E (9) Elecana Boyer, daughter of John Henry Boyer and wife
Eva Ann Clapj), was born Dec. 11, 1809. No data rei)orted.
E Cioj Frederick Boyer, son of John Henry Boyer and wife Eva
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Ann Clapp, was born March 12, 1812, near P. and R. Station, Potts-
town. Pa., and is buried in All. Zion Cemetery, Pottstown, Pa. Reformed.
Iron worker. Married Susan Hckert. liorn Oct. 18, 1814. She died Sept.
13, 1871. Children: John IKnrv, and James F.
E (11) Isabella P.oyer. daui^hter of John Henry P.oyer and wife
Eva Ann Clapp, was born Nov. K), i<Si4, and died Sept. 13, 1882. Mar-
ried Mr. GraetT. Children: (i) Mrs. Anna Keck. Address (1915)
2037 N. iQth St., Philadelphia, Pa. (2) Daniel Graeflf, who died July
I, np7. Married Children: Ida, wife of Wm. G. Glenn,
Elkins Park. Anna, wife of \\'m. Derr. Address (1915) 162 West
Louden St., Germantown, I'a. I.illie, wife of L,. M. Keller. Address
(191 5) Riverside Hotel, Greensboro, Ind.
H (12) Sarah I'loyer, tlauu^hler of John Henry I'oycr and wife Eva
Ann Cla])p, was born Sept. i, 1819. No data reported.
E (i) vSara Boycr, daughter of Dewald Boyer and wife Christina,
was born June 13, 1794. See Trinity Records, Reading", Pa.
E (2) John Boyer, son of Dewald Boyer and wife Ciiristina, was
born March 14, 1796.
E (3) .Xnna Chri.-tina Boyer, daughter of Dewald Boyer and wife
Christina, was born June i, 1798.
E (1) Jacob Boyer, son of Valentine Bo}er and wife Elizabeth,
was born Jan. 15, 1786, as recorded in Trinity Church, Reading, Pa.
E (2) Catharine Boyer, daughter of X^alentine Boyer and wife
Elizabetli, was born Marcli 12, 1800.
E (3) Probably others.
E (i) Susannah Boyer, daughter of Leonard Boyer and wife Han-
nah, was born Feb. 14, 1793, as recorded in Trinity Church, Reading, Pa.
E {2) John Henry lioyer, son of Leonard Boycr and wife, was
born Nov. 16, 1796.
E (3) b'annie Boyer, daughter of Leonard Boyer and wife Hannah,
was married to Jacob Snyder, as reconled in the Bible owned by Mahlon
Boyer (1910) Reading, Pa.
E (4) Polly Boyer, daughter of Leonard Boyer and wife Hannah,
was married to a Mr. Snyder.
E (5) Kate Boycr, daughter of Leonard Boyer and wife Hannah,
was married to a Mr. Ilantch.
E (6) J'.li:'.abeth Boyer, daughter of Leonard Boyer and wife Han-
nah, was married to ^Ir. Honian.
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E (7) Aiulrow Boycr, son c^f Leonard Boyer and wife, was born
Nov. II, 1800. Lutheran. Lived in Hoycrtovvn, Pa. Huried on Charles
Evans Cemetery, Readinj^, J 'a. Shoemaker. Barber in Reachn^, I'a.
Married Annie Fo.\, buin July 15, uSoS. Children: MahU^n, Henry, and
Susan.
i\ (1) John lloyer, scjn of John lioyer and liarbara Ziei^ler, was
born in Snyder Co., I'a., alxuit 1800. Moved to ( )lii(j about 1835. Mar-
ried Catherine Smith. Children: William, Daniel, bjumanuL-l, JdIiu,
George, Amos, and Susan.
I\ (2) Geori^e Boyer, son of Joim ISoyer and Barl)ara Zie_i;ler, was
born Jan. 8, 1805, at Middlcburgh, I'a., dieil Oct. 5, 1893, and is buried
at Mt. Pleasant Mills, I'a., with wife. Lutheran. Farmer, b'ounded
Fremont, Pa., about 1856. Wife's name, Sarah. Died June 18, 1888,
76 years, 6 months and 26 days old. Children: Samuel, William, Ldwin,
Henry, Charles, Sarali, ani.1 Barbara.
H (3) Jacob Boyer, son of John IJoyer and wife Jkirbara Zicgler,
was lK)rn ALarch 17, 1807, in Penn I'wp., Union Co., Pa., and died July
21, 1809. Buried at New Berlin, Union Co., Pa. Married 1826, Anna
Hummel, born Oct. 25, 1807. She died Nov. 20, 1888, and is buried
at New Ucrlin, Lhiion Co., I'a. Children: Samuel. .\mos, Henry, James,
Sarah, Susannah, and Hannah.
E (4) Henry Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Barbara Zie^ler,
was born Dec. 22, 1806, died May 13, 1839, and is buried at New lierlin,
Union Co., Pa. His post otitice was Middleburgh, Pa.
E (5) Kate Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and wife Barbara, mar-
ried a Mr. P)ilger.
F^ (6) Sarah Boyer, daughter of John i>oyer and wife Barbara, mar-
ried a Mr. Mealhouse, and is buried at Uowe Cemetery, Salem, Pa. No
family.
E (7) (8) Rachel and Elizabeth died single.
E (9) Susan married Samuel Jiowersox, and another sister married
Michael Nyenian.
E (10) Michael Boyer, son of John Boyer and Barbara Ziegler. if
he belongs here, remained in Montgomery Comity, Pa., when his people
went to Snyder Co., Pa.
E (1) \'alentine Boyer, son of Leonard Poyer and wife
was born .Aug. 16, 1816, and died Nov. 30, 1880. He is buried in Salem,
I'enn Twp, Snyder Co., Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Sarah lleiser.
Children: llettic, Leonanl, and perhaps others.
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E (2) Samuel Hover, son of lA'onari.1 r>o\er and wife, lived in
Michif^n.
K (3) kaeliel lioNer, daughter of I.eunard iJoyer and wife
Married John l^unkelbcrger. Children: Daniel, Harriet, and Lydia.
Daniel's children, John and William, lived at .Middlehurj^, i'a., in 1914.
H (4) llarhara Uover, dau.i^liter of Leonard Hover and wife
Married John Krouse. Children: foil), Lena, and Reuben.
1'' (5) Susan liover, daughter of Leonard Hover and wife
Married Solomon Hummel. Children: Conrad and Solomon.
IC (6) Anna Hover, married Abraham Herj^-'er. One scjn's name is
Simon.
K (7) Elizabeth married (k'orge Leitzel. Some children are Daniel,
Jacob, ]%ve, Catharine.
E (8.) Hcttie married Jacob llei.ser. Some of the children were
Jacob, Daniel, Mary.
E (cj) Polly Hoyer married Philip Krouse. Some of the children
were Lewis, Henry, Sarah.
E (lO) (11) (12J One daughter married Fred Herman and two
Olher.-^ married Carretl broihers.
E (1) Samuel Hcner, son of Jacob Hoyer and wife Catherine
Newman, was born A])ril 19, 1810, and died ALiy 13, 1854.
E (2) Sarah Hoyer. tlau^hter of Jacob lioyer and wife Catherine
Newman, married a Mr. Kiizmond, and lived in Perry Co., I'a.
E (3) Elizabeth Ho\er, daughter of Jacob Hoyer and wife Catherine
Ncunnan, married a Mr. Rennint^er, and lived in Snyder Co., Pa.
E (4) Polly Hoyer, daui;hter of Jacob Hoyer and wife Catherine,
nuarried a Mr. Kowe, and lived in Sn\cler Co., Pa.
E (5) Henry Hoyer, son of Jacob Ikiyer and wife Catherine, was
l)orn Afarried Children: Daniel, ilut;h,
and others.
E (6) Elias Hoyer, son of Jacob Hoyer and wife Catherine, was
born Sept. 19, i8i<j, in Union Co., Pa., and died at \Vhiteh(uise, Lucas
Co., Ohio, Oct. 9, 1894. Veteran of Civil War. Co. C, 172nd Regt..
private. Evangelical, l-'armer. Married Mary VVittemeyer, born Dec.
25, 1826. She died July 31, 1901. Children: Lydia, Malinda, Samantha,
■Catherine, Martha, Ellen, Oscar M., ALiry, Cora, and Clara.
E (7) Catherine Hoyer, daughter of Jacob Hoyer and wife Catherine,
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was born March 18, 1822, and died Oct. 12, 1900. Married a Mr..
Brouse.
E (8) Anna Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and wife Catherine,.
married a Mr. Laudenslager, and lived in Juniata Co., I'a.
E (9) FrankHn Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Catherine, was
born March 3, 1825, and ched Feb. 4, 1856, and is buried in Rowe Ceme-
tery, Salem, Pa. Married Elizabeth Aurand, near Selinsgrove, I'a.
Children: Utica, Benjamin, Catharine, James, and Josei)h.
E (1)
Children of Samuel Boyer, son of Eeonard Iniycr ami wife IMarj^aret.
Born April 3, 1783. Mr. C). J. Yeager, 132 Church street, is trying" to
find data.
E (i) Jacob Boyer, son of George Bo3xm- and wife I lannali Haas,
was born Nov. -22, 1803, in Salem, Union Co., I'a., died 1^'eb. 1892, ami i.-
buried on Rowe Cemetery, Salem, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Mary
Aurand, born 1809. She died Nov. 8, 1868. Children: Frank, Henry,
Caroline, Sophia, Hannah, Catherine, Samuel -\., and Reuljen.
E (2) John B. Boyer, son of George Boyer and wife Hannah, was
born Sept. 26, 1807, baptized May 5, 1808, as rei>orted by O. J. Yeager.
Lived in Salem, l^a. Married Maria Wagner, daughter of Yost Wagner.
Children: Emmanuel, Ilettie, Fannie, John, and Hannah.
E (3) Elizabeth lioyer, daughter of George Coyer and wife Hannah,
was married to a Mr. Yerger.
E (4) George Boyer, son of George Boyer and wife Hannali, was
born Lutheran. Farmer. ^Married
Children : Kate, Sarah, Christiana, Isabella, and Samuel H.
E (1) John Boyer, son of Philip Boyer and wife Elizabeth Schrack,
was born March 24, 1809 (Amity Records), and is buried at Schwarz-
wald, Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. Farmer in Exeter Twp.,
Berks, Co., Pa. Married Gestina Ritter. Children : Lsaac, James,
Jeremiah, Annie, Mary, Louisa, and Harriet.
E (2) Samuel Boyer, son of Philip Boyer and wife Elizabeth, was
born July 15, 181 1 (Amity Records). Lived at Stonerville, Pa. Married
The only child was Daniel, who died in Spring City,
Pa., leaving two sons, now (1913) in Reading, Pa.
E (3) Jacob Boyer, son of Philip Boyer and wife Elizabeth, was
born Aug. 2;^, 1813, probably in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., I'a., ami is
buried with his wife in that township at Schwarzwald Church. Farmer.
Lutheran. Married Naomi Ritter, born Jan. 22, 1819. Children: (r)
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"William R., Mary Ann R., Lucy R., IXiniol R., Jacob R., Charles R., and
Irvin R.
H (4) Isaac Rover, son of I'liilip Rover ami wife Elizabeth, died
young and sinj^ie.
K (5) William Rjoyer, son of riiili]) Royer and wife b'lizabeth,
was l)oni Jan. 10, i8i<), and died Ai>ril i, i8<)^^. lie is buried in Charles
Kvans Cemetery, Readinj^. Ra. Drover. Lutheran. Relonged to "Home
Guards," Readiiii;, Pa. Married Menrietta Ritter, born Aug. 19, 1822.
She died March 8. 1888, and is also buried on the same cemetery. Chil-
dren : I'hilip A., William A., Sarah, Annie, Josephine, Clara, Mary M.,
Jennie, and Hannah,
E (6) Abraham S. Royer, son of Pliilip R)Oyer and wife Eli7.al)eth,
was born June U), 1821, in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., I'a., and died May
.2, 1905. Ruried at Amityvillc. Farmer. Lutheran. Married Lucetta
Holloway, born Dec. 1820. She died May 13, 1857. Children: John
H., Sarah L'llen, Morris Longstreth, Emma Elizabeth, and Mary Cath-
arine. On LV'b. 14, 1858, .\braham S. Boyer marrieil Harriet Harbold.
The only child of tliis marriage was Anna Laura.
E (7) IVLiry Royer, daughter of I'hilip Royer and wife ElizalK-th,
married a Mr. Miller, of Allenwood, Lycoming Co., Ra. Children: John
R., James R., and perhaps others.
E (i) Jonas R. R>oyer, son of John Royer and wife Maria Rudy,
was born Jan. 30, 1805, and died July 21, 1878. Lutheran. Blacksmith.
Married Judith Schwenk, born Dec. 26, 1808. Children: Josiah S.,
Catherine, and Jonas S.
E (2) John R. Royer, son of Jonas R. Ro)er and his wife Maria,
was born April 2, 1807, died Oct. 6, 1886, and is buried at Schlichters-
ville. Pa. Farmer. ]\]arried Catherine Nace, born March 8, 181 3. She
died Dec. 18, 1893. Children: Philip Royer, Amos, L<;anna, Amanda,
and Louise.
E (3) George R. Rover, son of John Boycr and wife Maria, is
buried at the Old Goshenhoppen Church. Lived in Philadelphia, Pa,
Married Kate Wampole. Children: Sarah (Hartley) of Phila., Pa.,
Lorina (Mayme) of Phila., Mary (Gottshall) of Skippack, Pa., Betsy
(Leidy) of Lexington, Pa., Kitty of Hatliekl, Pa., Caroline, Ephraim,
Jacob, Charles of Phila., Isaac of Hatfield, Pa., Noah and George of
Phila., Pa.
E (4) Charles R. Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Maria, is
fauried at Pottstown, Pa. Lived in Philadelphia, Pa. Blacksmith. Mar-
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riecl l*!sUicr. Left only one chiUl, C:iit)lino, wlio rcsidos iit I'liila kl-
pliia.
K (5) Jesse R. Boycr, son of John Hoycr and wife Maria, was horn
May II, 1815, ami is buried at Salford Mcetini^" House, Meuiiouite.
Married Louisa Smith. Ijvcd al Lederacli. Shoemaker. ChiUlrcn:
Mrs. John A. StautVer, SUippacU, I'a. ; Mrs. Kale Weijj^iier, 5i(S Slan-
bridge St., Norristown, I'a.; Ivudy lloyer, Karberih, I'a.; Ia'wLs lloyer,
(^dad\v\ne, Ta. ; Mrs. JuHa I lampton, 234 \V. Tabor R<jad, ( )lney, I'hila.,
I'a.; Ambrose lioyer, v^istcr 15a\, Wisconsin.
E (6) l^hiHp R. r.oycr, .^on of John Boyer anil wife Maria, was-
born Sept. 25. 1817, died .\prd 14. 1888, and is buried at Tottstinvn,.
i'a. Married Maria Levent;oi)d. Address (1908) Beech St., BoUbtowii,
I'a. No descendants.
E (7) lilizabetb R. iiuyer, daiit;iUer of J(jhii Hover and wife Maria,,
born Feb. 2, 180Q, married Mr. lluber. Went to Illinois.
E (i) John Boyer, sun of Andrew l»oyer and his wife Sopliiav
was born Oct. 28, 1783.
E (2) Probably others.
E (I) Henry Boyer, son of Henry liayer -.ind wife Maria, was
born Ajjril (>, or 9, 1795, and died Jidy 15, 1845. lUuied in the Lutheran
Cemetery, Reading', I'a. Kept toll gate at Lancaster bridge, Reading,.
I'a., and was Constable oi Reading' for many years. Married Mary
Rudy and after her death Iv-^ther Gehman. Children: Mary, Nellie,,
Henry, William, Rudolph, Amos.
E (2) Jacob Boyer, son of Henry Bayer ami wife Maria, was born
Sept. 9, 1801. ^Tarried Susan Hotlenstein. born April 26, 1800. Chil-
dren: Harriet N., I'eler Nagle, Mary Nagle, Alvin Nagle, Sarah Loui-a,
Henry H., Esther High, and Jacob N.
E (3j Charles Boyer, son of Heiu'y Bayer and wife Maria, was
born and died Lutheran. Millhier in
Reading, Pa. Married Rachel Strauss. Children: Mary, ATvin, James.
E (4) George Boyer, son of Henry I'ayer and wife Maria, wa^
born , and died in Reading, Pa. Lutheran. Buried in
Charles Evans Cemetery with wife. Married Chrisiina Ritmeyer.
Children: Harry, Emnia, and Kate.
E (5) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Henry Ba\er and wife Maria,
was born 1804, and died about 76 years «jld. Married .Abraham Kerper,
Tanner, Reading, Pa. Children: Mary Ann, Henry, IClIen, C/Corge, Kate,-
James. Of these children Henry, lived at 142 S. Si.xth St., Reading. Pa.,,
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l-'llcM maniotl Scd'ira Stti)lieiis. one of whose sons is a proinincnl jurist,
I'tx- [u(l_L,^e William Korpcr Stephens, at hcjuic on rerkionien Ave, Kead-
inl,^ I 'a., in I«;I5, and W iUiain Keipcr hvcd on 4lh St.
F, (1 ) llcnry iJoyer, son of I'hilip lioycr and wife Maria, was h:)rn
A]iril 6, 17<.)S-
M (2) jacoh P.oyer, son of IMiih]) lUiyer antl wife Maria, was Ijorn
Sept. 9, 1801.
^'' (3) J«-'li'i lioyor
K (4) Charles Duyer
]\ ( 5) Cieor;;c I'.oyer
K (6) Kli/.abeth lioyer
E (i) Samuel K. licjyer, son of Jonas JJoycr and wife Sarah, was
horn May 3, 1833, at Sorrell Ihirse Hotel, Montf.c. Co., I'a., died l^ec.
30, 1894; 'huried at Tremont Cemetery, N<jrristown, I'a. J,ulheran.
Cii^armaker. lie was marrieil first to Mary Garner, born Oct. 28, 1S40,
and after her death, Sept. 10, 18O8, to Susan, on Dec. 26, i8f)9. Mar\'s
children were Sanuiel (^i., and John J. Cj., and Susan's children are Cecelia,
llcttic, .\nna, Itla K., William li. 11., FJi and Kru.
E (2) I'oyer, dauj^hter of Jcjnas I'.oyer and wife Sarah,
married John ]>rownback. .Address their daughter (1910) Mrs. William
'J'runtz, Centre Scipare. Mont^". Co., I'a.
IC (3) Mary lioyer. dauL,dUer of Jonas Hoyer and wife Sarah, n^.ar-
ried a Mr. Snytier.
]i (4) I'joyer, (huif^hler of Jonas Hoyer an<l wife Sarah,
married Andrew Furhjni^, Miirshall St., Norristown. I'a. ( 1915).
E (5) Salome Hoycr, daui^hter of Jonas I'oyer and wife Sarah,
married a Mr. Heart. She hved at iiarrishuri4-, Fa., in i(;io.
F, (6.) .Amanda iloyer, dauf^hter of Jonas I'oyer and wile Sarah,
married a Mr. Kester. In 1910 she was living" at Vonkers, X. V.
E (7) Amos iloyer, son of Jonas F)Oyer and wife Sarah., was born
died Married Mary. Address (loio)
Mrs. Mary .Moyer, Noble St., Souderton, i'a.
E (S) John Iniyer, son of Jtmas lioyer and wife S.'nah, was b.iii
alx)ut 1848, and died 27 years old, July i, 1875. ^'i'!-;!-.
E (1) Georj^e Jioyer, son of Geori^e Hoyer and wife .Anna Ahnia
Zoller, was born Dec. 25, 1793, died Nov. 17, 1879, and is huried in
St. Jacob's Cemetery, Line .Mountain, Fa. Member of reiinsyKama
Legislature. Esquire. County Commissioner of Schuylkill Co.. Fa. Well
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to do. Lived ill Mahaiitoiij^a Valley. Marriod llannali Ui iickLiuiiillLT,
at Limerick Square, I'a. Children: .Amelia, Irwin.
IC (2) John lioyer, son of Gcorp^e Boyer and wife Anna Maria
Zollcr, was born Nov. 24, 1802, Limerick Square, Monti:^. Co., Fa., died
June 6, 1887, and is buried with wife in Montg-omery Cemetery, Norris-
town. Pa. Reformed Church. Sheriif and Prison Warden of Montj^om-
cry County from 1847 to 1850. Prison warden attain from 1855 to 1861.
Married Harriet Reinhart, born Oct. 8, 1808, at I'Vick's I^ock, Chester
Co., Pa. Sb.e died I'eb. 26, iSgi. Children: Lytlia, and Annie.
E (3) Philip P>oyer, son of George I'oyer and wife .Anna Maria
Zoller, was born in Limerick Tvvp., Montg. Co., Pa., about 1804, died
about 1871, and is buried — so sa} s his grandson ICdward R. Boyer — at
Pottstown, Pa. Plasterer. Lived at Altoona at one time. Married
Charlotte Missimer in I^ottstown, I*a. Reformed. Children: Augustus,
Charlotte, George, Benjamin M., as the Reformeil Church Recc^rds of
Pottstown, Pa., show.
E (4) Hannah Boyer, tlaugluer of Georg-e lioyer and wife .\nna
Maria, married Peter Longaker. Children: (i) Mary Longaker, wife of
Mr. Kohl, (2) Rufus, (3; Louisa, wife of Mr. Kohl, (4) Emeline, (5)
John B.
E (5) Mary Boyer, daughter of George Boyer and wife .Vnna
Maria, is buried at Limerick Centre, Pa.
E (6) Perhaps Aug^ustus, if that was the name, and father of
Augustus Boyer who died at Sunbury, April 1912.
E (i) Elizabeth P)Oyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and wife Chri.'-tina
Schade, was born March 29, 1814. Married Franklin Tillman. Her
daughter, Mary, married Mr. Strieker. Address (1910) Sumneytown, Pa.
E (2) Jonas Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Christina, died at
Phoenixville, Pa. A son was living there in 1908.
E (3) Silas Boyer, son of Jacob Buyer and wife Christina, dieil at
Norristown. A son Jacob was in .Mlentown, i'a., in 1908.
''• IM Jesse Biiver, son of J.uob lioyei" and wife Clirisliii;i, lived in
We.sl Philadelphia, Pa.
E (5) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Jactjb Boyer and wife Christina,
married Henry Cjciger. Her daughter Christina is Mrs. Harnian Jiorze,
928 W. Lehigh Ave., Phila., Pa. (1908).
E (6) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and wife Christina,
married James McCaffrey, and lived in Phila., Pa.
E (ij Caroline Boyer, daughter of General John Philip Boyer and
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-wife Sarah Marklcy, was born Oct. 10, 180.4, ''i'^<^l tlictl All^^ 11, 1834.
Jiuried at I'ottstown, l^i. Married Kcv. Dr. l)anii.l Weiscr. Chililrcn:
K (2) Jiul^e lienjamin ^farkley Boyer, son of General John I'hiUp
Boyer and wife Sarali MarUlcy, was born Jan. ly, 1822, in New Hanover
Twp., Mont^. Co., i*a., and died Axv/,. 16, 1887, in Norristown, I'a. His
nci)liew, Co. Supt. Daniel S. l5oyer, of Frceburi^, I'a., wrote, in i8()8, that
he and Caroline were the only children of General John I'hilii). If there
were others between Caroline and Benjamin, they had evidently n(Jt
f^rown up. Tliis Benjamin was a gratluate of the University of I'eini-
sylvania, class 1841. Studied law imder Jud<je John M. Reed, Carlisle,
Pa. Located at Norristown, I'a., and began practice in 1844. District
Attorney from 1848 to 1850. Twice raised company of volunteers for
tlefence of Pennsylvania in Civil War. Served in the 39th and 40th
Congresses, with James A. Garfield. A most able advocate and counsellor,
an orator of unusual power. In 1882 he became President Judge of
Montgomery Co., Pa., and served with distinction to the date of his
<leath. His life was intiniatcl)' woven into local and national history, and
has been fully recorded in local ami national biography. The Boyers
may well be proud of this splendid man. Married Klizabeth Pryur. There
was only one child, Lawyer Henry Conover Boyer, whose biography
follows under F.
E (i) Henry J. lioyer, son of John Boyer and wife Klizabeth Spatz,
■was born in 1809, or 1822. IvUtheran. Farmer. Died in Chicago, Illinois,
Aug. 23, 1903. Married Matilda Shock, born 1828. They lived at
Lagrange, 111. Children: Allen and LilHe Kate.
E (2) William S. Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Elizabeth,
was born Oct. 5, 1821, and died June 27, 1905. Farmer and merchant
at Gratz, Pa., where he is buried. Married Christina Kinc, born Jan.
27,1830. Married Feb. 21, 1846. Children: Frank, Lillie E., Sallie E.,
and Irwin.
E (3) Mary Ann Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and wife Ehza-
■bcth, married F. C. Moyer. There were a number of children. One son
was Professor William Moyer, founder of the Freeburg Academy, long
a most valuable institution.
E (4) Polly P>oyer, daughter of John Boyer and wife Elizabeth,
married Dr. II. C. P.eshler, a physician at i'>crrysburg, Pa. One daug-h-
ter is Mrs. J. Frank Miller, of Bcrrysburg, I'a.
E (5) Sarah Boyer. daughter of John Boyer and wife Elizabeth,
married Simon Lark. There were a number of chiUlren. One of them.
Attorney If. L. Lark, of Snnbury, Pa., (1915) is a valuable otTicer of
the Bover Association.
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E {(^) Su[)t. Daniel S. lioycr, s;un of John I'.oycr ami wife I'^lizahctli^
was born July iSjS, and iHlhI al Frccbnri;' ahont ukx). I.ullicran. I'rin-
cijjal oi I'rccbnrg" Acatlcni\- for ton years. County Superintendent of
Snyder County for one term. Justice of Peace y) years. In 185J he
• tuarried I.eali J. vSn\der. All the children died \•ounJ^^ lie was Sunday
School Superintemlent 43 years.
E (l) Aui^ustus J)Oyer. son of Francis Auj^ustus T.oyer and wife
Barbara Sell, was born .Ma\' 24. i8i(), in Union County, !'a., and died at
Frccburi;-, fa., May 2, 1851. Married Catherine Kontz, born Sejjt. 1818.
She went to Utah with lier children in Sept. 1853, and died at Sprinq:-
\ille, L'tah, May 5, 18115. The children of tliis niarria;^e were I'liihp
I lenry, John Sell, I"'rancis Christian. JCnmia I'-Iizabelh, l.ydia M., and
Maria Catharine.
E (2) Henry S. Hoyer, son of Francis A. I 'oyer and wife llarbara,
was born lUiried at Freeburi^, Snyde-r Cf).^
]'a. Lutheran. Farmer. Merchant. Sheriff o-f L'nion Cmuity. l^a.,
1846-49. Married Elizabeth Myers. Children: William M., Francis A.,
Charles If., I'hiiii) .\.. and Sarah Catharine.
E (3) Philip S. JJoyer, son of Francis A, lioycr and wife r)arl)ara,
was born Nov. 3. 1818, at Reading', Pa., and died at Freeburg, Pa., at the
ag"e of 38. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Amelia Kessler, born July 24,
1819. Died at F'reeburj;'. Pa., aged 37. Children: Francis J., ATatilda,.
Henry S., and Edward K
E (4) Caroline lioyer, daughter of Francis A. lioyer and wife
IJarbara, marrietl Isaac D. P>oyer, who died in Michigan. Children:
Three sons and three daughters. One son lived at Dubcjis, Pa.. 1910.
The daughter Rosa, married Mr. Orth. Address (1910) 333 Park .\ve.,
Chicag;o, 111. Another daughter, Mrs. Barbara Kessler, lived ( iqio) at
Frceburg, Pa.
E (i) Kate A. I>(\ver, daughter of Isaac Boyer and wife P>arbara
Strayer, married Edward Bassler. She died at Freeburg, March 27,
1899.
E (2) Emma Jane Boyer, daughter of 'Jsaac Boyer tmd wife
Barbara, married John VViest, of I'reeburg, Pa. Their daughter Marx-
is a gifted woman, and has served the historian n()bly in securing data.
Address (1915) IjO.x 116, Freeburg, Pa.
E (i) Dr. Conr:ul Richards P.oyer, son of Isaac Boyer and wife
Elizabeth Richards, was born Oct. 7, 181 2, and died Xov. 25, 1904, leav-
ing no children. Eminent ])hysician, \\'illiamspf)rt, Ind.
E (2) William Conrad Boyer, son of Isaac Bo)er and wife Eliza-
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both, was Ix^rn June 25, 1815, and died unmarried Feb. 16, 1861, at
Williainsport, Ind. Merchant.
]£ (3) Ann Klizabeth JJoyer, daughter of Isaac 15oyer and wife
Klizabclh, married Allen C. Durl)un)w. ()ne son \V. 1>. Durburnw, is a
prominent lawyer at Williamsport, Ind.
E (i) Kpbraim iloyer, son of lnlni llenry I'xiyer and wife T'.liza-
betli, was born Oct. (>, 1816, and died l'"eb. 6, 1894. Married Rel)eeca
Kline. Children: llenry K., and Matilda.
K {2) Manasscs Hoyer, son of John llenry I'oyer and wife ]i\\/.:\-
belh Dull, was born Nov. u;, 1818, and died I'el). 11, 1892. at New
Ilerlinville, Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. iJlaeksmiih. Married Hannah
Fry, aunt of Dr. Fry, the noted Lutheran divine. Children: Matilda,.
William, Jacob, l{enr\-, and Mary.
E (3) Charles iJoyer, son of John llenry J>oyer and wife Kliz;i-
beth, lived in l'hiladeli)hia, Pa. Married F'mmii Fisher. Children:
H (4> 5> '■''' 7> ^) '^'1^ historian has no data for I^lizabeth Boyer,
daughter of J ohr. llenry lioyer and wife Elizabeth, nor for Sarah. I fan-
nah marrieil Abel Spiece, and was 83 }ears old in 1907. Mary, dau.^hter
of John llenry Uoyer and second wife Mary Spiece, married a Mr.
Dougherty. Her acldiess (1907) was Mt. Clare, Pa. She was then
68 years old. The other sister, Aiuanda, married a Mr. Mortimer, and
also lived at Mont Clare.
E (i) Jacob H. r)(>ycr, son of Jacob Boyer and wife, was born
F'^eb 7, 1843. Address (1910) Phoenixville, I'a. Jacob's parents were
John llenry and Margaret. Jacob II. married Dora Knox, born Sept.
26, 1848. Children: Annie, Mary Ella, Frederick, and IJcssie K.
E (i ) J. T. Christian IJoyer, son of Christian lioyer and wife Cook,
was probably born about 1803 in Snyder Co., Pa. lie married Anna
Maria Ei)ley, as recorded in his son John's family l)ible. Juduin}.^ from
the birih of his son John, he lived in McEwensville, l\i. The family
appears to have been Lutheran, but what his occupation was is not
reported. ChiUlren: Mary Ann, John, Sarah, Elizabeth, vSusannah,
Matilda Catharine, and perhaps others.
•E (2) David Boyer, son of Christian Bo)cr and wife Hannah Nagle,
was born at FVecburg-, Pa., Dec. 18, 1815, and died Jan. 18, 1876. He
married Mary Deemer, born Nov. 2, 1832. Only one child grew to man-
hood, namely, George A. Boyer. Address (1910) 565 Douglass St., Read-
ing, Pa. He was born Oct. 31, 1865. Lutheran. Wheelwright. Married
Sarah F. Bender. Children: F:arl A., Herbert A., Francis L., all a(
home (1910).
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E (3) Jacob Boyer, son of Christian lioycr ami wife Ilaniuili Nagle,
married Dena Moyer. No male descendants.
E (4) Henry C. Boyer, son of Christian Boyer and wife Hannah
Nai^le, was horn April 10, 1818, in Snyder Co., i'a., and died neai
Frecburg, Pa., Jan. 13, 1878. Lutheran. Very fine man. Married
Margaret Riehl, March 12, 1843. ^'^^ ^l'*-'*' ^^'^y I90<'). Children: (1)
Ellen, wife of Jacob Moyer, Ereeburg, Pa.; (2) David C. I'oyer. Ad-
dress (19CK)) 1000 N. 8th St., Reading, Pa., where he died in 1909.
Born May 14, 1846. Soldier Co. F, 184th Regt., Pa. X'ols., 3 years,
ending as corporal. See history of Berks Co., Pa. Married Rebecca
Shcetz. Children: Sadie !£., and Howard K., both at home n/yj. (3)
Eydia, wife of Mr. Spoward, of Youngstown, Ohio. (4) Esther, wife of
John Hendrickson. Address (1909) 1528 Thomson St., Phila., Pa. (5)
AVilliam Boyer. Served in U. S. army. Born Oct. 4, 1888. No records.
E (5, 6, 7) Catharine, wife of Mr. Strayer, Elizal)eth, wife of Mr.
Albert, Polly, wife of Mr. Heintzelman, as reported by Mrs. P>ottorf
ihrough Miss Mary W'iest, of Freeburg, Pa.
E (i) Martin \'an Buren Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife
Sarah Ritmeyer, was born June 16, 1834, in Reading, Pa., and died vSejit.
14, i8c)6. Buried on Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Re.-ided at 12 North
loth St., Reading, Pa. I'.ricklayer. Lutheran. Married Anna Donahue,
born April 12, 1837, in County Tyrone, Ireland. Children: (i) Harry
F. Boyer. Address ( 1909) 938 Court St., Reading, Pa. Policeman.
Married Elizabeth Mathias. Both Catholic. Cliildren: John M., born
Oct. 4, 1888; NLary Irene, born Nov. 20, 1891; Jennie E., born Nov. 6,
1893. (2) John A. Boyer. :\(Klrcss (1910) 944 Court St., Reading, Pa.
Born Oct. 25, 1865, in Reading, Pa. Painter. Catholic. Married Ella
Ready. Children : Annie, Clarence, Helen, John Harold, Dorothy, Mary.
(3) Mary, wife of George W. Rigg, now dead, and her sister Sarah,
single, reside at 12 North loth St., Reading, Pa. So does another sister
Lydia. (6) Martin Boyer. Address (1909) 1134 Perkiomen .Ave., Read-
ing. Pa. Died Aug. 25, 19CKX Born Ai)ril 24, i8()i. Catholic. Press
Room, Iron Works. Married Elizabeth Ouinn. Children: (a) Catharine,
wife of John W. Glaser. Address (1915) Corner 12th and l-'.lm Sts.,
Reading, Pa. Children: Viviap, William, (b) Martin, (c) Charles P.,
born June 25, 1893. Atldress (1915) 224 Spruce St., Reading, Pa.
Shipping Clerk. Married Flossie S. Bredbenner. Child: Martin, (d)
Jamrs, (e) Elizabeth. (7) Annie, wife of George Albright, born Feb. 5,
■j8<7, died leaving no children. (8) George W. Boyer. Address (if/>))
'3^5 Green St., Reading, Pa. Born March 27, 1876. Painter. Catholic.
Married >rary Brown. Children: Gertrude, and Josephine.
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E (i) Enoch Bover, son of Conrad Boyer and wife Hannah Zoller,
v.as horn 1813. Mennonitc. Millwrij^dit. Married 1 IcUie Milkr. I'lnl-
dren: (i) CaroHne, wife of Jacob Bowers, of Collegcville, Pa. (2)
Jacob, and (3) Henry, both Civil War soldiers, who died sinj^le in the
army. (4) Mary, wife of Enoch Tyson, of Telford, I'a. (5) Ahnira,
wife of Mr. Springer, dead. (0) Hannah Reifmger, of Valley Forge, i'a.
E (2) Arnold Boyer, son of Conrad ]5oyer and wife Hannah Zoller,
married llai>nah Williams, and lived in Skippack, J 'a. Xo living de-
scendants.
E (3) Henry Boyer, son of Conrad Boyer and wife Hannah Zoller,
was born about 1820. Died June 1884. Lived in Skippack. A "Friend"
in religion. Married Sarah Shaw. Only child Edwin H. lioyer, l)orn
J3ec. 4, 1863, married to Helen EVans. Address (1915) 1218 Jkoad
St., Quakertown, Pa.
F (4. 5, '''. 7) Pebccca, wife of Sanniel Longaker; ICliza, wife of
Aaron Nuss; Mary, and Hannah.
E (1) William R. Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and his wife Rosanna
R. Rudenficld, died Nov. 16, 1884. Married twice. Only a son grew
up, namely. Dr. William R. l^oyer. Address (1915) Flower Hospital
Dispensary, New York City.
E (I) ^\'illiam Bor\er, son of William Boyer and wife Eliza Spang,.
Address (1915) 311 S. Strieker St., Baltimore, I\Id., Jeweler.
E (2) Isabella Boyer, daughter of William lioyer and wife Eliza
Spang, niarried Mr. Fox. Address (1915) 3041 Ridge x\ve., Phila., Pa.
E (3) Ellen Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and wife F!!li7.a
Spang, niarried Mr. Warren, \vho died 1908. Her daughter, Alice, wife
of Mr. Canfield, lives (1915) at 3518 Judson St., Phila., Pa.
E (4) Sarah Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and wife Eliza
Spang, married Mr. Swan, but left no children. She died Jan. 27,
1910.
E (i) Julianna Berger, daughter of Juliana Boyer and husband
Bcrger, married Mr. Miller, but died March 26, 1880. Children: (i)
Dr. F.dwin B. Miller. Address (1915) 2351 East Cumberland St., Phila.,
Pa. E (2) Jonathan Berger. F'! (3) Valeria, wife of Mr. Fless. Ad-
dress (1915) 309 N. 6th St., Camden, K. J. E (4) Mary Jane. Ad-
dress (191 5) Howell and Jackson Sts., Wyomissing, Pa. E (5) War-
rington Bcrger. Aildress (1915J OKI Men's Home, 39th and liaring
Sts., Phila., Pa.
E (1) Juhn Henry Boyer, son of Frederick Boyer and wife Susan
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Kckcrt, was born March 30, 1840, at roltslown, l*a., and is Ijuricd in
Mt. Zion Comctcrv. Ivcfornicd. Soldier of Ci\il War, Coinpany 1), 3rd
ViX. Reserves. Iron worker. Married FJizabeth A. liyers, Ixjrn ( )ct. 13,
1844, Cedarville, Chester Co., I'a. Children: (i) Annie M., wife of
il. S. Applchaugh. Address (1915) 716 IJushkill St., l-^aston, Pa. Chil-
dren: Myrtle and Edna K. (2) Ada R. Hoyer. .Address (1915) 345
l.anrel St., I'ottstown, }^i. (3) George R. lioyer. Address (1915) 345
Laurel St., I'ottstowii, I'a.
K (_') Janics l'\ iioyer, son of Frederick Royer and wife Susan
JCckert, was horn Oct. U), 1842, I'ollsiown, i'a., and is buried on Ml. Zion
Cemetery, iron worker. vSoIdier in Civil War. Refurnied. Married
laicinda Clark. Address (1913) 227 Ueech St., I'cjltstown, I'a. Chil.lren:
( I ) Irene Boyer. A most successful teacher in the Pt^ttslown schools,
lias helped the historian vcr\- much, llome address. (2) J. Clark iiover.
Address (1915) Clearfield, Pa.
E (i) Anna Graeff, tlaug^tter of Isabella Boyer and husband,
Craelt, married Mr. Keck. Address (1915) 2037 N. 19th St., Phila.,
i'a. Daughter, Ida, wife of Wm. G. Glenn, I-:ikins Park.
E (I) George M. Boyer, son of ]5oyer and wife, was
bom about 1810-12, in Pottstown, Pa. Killetl in Mexican War (1845-
1846). Wife was Fannie luiglc, born in Pottstown. Iluried in Carlisle.
Pa. From the fact that both husband and wife were born at Pottstown,
it w^ould appear that he belonged to the Montgomery Comity Boyers or
the Chester County Poyers or the Reading l>oyers. The children were
Frederick M., Mary (Reisinger), John, William A., George, and Isaac.
E (2) Charles E. Boyer, son of Bt)yer and wife,
Lived at Milforil Center, Ohio. Married. ChiUlren.
F (i) Mahlon Boyer, son of Andrew Bu\er and wife .Anna Fox,
was born May 7, 1854, in Reading. Lutheran.- Yardmaster P. ami \i.,
7tli and Walnut Sts., Reading, Pa. Address (1910) 509 North t;th St.,
Reading. Pa. Married Nora Tobias, born Sept. 30, 1855. Onlv child,
Olive. l5orn Sept. 14, 1883 in Reading. Lutheran. Graduate of Stoner's
Pusiness College. Married Lewis C. Schoebener.
I' (2) Susan B(;yer, daughter of .Vmlrew Boyer and wife Anna,
was born June 1, 1832. Single. Address (1910) 509 North 9th St.,
iieading. Pa.
F (3) Henry Boyer, son of Andrew l>oyer and wife Anna, was
born Aug. 3, 1837. Lutheran. Married Annie Only child,
Henry, .\ddress ( 1910) Sliillington, Pa. Married Mary Webber. Chil-
-dren : Paul, Ravinond.
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F ( 1 ) William iloyer, son of Julm Dover and wife Calharino
Smith, was born May 8, 1839, Sandusky Co., t)liio. Address (1909)
Lindscy, Oliio. Merchant. Evan^alical Chm-ch. Married Mary J.
Ovcrmeyer. horn iS.ji. Children: (i) Minerva, horn Xov. 15, 1863.
(2) William W., born .\n.t,'. 18. 1867. (3) Ler..y M., horn March 23,
|8<u;. (4) Gertrnde, born Xov. 13, 1871. (5) Harry M., horn Oct. J9,
1S77.
K (2) Daniel Doyer. st)n of John I'oyer and wife Catherine, was
born July 3, 1825, in i'ennsylvania. Married Catharine i'..d;er, l'\'h. 1,
1856. Lived at Lindse), Ohio. Isirmer. K,vanj^elical. Chililren: (i)
John W. iioyer. Adilress (Hjis; Monroe, Mich ii^an. Farmer. Mar-
ried Martha iletrick. Children: (a) Dalla, wife of Oscar Drucken-
miller, l>azella, Fremont, Ohio; Channcey, Myrtle, Merle, Ada, all at
Monroe, Mich. (2) Michael, Lind.Ncy, ( )hio. Married Catherine Over-
niire. (3) Amos, Lindsey. Ohio. Married Lulu Slater. (4) Perry,
Lindsey, Oliio. Married Susan lUoom. (5) Four sisters, Jane, wife of
I'hilip Hetrick; Ellen, wife of Fphraim Iletrick; Delia, wife of Mr.
Evans; Evana, wife of ICarle Myers; Edna, wife of Carl Slater.
F (3) Emmanuel Hoyer, son of John Hoyer and wife Catherine.
Married lietsey Wai(ner. Chiklren: (i) Henry lioycr, Fremont, Ohio.
(2) hVank Hoyer, Lindsey, Ohio. (3) William I'oyer, Fremont, Ohio.
(4) Catharine (Wireman), Ellen (Repper), Susan (Wireman).
I** (4) John IJoyer, son of John I'oyer and wife Catharine.
Afarried Children: (1 ) Charles, Lindsey, Ohio. Mar-
ried F.llen Ilettrick. (2) Alice, wife of John Knepijer. (3) Kate, wife
of Levi liloom. .Address (1915) Oak Harbor, Ohio.
F (5) Geori^e lioycr, son of John I5o\er and wife Catharine,
Address (n/xj) Lindsey, Ohio. Married
Children; Ednnnid, Lindsey, Ohio.
F^ (6) .-\mos Hoyer, son of John Hoyer and wife Catharine,
.\ddress (1909) Monroe St., Monroe, Michif^i'an. Married
Children: (i) Solomon, (2) Harry. (3) Tillie, (4)
Fvllcn, all of Monroe. (5) Alice, wife of Joseph Shall, Toledo, Ohio.
F (7) Susan Boyer, dauj^hter of John Uoyer and wife Catharine.
Address (K^xj) Monroe, Michi^^an.
F ( i) Samuel IVjycr, son of Georpe lloyer and wife Sarah, was born
Sept. 17, 1833, Snyder Co., ]*a., and died Feb. 8, 1892. Lutheran. C(jr-
])oral in Civil War. Married Sarah Rine, born July 17, 1835. Children:
(i) J. Calvin. Address (1913) Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa. (2) George
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Alfred. Addicss (1913) Nortliiiinl)crlaMd, Pa. (3) Charles l-'raiiklin.
Address (1913) Alt. Pleasant Mills, Pa.
1' (2) William lH)yer. son of Gcorfje Boyer and wife Sarah, was
horn Address (1913) I-rcehur--, I'a., R. F. D. Married
Cliiidren: (1) Irwin. Address (1913) Mt. Pleasant
Mills, Pa. (2) Albert. Address (1913) Northnniherland, Pa. (3)
Maj^gie. Address (1913) Mrs. Mai^gie Miller, Niles, Mieli.
F (3) Edwin Poyer, son of George lioyer and wife Sarah, was born
Jan. 30, 1847. Address (1913) 105 North Railroad St., Poltsville, Pa.
Lutheran. Plasterer. Alarried Emeline Gannan. She died about HjcK).
Children: (1) Banks, born May 3, 1888. Single. Address (i<)i3)
Columbus, Ohio. {2} Willet, born April 18, 1871. Address (1913) 105
N. Railroad St., Pottsville, Pa. Reformed. Married Susan Longacre.
Child: Charles C. (3) Sallic L. Address (1913) Mrs. Sallie Roush,
Middleburg, Pa., R. F. 1). Married J. A. Roush, now dead. Children:
Clarence, Alma, Lottie. (4) Annie ^L Address (1913) Freeburg, Pa.
(5) Henry F. Died at Treverton, Pa. Born Feb. 13, 1877. Married
Rebecca Derk. Children: Carlton and Helen. Address ( i(ji3) 'I'rever-
ton. Pa.
F (4) Henry Boyer, son of George Boyer and wife Sarah, was
l>orn died Married
Children: (i) John F. Address (1913) Middleburg, Pa., R. F. D. 4.
(2) Francis E. Address (1913) Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa. (3) Sarah.
Address (1913) Mrs. Sarah Wiand, Beavertown, Pa. (4) Mrs. E. A.
Gurman. Address (1913) Richfield, l*a. (5) Alice. Address (1913)
Mrs. Francis Steffner, Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa.
F (5) Charles J'.oyer, son of George Boyer and wife Sarah, was
^^rn died Alcrchant at Fremont, Pa.
First Lieutenant Civil War. Married Miss Radford. Children: (i)
Elmer. Address (1913) Paxtonville, Pa. (2) Mirand, (3) Clark, (4)
Nelson, (5) Ida, (6) Ada, (7) Stei)hen, all at Paxtonville, Pa., (1913).
F (i) Samuel Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Anna Hummel,
F (2) Amos lioyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife' Anna, was born
F (3) Henry Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Anna, was born
F (4) James Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Anna, was born
1" (5. f'. 7. ^) Sarah, Susannah, Hannah, Barbara,
r" (O Boyer, of Henry Hoyer and his wife
Lived at Miiklleburgh, Pa.
Others.
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F (i) Ifi:ttic Hoyer, (l;ui.f;lucr of \'alL'iuine lioycr iind wife Sallic
1 Iciscr, married a Mr. liciilor. Lived in Michigan.
F (2) Leonard lloyer, sou of Valentine lioyer and wife Sallie
lleiser, was horn Jan. 12, 1846. Address (i<;i4) Selinsgrove, I'a., U. F.
1). 1. Farmer. Reformed. Marrietl Hva Amelia Leitzel. Cliiltlren:
(1) F.nos, born Dec. i, l8()5. .\dilress (1915) Selinsgrove, J'a., R. F.
1). I. Huckster. Married Emma F. lloUenbach. Children: Alvin, of
Riverside, I'a.; Olive M. (Walter), of xMiddleburg. Fa., R. F. 1). 3;
Annie C. (Henfer) of Seliusgrove, Fa., R. J\ D. i, and Bessie V., at
home. (2) William Calvin, born Nov. 30, 1867. Address (1915) Selins-
grove, T\i.. R. F. D. i. Farmer. Married Caroline Herman. Children:
Carrie and Fdna. (3) Foster Leonard. Address ( 1915) MitUlleburg, Pa.,
R. F. 1). 3. Farmer. Marrieil Sallie Kratzer. Children: Roy and Helen.
(4) Ada Elizabeth. Married Charles F.rouse. Address (1915) Selins-
grove. Fa., R. F. D. i. Children: Arthur P., Vertie T., Hatlie, Carrie.
(5) Sarah Rebecca. Married Foster Hollenbach. Address (1015) Sel-
insjj^rove. Pa., R. F. D. i. Children: Delia, Ernest, Amnion, Florence,
Arthur. Earl, and Guy. (6) Mabel. Address (1915) Selinsgrove, Pa.
R. F. D. I.
F ( I ) Children of Samuel Boyer who lived in Michig^an.
F (i) Daniel Hoyer, son of Henry Boyer and wife. Address (1913)
Kramer, Pa.
F (2) lluijh Boyer, son of Llenry Boyer and wife. Address (1915)
Salem, Pa.
F (3) Others.
F (i) Lydia Boyer, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife Mary Wit-
temcyer, was born Aug. 27, 1844. Married Issac Borough (dead).
Address her (1910) Dcshler, Pa. Children: (i) Clara. Mrs. Emma
Dauberman, Kratzerville, Pa. (2) Dora. Address (1910) Mrs. Charles
Spitler, Toledo, Ohio. (3) Calvin. Address (1910) Deshler, Pa.
F (2) Malinda Boyer, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife Mary,
was born Aug. i, 1846, and died Feb. 10, 1881, at Whitehouse, Ohio.
F (3) Samantha Boyer, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife Mary,
was born July 18, 1848. Married Christian Disher. Adilress (1913)
Whitehouse, Ohio. Children: (i) Orva. Mrs. Joseph Howard, Water-
ville, Ohio. (2) Ella. Mrs. William Hummel, Toledo, Ohio. (3)
Theron, of Waterville, Ohio. (4) Lugetta. Mrs. Sanuiel Hummel,
Toledo, Ohio. (5) Morris. Address (191Q) Waterville, Ohio.
F (4) Catherine Boyer, daughter of Elias I'xjyer and wife Afary,
was born Aug. 22, 1850. Married Frederick Kohli. Address (1910)
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Whitehouse, Ohio. CliiKlrcn: (i) Maine. Married iMcck-rick Myers,
\\'atcrville, Ohio. (2) Frank. .Vddress (1910) \\ atervillo, Ohio.
F (5) Martha Boyer, chuighter of Fdias Boyer and wife Mary, was
born March ic), 1853, and (Hed March (), 1895. Married Jolni McGilvcry,
Honesvillc, Ohio. Chiklren : (1) llut,di. Address (1010) Cladwin,
Mich. (2) F!(hth. Address (1910) Mrs. Miles Marlowe, Waterville,
Ohio. (3) John. Address (1910) Toledo, Ohio. (4) Kninioiis. Ad-
dress (1910) Whitehouse, Ohio.
F (6) Ellen Boyer, daughter of Eiias Boyer and wife Mary, was
born May 25, 1855, and died Jan. 21, 1891. Married Jerry lilack, of
Toledo, Ohio. Chiklren: (i) George. Address (1910) Toledo, Ohio.
F (7) Oscar Boyer, son of Hlias Boyer and wife !Mary, was born
Sept. 12. i860, in Snyder Co., Pa. Married Kate. Farmer. Address
( 1915) Whitehouse, Ohio. Children: (i) Mabel. Address (191 5) Mrs.
Dr. Charles King, Whitehouse, Ohio. (2) Ross, (3) Chester, (4) Marie,
all at home.
F (8) Mary Boyer, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife Mary, was
born July 16, 1863, and died Feb. 10, 1904. Married Ilalleck Pattou,
of Rossford, Ohio. Children: (1) Homer. Address (1910) Swanton,
Ohio. May, Kathryn, Chester, Kent, Irene, Ruth and Helen, all at Ross-
ford, Ohio, in 1913.
F (9) Cora Boyer, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife Mary, was
born Oct. 4, 1866, at Whitehouse, Ohio. Married Alfred Dauberman, of
Gladwin, Michigan. Child: Lillian. Address (1910) ?\lrs. Roy C.
Austin, Deckerville, Mich.
F"* (10) Clara Boyer, daughter of Elias Boyer and wife Mary, was
born Oct. i, 1870, at Whitehouse, Ohio. Afarried Christian C. Garber,
born Feb. 22, 1866. Farmer. Address (1915) Box 186, Whitehouse,
Ohio. She belongs to the Evangelical Church. Trained in Normal
School. Teacher. Gifted genealogist, who helped the historian very
faithfully. Children: (i) Beryl. At home.
F (i) Utica Pjoyer, daughter of Franklin Boyer and wife Eliza-
beth Aurand, was born 1847. Married John Dunkelberger. Address
(1910) Waterville, Ohio.
F (2) Benjamin Boyer, son of F'ranklin Boyer and wife Elizabeth,
was born 1849, at Selinsgrove, Pa., and died near Waterville, Ohio, in
1896. Came to Ohio with parents. F'armer. Married.
F (3) Catharine Boyer, daughter of Franklin Boyer and wife Eliza-
beth, married F^ijah Demutli. Address (1910) Whitehouse, Ohio.
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F (4) James Hoycr, son of iMunkliii IJoycr ami wife Ivli/abcili,
was born May 9, 1853, near Selins.nrovc, I'a, U. li. Church. Fanner.
Address (1910) Fxlv.ardsburi^, Michii^an. Married
Children: (1) ilattic. Mrs. William Carl. Address (1910)
Cassapoler, Mich. (2) Jilanche. Address (1910) Mrs. John Reming-
ton, r.ranil Rajjiils, Mich, (j) Albert J. lioyer, born Nov. 2, i88q. Ad-
dress (1915) South Dakota.
1' (5) Joseph I'-oyer, son of Franklin IJoyer and wife Elizabeth,
was born 1S55, near vSelinsq-rove, I'a. Went t^) Ohio with parents.
F (i) Frank i^jyer, son of Jacob Hoycr and wife Mary Aurand,
was born about 1831, at Salem, Snyder Co., I'a. Lutheran. IMastercr.
Marrietl Mary C. IJoyer, his cousin. Children: (i) Alice. Married
Jacob L., her cousin. Address (1910) 412 llerr St., llarrisburj^s I'a. No
children. (2) Elizabeth. Married Sylvester Merkel. Address (1909)
Kansas City, Mo. Child: Catherine. Married Clarence Frazer. Ad-
dress (1909) Washin^tonville, Pa. (3) Jacob H. Atldress (1909)
Market St., Danville, I'a. Lutheran. I'lasterer. Married .\nnie Stein.
No children. (4) Franklin J. Address (1909) 215 lIoneynK^on St.,
Danville, J'a. Lutheran. Flastcrer. Married Emma Smith. Children:
Irvin, Ernest, Helen ^L, all at home. (5) Georg-e IL Address (1909)
219 Grand St., Danville, I'a. Lutheran. Coal dealer. Married Mary
Rowe. Children: Isabelle A. {G) William R. Adtlress (1909) Foust
St., Danville, Pa. Coal dealer. Married Lillian Uurke. Children:
Robert, Catherine E., DonaUl, all at home.
F (2) Llenry Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Mary Aurand,
Address (1909) Cowan, Lhiion Co., Pa. Lutheran.
Farmer. Married Sarah Luck. Children: (i) Charles. Address ( 190*))
Cowan, Pa. (2) Mary. Married .Mr. J'aj^^e. Address (1909) Cowan,
Pa. (3) Lydia. ALi.rried
(4) Jacob L. Address (1909) 412 llerr St., llarrisburg, Pa. Married
Alice, his cousin. No children. (5) Geori^c. Address (1909) Cowan,
Pa. Farmer. Married Children:
(6) David. Address (1909) Cowan, Pa. Married
{7) Samuel. Address ( 1909) Merchant.
F (3) Caroline Boyer, daut^diter of Jacob Boyer and wife Mary
Aurand, was born between i830-iS4(j. Married Adam Fisher, who is
buried at Northumberland, Pa. Children: (i) Theodore. Address
(19a)) 2nd St., Berwick, i'a. (2) Elizabeth. Married Harry Welkcr.
Address ( H)og) Tamaqua, Pa. Children: Cora J., of 230 W. 7th St.,
Chester, Pa., A. F., of 212 Cotta<;e Ave., Tamaqua, Pa., Charles D., of
1325 S. 22nd St., Phila., Pa., N. E., at home, Rhona (Folk), of Tamaqua,
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Pa., Amanda May, and I'rank. (3) Henry. Only child Anna. Ad-
dress (1909) Nortluunberland, Pa. {4) Jefferson. Aildress (1909)
Nortluiniberland, i'a. Children: Pauline, Mary, and Helen.
F (4). Soi)hia Rover, daughter of Jacob Ik^ycr and wife Mary
Aurand, married Daniel IJoycr, second cousin. Lived in Snyder Co., Pa.
Children: (i) William lioyer. Address (1909) Salem, Pa. Farmer.
Lutheran. Married Miss Weiss. Children:
(2) Henry. Address (1909) Freebur^, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. Mar-
ried Children :
(3) Amelia. Married John Cabel. Address (1909) Selinsgrove, Pa.
Children :
(4) Ellen. Married Julius Smith. A<klress (1909) Tamatiuua, Pa. (5)
Samuel. Address (i';o<j) Kramer, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. Alarried
(6) Francis. Address (1909) Kramer, I'a. Lutheran.
Farmer. Marrietl (7 and 8) Two boys, sons of second
wife, a Mrs. Roush.
F (5) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and wife Mary
Aurand, married George Rowe. Children: (i) Mary. Married Ed-
ward Gemberling. Address ( 1909) Selinsgrovc, Pa. (2) Jackson. Ad-
dress (1909) Selinsgrovc, Pa. (3) Anlanda. Married John Stauffer.
Address (1909) Newberry, Pa. (4) Maude. Married Mr. Meiser. Ad-
dress (1909) Shamokin,- Pa. (5) Jennie. Married John I^Iusser. Ad-
dress (1909) Shamokin, l^a.
F (6) Catharine Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and wife Alary
Aurand, married Jonathan Rowe. Children: (i) Harvey. i.\ddress
(1909) Salem, Pa. (2) Caroline. Married John Koutz. Address
(1909) Frackville, Pa. (3) Martin. Address (1909) Jennette, P'a.
(4) Jacob. Address (1909) Salem, Pa. (5) Lillie.
F (7) Samuel A. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Mary Aurand,
was born Nov. 22, 1847. Address (1909) Selinsgrovc, Pa. Lutheran.
Harness maker. Married Margaret Children: (i) Berton E.
Address (i()o8) 808 Fourth St., Three Rivers, Michigan. Born Dec.
1874. Lutheran. Electrical engineer. Married Edith
Child: Donald. (2) Grant J. Address (1908) 1275 Highland Ave.,
Sunbury, Pa, Born Jan. 1884. Lutheran. Telegraph operator. Mar-
ried Nellie Children:
(3) Ernest S. Address (1908) Selinsgrovc, Pa. Born Dec. 1887,
Lutheran. Telegraph operator. Address (1908) Home.
F (8) Reuben Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife i\Lary Aurand,
was born March 10, 1849, ^^ Salem, Snyder Co., Pa. Lutlii-ran. I'las-
terer. Knight of Pythias. Alarried Serena Walter, born Dec. 31, 1851.
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Address (1908) 30^) Honeymoon St., Danville, Pa. Children: (i)
Dr. Walter K. Address (1912) 861 East 3rd St., Williainsport, I'a.
Horn Feb. 9, 1879. Alarric-d iClizabelh Shannon. Children:
(2) Rnth M. Hover. Married Adam Waj^ner. Ad-
dress (1912) Danville, I'a. Children: Gny Ji.
F (i ) Hniinainiel P>oyer, son of John Ikjyer an<l wife Maria Wat^ncr,
was born at Sakui, I'a., May 15, 1831. Shoemaker, kntheran. Ad-
dress (1909) Selin.^t^rove, Pa. Died Jnly 10, 190;. Married Phoebe
Anna Children: (1) Daniel (dead). (2) Henry Hoyer.
Address (1914) Shamokin, Pa. '■
F (2) (3) Hattie ami Fannie I'oyer, daui.^hters of John Boyer and
wife Maria Wagner. Fannie was married and left one child now living,
Jennie. Hattie is single, and now (1914) 83 years old. Address (1914)
Hummel's Wharf. Sn)iler Co., Pa.
F (4) John Poyer, son of John Boyer and wife INTaria Wagner.
Address (1914) Mifflinbnrg, Pa. Married. Children.
F (5) George Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Maria W^agner,
was born Dec. 22, 1839. and died 1 1 years oKl.
F (i) Kate C. Jioyer, daughter of George lioyer and wife
married her consin Frank Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Mary
Anrand. The children are recorded imder his name.
F (2) Sarah Boyer, daughlcr of George Boyer and wife
married Charles Gnlich.
F (3) Christiana 15oyer, danghter of George Boyer and wife
married a Mr. Berger. Address (1909) Sagebnrg, Danville, Pa.
F (4) Isabella Boyer, daughter of George l>oyer and wife
married Jerry Ariley. Address ( ujcxj) John^Uown, Pa.
F (5) Samuel H. I'oyer, son of George Poyer and wife
was born March 1852, and died at Plymouth, Pa., Feb. 2, 1907. P>uried
at Danville, Pa. Lutheran. Merchant. Married Sarah E. Rishel. Chil-
dren: (1) I/ois, and Galhercole, born July 10, 1886. Address (1912)
i'lymouth, i'a.
F (6) Frank Boyer, son of George Boyer and wife
Lived at Danville, Pa.
F (1) Isaac Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Gestina Ritter, was
born Nov. 4, 1833. in Exeter Twp., ik-rks Co., Pa. Lived below Black
Bear, near Reading, Pa. Reformed. Farmer. Married Annie C. Good-
hart, born .\ug. 17. 1839. Children: (i) ICllen Acantha, born Oct. 4,
i860. Married George Lcinbach. Address (1910) Esierly, Pa. Chil-
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(Iren: William, Harry, luuiiia, Florence, Eilna, Annie, Elsie, Catherine,
and Gertrude. (2) Calvin Uoycr. Address (1910) 1823 Sarj,'^eant St.,
Joplin, Mo. Born Sept. 26, iSC/). Refurined. Manaj^er i;f store. Mar-
ried Lillie Children: Helen antl (lertrude. (3) Howard.
Adtiress (1910) Berks County House. Readinj^, I'a. Born Oct. 5, iS(^j.
Reformed. Laborer. Single. (4) Klani. Address (1915) 1000 Penn
St., Reading, Pa. Born April 25, 1873. Reformed. Marricil Mary
Brown. Children: John, Harry, Clarence. (5) H. Christian G. Ad-
dress (1910) Mt. Venn, Rcailin<^, I'a. liorn April 5, 1876. Reformed.
Trolley car repairaman. Married .\nnie Ibach. Children: Floyd Good-
hart, born 1902. (6) Gertrude, born May 20, 1880. Married Peter
Kerschner. Address (1910) 822 Franlclin St., Rcadinj^, Pa. Reformed.
F (2) James P>oyer, son of John Boyer and wife Gcstina, was born
Address (1910) 1845 Pcrkionien .Vve., Reading, Pa.
Reformed. Janitor of school building. Married Rebecca Hemming.
Children : Two girls and one boy.
F (3) Jeremiah Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Gestina, was
born Sept. 6, 1849. .Address (1910) Gibraltar, Pa. Reformed. Rolling
mill hand. Married Sarah A. Moore. Buried at Gibraltar. Children :
(i) Howard. Address (1910) 220 Hudson St., Reading, Pa. Letter
carrier. Married Annie C. Romig. Born April 30, 1871. Children:
Estella, wife of William Schlauch, 512 N. 13th St., Reading, Pa.; Roy
James, Raymond .Mien, Elmer Howard, Ada Catharine, all at home. (2)
Kate. Married Charles Ringlet. Address (1910) Gibraltar, Pa. Chil-
dren: Two girls. (3) Sarah. Married Charles Wilkenruth. Address
(1910) 1018 Locust St., Phila., Pa. (4) Isaac, Rolling mill hand. Re-
formed. Married Mabel F'egley. (5) William. Adilress ( 1910) Elver-
son, Pa. Reformed. Farmer. Married Nettie Sickman. Children. (6)
Laura M. .AcKlress (1910) Berks County House, Reading, Pa. Single
!n 19 10.
V (4) Annie P.oyer, daughter of John Boyer and wife Gestina, mar-
ried Wellington Shane. Address (1910) Reading, ]\i. Cluldrcn :
F (5) Mary Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and wife Gestina, mar-
ried George Hartman. Children:
F (6) I.,ouisa Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and wife Gestina,
niarried James Boone. Address (1910) Reading, Pa. Children:
F' (7) Harriet Boyer, daughter oi John B(j)'er and wife Gestina,
married Alahlon Snyder. Address (1910) Reading, Pa. Children:
F (i) Daniel Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and wife
died in Spring City, Pa. Wife living in 1913. Children: Two sons,
one working in Reading paper mills in 1913.
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F ( 1) William ii. lUiycr, .sun of Jacob Uoytr ami wife Naomi Rit-
tcT, was Ixjin Au^. 11, iS^^S. AildrcSb (1913) 8^vj M»->ss St., Reading,
I'a. Ser\e(l in Civil War. Mairit-d llaniiali Armsprcistcr, lK)rn Mar. jo,
1S47. Children: ii) William, lH)rn March 11, iS(.S. Dead. (2) Cal-
vin, horn Jan. 25, 1870. Addres.s (Kyi^j Muhlenberg- St., Reading, I'a.
Married. Children. (3) .-Mice, born Dec. 21), 1S82, (4) Anna, horn Oct.
8. 18S1, (5) Jacob, burn Jan. 11, 1878. (6) F.lniira, ]»>v\\ June 19, 1880.
Addresses (KH^) Muhlenberg vSt., Reading, J'a.
[•' (J) Jacol) R. I'oyer, son of Jac;)b R.oycr and wife Naomi, was
born March 21, 1853. Address ( i«)i3 ) Stonersville, Pa. Married Annie
C. I.cvan, born Dec. 6. i8^)i. Children: (1) .Ameli;!, born Sejit. 3, 1882.
Marricil Charles CiuUlin. .\ddress (I'.ji.V) .Mt. I'enn, Pa. (2) Alva L.,
l)orn Nov. 25, 1885. Addre.-^s ( 1<)I3) 33''> West C.reenwich St., Reading,
Pa. .\rarried Harry Ivuglebach. Children: l^uil, Harry, and Tra. (3)
Arthur F., born May 2. i8(K), and died Feb. ii, 1913. (4) Anna May,
born .Aug. 29, 1899. Address (1913) Stonersville, Pa.
F' (3) Daniel R. Boyer, son of Jacol) I'oyer and wife Naomi, v>as
born Oct. '18, 1849. Address (1913) 1749 Cotton St., Reading. I'a.
Married Rebecca Delaplane, born Jan. 11, 1853. Children: (i) Llew-
ellyn D., born Dec. 5. 1875. Address (1913) Phila., Pa. (3) Charles
D., born Sept. 25, 1878. Address (1913) at home. (4) Flerbert D.,
born Jan. 22, 1880. Address (1913) at home. (5) Annie D., born Feb.
10, 1883. Married George Dinkle, Mt. Penn, Pa. Children: I^fariha
and Sterling.
F (4) Mary .\nn P>oyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and wife Naomi,
born April 30, 1841. ^[arrieil F/.ra B. Griesemer. Address (1913)
Stonersville, Pa. Children: (1) Clayton 1'., Owen, Catherine, F.zra P..,
Harry G., John S., Mary S., Helen S., Lottie S., Murray S., Rev. John P..,
of Frceburg, Pa., born 1877, and married to Mamie Shaker; Mamie P..,
and George P».
F (5) Charles R. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Naomi, was
born Sept. 22, i860. Address (1913) 539 Seventeenth and IJalf St.,
Reading, Pa. Married Clara Lorah, 1)orn Nov. i, 18C18.
J'" (6) Irvin R. Boyer, son n( Jacob l>oy-er and wife Na^nr.i, was born
Aug. 30, i8'')3. Buried at Schwar/.wald Church.
F (7) Lucy 1^. Boyer, daughter of Jacob lioycr and wife Naomi,
[Kivn Jan. 27, 1847, is buried at Schwarzwald.
F (i) r'hilip .\. Pioyer, son of V/illiam Boyer and wife Henrietta
Rittcr, was born ^^arch 26, 1850, died Aug. 18, 1908, and is buried in
Westminister Cemetery, TMiila., Pa. Reformed. Lived in Philadelphia.
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J.oaiher finislKr by trade. Married lumiia E. Ackx-r, born Oct. 15, 18.19.
Teacher. Children: (1) Kiniua Iv, born Jan. 30, 1875. Teacher in
rhiladelphia pubhc schools. Address (njio) 319 Green street. (2)
Martha !£.. born April 8, 1878. Teacher in I'iiiladelphia. (3) I'liilip A.,
born May 20, l88f». Teacher in I'hiladelphia. Reformed. .\ddress
(ujio) 3i() Green street. Married, June t,o, 1908. Gertrude IJ. v^^tone.
F (2) William A. Hoyer, st)n of William l'.(;yer and wife Henrietta,
was born March 5, 1848. A<ldress ( 1910) 8-I0 Washington St., lleading,
I'a. Reformed. Koiler inspector, ludisted March 1864, in 199th I'a.
Volunteers, and Sept. i8()4 in Co. E, 46th Pa. Volunteers. Served under
Colonel Sel fridge. 1 'resent in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Golds-
boro, etc. Married Aiuiie 1{. Adams. Chiklren: ( i ) William J. A. Ad-
dress (1910) 920 N. 5lh St., Reading, I'a. Horn in Reading, Pa.. Feb.
24, 1868. Reformed. Uoiler inspector. Artist in oil painting. Hcau-
tiful home. Married Catharine Veager. Children: William, born .\ug.
30, 1893, antl Katharine, born June j^, 1907. (2) John Raymond. Ad-
dress (1910J 840 Washington St., Reading, Pa. I'orn March 26, 1883.
Reformed. Clerk. Married Mary Rick. (3) Clarence Spencer. Atl-
dress (1910) Franklin St., Reading, ]\i. Salesman. Married Cora
Elliott. (4) Annie L., married William Sweeney. Address (it)io)
107 Clymer St., Reading, Pa. Children: Ruth A. (5) Harriet. Mar-
ried Theodore Urickenbach. Address (1910) 1200 Madison Ave., I'.alti-
more, Md.
F (3) Sarah IJoyer, daughter of William Ikner and wife Hcnriett:i,
was born June 21, 1846. She died June 9, 1877. Married Jc^hn S. iCllis
(dead). Children: (i) James. Address (1910) 315 N. loth St., Read-
ing, Pa. (2) Harry. Address (1910) 930 N. 5th St., Reading, Pa.
(3) Isaac. Address (1910) lo — N. 4th St., Reading, Pa. (4) Sarah.
Married Harry Harr. Address (1910) Rutherford, Pa.
F (4) Josephine Hoyer, daughter of W''illiam Hoyer antl wife Hen-
rietta, was born Aug. 3, 1856, in ( )ley. Pa. Lutheran. Married James
K. Hillig. Address (i()io) Reading, Pa. Children: George W., Mary
K., Paul H., Luther, Charles M., Jennie O., Josephine G., all of Read-
ing, Pa.
F (5) Clara Hoyer, daughter of W'illiam Hoyer and wife Henrietta,
was born March i, 1862, died May i, kjoi, and is buried in Charles
]{vans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. Married Dr. W. P. Long. Address
(1915) Weatherly, I'a. Chiklren: (1) Dr. William S. (2) .Albert.
Graduate of Ursinus College.
F (6) Mary M. Hcjyer, daughter of William Hoyer and wife Hen-
rietta, was burn Sept. 3, 18O5. Lutheran. Address (1913) 9th and
Penn Sts., Reading, Pa.
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F (7) Jennie Iv Hover, (lau;;lUer of \\'illi;nn I'oyer and wife Hen-
rietta, was born April 12, iS()(). luitlieran. Al lionie with sister Mary.
F (1) John 11. l)oyer, son of Alirahani S. l5oyer and wife I.ucetta
Holloway, was bcjrn Dec. 2, 1842, in Iv\eler 'I'v/j)., Ikrks Co., I'a. Ad-
dress (1915) Douglassville, I'a. Lutheran. Iv'irnicr. Very fnie man.
\eteran of Civil War. Married. Nov. 3, iS()6, Hli/aheth C.. (Jahle. Chil-
dren: (i) Kate, horn Aug. 18, 1867. Lutheran. Married Oet. 25, 1884,
Webster K. Mar((uctte. Childri-n: J'dna Ma\, ni.irried to Ivlward
Knauer, of Douglassville, Pa.; Manie Kuth, married to llenry Iler-
binc, of Earlville, Pa.; Jennie Hli;'.abeth, fhie nui.sician, married Fmmit
Brown. Atldress (1915) Shillinglun. Pa. Children: Catharine i-Mizabtih ;
John Jeremiah, Charles F.arl, Mary Mariah, of Dcniglassville, Pa. (2)
Klla G., born June (), 1871. Putheran. Marrietl William K. F\.omig. .Ad-
dress (1915) Athol, Pa. Chilli: j^ena, born May 6, 1896. (3) Charles
G. Address (1913) South Street, Phila., Pa. P>orn Jan. 3, 1873. Tieket
agent P. and R. R. jiuuiy years. Married Dec. 24, 1895, Etta Ijroomel.
Children: J(jhn (dead), and Anna F,li/.al)eth, born .'\i)r. 7, 11)05.
F (2) Sarah F.Ilen IJoyer, daughter (jf Abrahruu S. l'>oyv;r and wife
Lucetta, born A])ril 18, 1846, marrietl D.miel Graeff. Child: .Annie
1. aura, born Feb. 8, i87ri. Married Sanuiel .\. Brunner. Grocer. Address
(1910) llarrisburg, Pa. Children: Anna M., \'ivian Stanley.
F (3) Morris Longstreth 11. I'oyer, son of Abraham S. P)Oyer and
wife Lucetta, was born Jul) 27, 18.48. .\ddress (1915) 1115 Button-
v/ood St., Reading, Pa. Lutheran. Teacher. N'eteran of Civil War.
Married Rebecca T. Kohler, Sept. 2, 1869. Children: (i) Ida May,
and Cora K., born July 2, 1871. Cora K. married William II. Lup-
j)old, Real Estate .■\genl. Address ( kji 5) Reading, Pa. Children: Helen
atul Alice.
F (4) Emma Elizalielh Boyer, daughter of ,\br;diam S. ISoycr and
wife Lucetta, born A])ril 11. 1853. Lutheran. Married Howard Rhoads,
Sept. 21, 1873. Children: Elva, Yxnn April 21, 1874. Married Joseph
Croodfellow. Harry, born June 20, 1875; William, born Jan. 31. 1877,
married Helen ICIender ; Howard, Ixirn July 9, 1882, married Eh.ie Yeager.
F (5) Anna Laura Boyer, daughter of Abraham S. Boyer and sec-
ond wife, Harriet Harbold, was born March 28, i8()2. Lutheran. Mar-
ried Thomas C. Darrah, June 18H3. .Address (1910) Reading, I'a.
Children: Viola May, born Jan. 31, 1884. Married Dr. Harry Orth.
Address (1910) Reading, Pa. Leon Calvin, born Oct. 3, i88(;.
F (i) Josiah S. Boyer, son of Jonas R. I'oyer and wife Judi;h
Schwcnk, was born Feb. 5, 1838. Address ( 1910) Zicglerville, Pa.
Wheelwright. Married Eli:^abcth Schwenk. Ciiildren:. (i) Jacob S.
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Address (n)io) Zioglervillc. l\i. (2) Franklin S., (3) Julia, (4)
Charles S. Address (i<;io) South Centre St., rctlsvillc, Pa. (5) Jonas
VV. Address (1910) Obelisk, Pa. (6) Islizaheth. Married Christian
Alderfer, Souderton, Pa. (7) Allen S. Address (1910) Duncotl, Sehuyl-
kill Co., Pa. (8) Louisa S. Married Irwin Gilbert. Address (1910)
Krederiek. Pa.
F (2j Catherine liover, dau^diter of Jonas R. Boyer and Judith
Sciiwenk, married Henry II. Naee, of Telford, Pa.
F (3) Jonas S. I'.oyer, son of Jonas R. Boyer and wife Judith, wa:?
born Sept. 5, 1839, in Sallortl Twj)., Montg-. Co., Pa. .Atldress (191OJ
Sumnt'ytown. Pa. Lutheran. Wheclwrij^ht and farmer, l-^ilisted Au;^
13, i8()j, in Gi. II, 119th Rci^iment. In about a di)zen battle.^., ineludin<^
Clettysbur^^ Pa. Honorably discharj^cd at elose of war. Married Mary
Richard, born Feb. 6. 1847. Children: (i) Jesse R., born Oct. 20, 1873.
Address (1910) Telford, Pa. Married Sarah Reiff. (2) Henry, born
Oct. 9, 1878. Married Alice Gerhart. Address (1910) Sumncytovvn,
Pa. (3) Laura, married John Hutt. Address (1910) 119 Sixty-l-'irst
St., W. Phila., Pa. (4) Elmer R., born Sept. 6, 1883. Addre.'^s (iQio)
Red Hill, Pa. Married Emma Miller. (5) Maurice R., born March
10, 1887. Address (1910) Red Hill, Pa. Clerk.
F (i) Philip Boyer, son of John R. Boyer and wife Catherine Nace.
Address (1915) Boyertown. Pa. House painter.
F" (2) Amos Boyer, son of John R. Boyer and wife Catharine Nace.
Address (1915) Tylcrsport, Pa.
F (3) Leanna Boyer, dauj;hter of John R. Boyer and wife Catharine
Nace, married Mr. Knccht. Address (1915) Hatfield, Pa.
F {4) Amanda lioyer, daughter of John R. Boyer and wife Cath-
arine Nace. Address (1915) Tylersport, Pa.
F (5) Ivouise Boyer. daui;htcr of John R. Boyer and wife Cath-
arine Nace. Address (1915) Tylersport, Pa.
F (1) h'phraim Boyer, son of George R. Boyer and wife Wam-
pole. Address (1910) 169 West Norris St., Phila., Pa. Married Mary
Young.
I' (2) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Gc(;rge R. Bi)yer and wife W'am-
puk', married Mr. J iaitle)', (jf Phila., Pa.
I'" (3) Lorina. Married Mr. Mayne, Phila., Pa. F (4) Mary
Married Mr. Gotlshall, of Skippack, Pa. F (5) Bct.sy. Married Mr.
Leidy, <if Lexington, Pa. F ((>) Kitty. Address (19LS) Hatfield. Pa.
F (7) Caroline. Phila., Pa. F (8) Jacob Boyer, Phila., Pa. F (9)
Charles Boyer, Phila., Pa. F (10) Isaac Boyer. Address (1915) Hat-
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field, Pa. F (II) Noah Hoycr, riiila., I'a. F (12) George Boycr.
l^hila., I'a.
V (i) Caroline Rover, only cliiM of Charles R. Ru\er and wife
Esther, lives in I'liila., Fa.
F (i) Hannah P>o}er, dauj^hter of Jesse K. Iloyor and wife Louisa
Smith, married John A. Staufler, of Skippack, i'a. Children: (i)
Mag-gie, Harvey of Mainland, Susie (Clemens) of ^lainland, Anna
( I'anne[)aekcr ) of Norristown, John and Louise of Skippack.
F (2) Kate lioyer, daughter of Jesse R. Ruyer and wife Louisa
Smith, married Mr. W'ei^'^ner. Address (1915) 518 Stanhridge St., Nor-
ristown, Fa. Ciiild: .\lnia, of Lower SaUord, i^a
F (3) Rudolph Royer, son of Jesse R. Royer and wile Louisa
Smith. Address (1915) Narberlh, Pa. C)nly child: James at home.
F (4) Lewis Royer, son of Jesse R. Royer and wife Louisa Smith.
Address ( 1915) Gladwyne, I'a. Married. Children: Ella Vander Veur,
of Cladwyne, Edda, Viola, Florence, Jesse, all at home.
F (5) Julia Royer, daui^hter of Jesse R. Royer and wife Louisa
Smith, married Mr. Himipton. Address (1915) 234 W. Tal«:)r Road,
(.)lney, Phila.. Pa. C)nly chiKl: Georg'e.
F (6) Ambrose Royer, daughter of Jesse R. Royer and wife Louisa
Smith. Address (191 5) Sister Ray, Wisconsin. Children: (i) Ida
(Crawford) of Sawyer, Illinois; Mabel, Jesse, and Arthur, at home.
F (i) AL'iry P)0yer, daughter of Henry P)Oyer and wife Mary Rudy,,
died in the West.
F (2) Nettie Royer, daughter of Henry Royer and wife :\Tary Rudy,
died in the West.
F (3) Henry Royer, son of Henry Royer and wife Mary Rudy,
died in the West.
F (4) William J^oyer, son of Henry Royer and wife Mary Rudy,
died in the West. Served in the army of the tJ. S. in Mexican War.
I'' (5) Rudolph Royer, son of Henry Royer and wife Mary Rudy,
died in the West. Served in the army of the U. S. in Mexican War.
F (6) Amos Royer, .^on of llenry Royer and wife Mary Rudy,
was born June 6, 1S41, .Address (1909) 239
Carpenter St., Reading, Pa. Civil War veteran. Three enlistments.
Honorable discharge. Married Sarah Jane Rambo, born Oe^. 10, 1843.
Children: George Henry ])oyer. Address (1910) 113 West Oley St.,
Rearling, Pa. Horn l)cc. 2, 1865. Reformed Church. Traveling sales-
man. Married N'irginia E. Haines. ChiKlrcn : Marie Sara, and Roseua
Haines.
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F (i) Harriet Xag'.c Ijoycr, (.laiiLihtcr of Jacob I'loycr and wife
Susanna 1 loticnslcin Xa^le, was born Aug. 30, 1827. Married Jolin G.
Shanaman. Children: (1) Sarah N., (2) Jacob, (3) Susan, married to
John Thompson, N. 2nd St., Readintj, I'a. (4) Ivlla, married Slrunk.
Address (K/xj) Greenwich anil Thorn Sis., Keadinj^, I'a. (^5) Walter.
Address (1909) North 3rd St., Reading-, I'a. (6) ICx-Mayor William.
Address (1909) Oley St., Readint;-, I'a. (7) Howard, on N. I'ront St.,
Reading, Pa. (8) Dessic, married William Stieff, N. 3rd St., Readinj^s
J'a. (9) Clara, married to Geortje Hurst, Orange St., near Cotton,
Reading, Pa.
F (2) Peter Nagle Boycr, son of Jacob Pjoyer and wife Susanna,
was born March 6, 1829. Lutheran. Address ( i<>39) Anislcm, Ala-
bama. Married Mary Ziegier. Children: (i) Emily, of Anniston,
Alabama. (2) X'aleria, wife of Jt)hn Pace, Atlanta, Georgia. (3) Sara
N., wife of Percy Heckwiih, Jacksonville, Florida. (4) William Aaron.
Address (1910) l-'ranklin St., between Eighth and Ninth, Reading, Pa.
F (3) Mary Nagle I')f)yer, daughter of Jacob lioyer and wife
Susanna, was born July i, 1831. .She married Joseph T. (J'iirien. Child:
Thomas.
F (4) Alvin Naglc Doyer, son of Jacob Rover and wife Susan,
was born 12, or 2^, 1833, died April 18, 190S, and is buried in
Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. Marrieil Mary A. Getz, born
Aug. 12, 1839. Her atldress ( 1909) 269 llerr St., Harrisbnrg, Pa.
Children: (1) Clara, wife of N. C. Haenschen, 269 llerr St., Harris-
■biu-g. Children: Robert, Eleanor. (2) Emma, wife of Edward Pengelly,
354 North 5th St., near Ihittonwood, Reading, Pa. Child: Frances.
(3) Charles G. Address ( n;09) Third and Franklin Sts., Reading,
I'a. He married Catharine Lauther. (4) Martha G., born Dec. 19,
1879. Lutheran. Three years course in Bryn Mawr College. High
school teacher. Address (i(;io) Ladies' Seminary, Chestnut Hill, I'hila.,
I'a.
F (5) Sarah Louisa, daughter of Jacob Boyer and wife Susan,
was born .Aug. 13, 1835, '''''^^ ^^i^'*^^' ^<-''^- 25, 1909. Married John C.
Strohecker. Address, 218 S. 3rd St., Reading, Pa. Children: (i) Ida
P*., at same address. (2) Charles R., (3) Laura May, wife of George
W. Smdth, Eait Mauch Chunk. Pa. (4) Mary Martha, and (5) Edith
Anna, both at home.
F (6) Henry 11. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Susan, was
U>rn Sejjt. 2, 1837, died 1904, and is buried in Charles Evans Cemetery.
Lutheran. Married Elizabeth Sissiuger. One child: Ida, wife of Wil-
liam Rhuads. Address ( i<)io) 2824 I'rightwood Ave., N. W., Wash-
ington, D. C.
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V (7) Esther l^oyer, (laughter of Jacob llo)c'r and wife Susan,
was born )ul\ u, 1839. Lutheran. Fine woman. Address (1915)
218 S. 3rd St., Iveachnij;-, I'a. Owns the family Uible from which the
historian has secureil valuable data.
F (8) Jacob Nagle r>oyer, bon of Jacob i'>oyer and wife Susan,
was born Dec. 8, 1S41, died Nov. 22, 1893. Lutheran. Civil War vet-
eran. Married Marj^aret Trosile, born Nov. 6, 1851. She died Jan. 8,
1898. Children: (1) Dr. Frank N. lioyer, born June 20, 1871. Ad-
dress (1910) lolh and Sprinj^ Sts., Reading, I'a. Druggist. Reformed.
I^Lirried Maude E. Seiders, born Oct. i, 1872. Children: J. Franklin
and Mary M. (2) Howard N. Boyer. Address (1915) 928 Birch St.,
Reading, l^a. Born Oct. 11, 1875. Reformed. Married Aimie Deardorf.
Children: Paul, Howard, Julia.
F (i) Mary l>oyer, daughter of Charles Boyer and wife Rachel
Strauss, wife of_Mr. Bard. Address (1910) near Rajah Temple, Read-
ing, Pa. Her brother Alvin and James left no descendants.
F (i) Harry Boyer, son of George Boyer and wife Christina.
Rithmeyer, was a milliner in Reading, Pa. Died single. His sister Emma,
born 1839, is at Overbrook, Pa. (1909).
F (3) Kate Boyer, daugiiter of George Boyer and wife Christina,
wife of John Goodhart. left seven children. In 1909 her daughter Anna
lived on Spruce St., Reading, Pa,
F (O Samuel Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Anna Hummel,,
livetl in Snyder Co., Pa.
F (2) Amos Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Anna Hummel,
lived in Snyder Co., Pa.
F (3) Henry BoNer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Anna Hiunmel,
lived in Snyder Co., Pa.
F^ (4) James Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Anna Hummel,
was born Feb. 9, 1828, in Snyder Co., Pa., and died at Bellmore, Put-
nam Co., Ohio, Feb. 6, i8<;j7. Evangelical. F'armer, first north of Mid-
dleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa., then in Hancock Co., Ohio. Married first to
Rebecca Kerr, born Sept. 28, 1828, in Union Co., Pa., and after her death
March 7, 188^1, to Mary N. Wort. Children: (i) Christian Boyer.
Address (1908) Deshler, Ohio, R. F. D. 4, Box 39. Born March 26,
1853, in Snyder Co., I'a. Farmer and broom maker. U. B. Church.
Married Barbara R. Newell, Aug. 28, 1878. She was born Nov. 16,
1846. Child: Simon F'mra Boyer, born Jan. 4, 1880. Teacher. F'armer.
Address (1908) Deshler, Ohio. Married Mary Jane Miller, June 2. 1901.
She was born Oct. 22, 1881. Her children are Lillian Bertha, born Nov.
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=,, ig02, and Jay Lean, Ix.rn March 6, 1905. (2) Mary AI. i:,,ycr, horn
June 3. 1854. She died June 17, 1878. Married Nimrod Speaker,' May
19. 1873- (3) Cyrus Hoyer. A<!dress (1915) 322 l-ihh St., Fi'n.llav,
Ohio, liorn May 28, 1855. l-aruier. Married Sarah 1 fowdeshell. Chi'l-
drcn: Nancy, Lydia, Kose, Emuu, 15essie, Ohve, Knmianuel. (4) Silas
Boyer, twin with Cyrus. Ad-hess (KJ15) Jack.son, Miclii-an. Wovn May
28, 1855. Methodist. Farmer. Married Jennie Jilien Kl.^tz. l,orn Nov.
19, 1859. Children: Re/.iii l-.u-ene. Address (1908) Findlay. Ohio.,
R. F. D. 9, Dox 87; Mrs. Rachel May (Martin). Ad.lress (ujocj) 321 S.'
Webster St.. Jackson, Mich. ; Clarence K. Address ( 1909) Findlay, ( )liio,
R. F. D. 9, P.ox 87; and Fay Kdylhe, at same address. (5) Jjaii'iiah m'
Boyer, born Sept. 15, 1856. Married David Fishall in 1874. She died
Feb. 2, 1887. Two children livint:^, namely Jennie and Edward. (6)
David Howard Boyer. Address (1908) Deshler, Ohio, R. F. D i
Born May 21, 1858. Farmer and tile maker. Married A-n^s P.utler'
Children: James, Benjamin F.. Cly.le, Harriet, Charles, Hester, F.sther,'
< Pearl. (7) Moses Boyer. Address (1908) Deshlar, Ohio, R. F D 4
Parmer. Born Sept. 4, 1859. Married Rise Newell. Chihlren: Joseph
P., Ray, Savoy, Delia, Fred. Clarence, Hazel. (8) Catharine R Hoyer
torn July 3, 1862. Married },[r. Crouse. Address (1908) Napoleon!
Mich., R. F. D. I. (9) William Henry P>oycr. Address (1908) Deshlar'
Ohio, R. F. D. 4. Farmer (1915) Malinda, Ohio. Born March 3 i86(.'
Married Nancy Beary. Chihlren: Achey, Adam, Martha, Leanna
Reaby, Christian. (lo) Emma G. Boyer, married Leatherman Ad-
dress (1908) Yonker Ave.," Dayton, Ohio. (11) J^osella JJover -Ixu-di-
tcr of second wife. Address (1908) Leipsic. Putnam Co., Oliio.' '"^
F (5. ^^ 7. 8) Sarah, Susanna, Hannah, and Barbara Boyer, were
daughters of Jacob Boyer and wife Anna Hummel. Sarah was Mrs.
Hackenbcrger. Su.sannah remained single. Address (1913) Middle-
Lurgh, Pa. Prannah married John P. Yeager. Address (1915) 13.
Church St., Sunbury, Pa.. 79 years old. Children: Henry P George J
Nellie G., Andrew N., Oliver J., with whom his mother live's, and who
with her has helped the ]]oyer historian very much. Joseph, Jane B., Ellen.
F (O vSamuel G. Buyer, son of Samuel K. Boyer and wife Mary
Garner, was born Feb. 2, 1862, in Norristown, Pa. Address (1910)
1071 Powell St., Norristown, Pa. Baptist. Painter by trade Married
Laura Slough, born Oct. 20, 1864. Children: (i) Samuel Sylvester
torn Oct. 4. 1885. Baptist, liricklayer. Home address. (2) Myrtle
L.llie, born June 26, 1888. Emheran. At home. (3) Mary Ann, born
l^eb. 21, i8.,> Baptist. At home. (4) Seloma Minerva, born Sept
3, 1901- At home. ^
F (2) John Jonas G. Boyer son of Samuel K. Boyer and wife Mary,
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was l)orn March H'l. i3<)5, in Xunistown, I'a. Address (190S) 1033
Cherry St., Xorristowii, I'a. Rel'onnccl. Taper hatii^er. Married Mary
H. iianstorfer. born Oct. 22, iS()S. Chihhcn: (i) John Frederick, born
Aug-. 17, 1887. Lulhi-ran. i'liiuibcr. .\dihess (1911) 1012 Markley
St., Norristown. i'a. .Married lunnui Rini^er. (2) CaroHne Khxabeth,
horn July 4, i8(;i. At home. (3) Jacob 1 luvvard, born July 4, 1892. At
home. (4) Mary xMaryaret. born May 27, 1895. At home. (5) Ella
Naomi, born Oct. 2^. 1897. At home.
K (3) Cecelia Hoyer, daughter of Sannicl K. J5oyer and second
wile Susan, born March 3, 1871, married William AcoiY, of Norristown,
J'a. Address (1908) 213 Penn St.. Norristown.
F (4) Ilettie Boyer, daughter of Samuel K. r>oyer and wife Susan,
Ixrn March 7, 1S73. married (jcorge Kramer. Address (1908) 425
Cherry St., Pottstown, Pa.
F (5) Anna Royer, daughter of Samuel K. iioyer runl wife Susan,
married William Tyson, of Norristown, Pa.
F (6) Ida K. Boyer, daughter of Samuel K. Hoyer and wife Susan,
born Nov. 4, 1884. Address (K908) 126 Airy St., Norristown, Pa.
F (7) William 1>. II. l>0)er, son of Samuel K. I'oyer and wife
Susan, was born May 28, 1875. Atldress (1913) 151') J^cniglass St., Read-
ing, Pa. Grocer. Lutheran. Married Pertha Dautrich. Children: Wil-
liam Lane, Robert Samuel, Henry Charles, Samuel Jacob.
F (8) Eli Boyer, son of Samuel K. Boyer and wife Susan, was
Ix)rn Feb. 10, 1877. Cigar maker. Address (1908) 213 I'enn St., Nor-
ristown, Pa.
F (9) F,ru PiOyer, sun of Samuel K. P>o\er and wife Susan, was
Ixjrn Sept. 5, 1882. Address {i\)(.)S) Norribtown, Pa.
F ( I ) Henry Conover Boyer, son of Judge Benjamin Markley Boyer
and wife Elizabeth Pryor, was born about 185C), in I'ottstown, Pa. Ad-
dress (1913) 705 Land Title Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa., and Penllyn, Pa.
College training. Prominent lawyer. Married Natalie Chauncey Robin-
son in 1884. Children: (i) Philip I'oyer, l)orn Aug. 20. 1885, in Phila.,
Pa. College training. Banker. Address 09^3) 30 Broad St., New
York. Married Josephine B. Flagg, Nov. 9, 1907. (2) Francis Boyer,
born June 20, 1893, at Peimllyn, Pa. Address (1913) Penllyn, Pa.
F (i) Allen Boyer, son of Henry J. Boyer and wife Matilda
Schock, was born Nov. 27, 1847, near Freeburg, Pa. Methodist. Court
stenographer. .Address ('1908) Room 60, 107 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
F (2) Lillie Kate Boyer, daughter of Henry J. Boyer and wife
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Matilda, was hovn Nov. 26, iH'iO. Metlunlist. Married Gcdrgc M.
i'.ciadict, at Chicat;o, Feb. 22, iiSSi. Address (1908) Chicago, 111.
F (I) Amelia Boycr, dauj^Iiter of Geort^e lioyer and wife Hannah
Druckenniiller. married John (leist. Adilress (i<ji3) nth and Center
Sts., Ashland, I 'a. Children: John, Irvin, of nth vSt., Ashland; Daniel.
Ivutherford, Mary, Henrietta, Hannah.
F (2) Irsvin lioyer, S(jn of Ceorj^e i>oyer and wife Hannah 1 )rnel:-
enmiller, was born Dec. 2t„ 1837, died Jan. 9, 191 1, and is bnried in
Mahantonj^^a Valley, Pa., in St. Jacob's Cemetery, I;ine Moimlann.
F'armer. Married Rebecca Hepler. Children: (1) John Elmer. Ad-
dress (1913) Hegins, Pa. Farmer. Reformed. Married Catharine
Snyder. Child: Florence. (2) Henry Josiah. Address ( 1913) 344 N.
Chestnut St., Mt. Carmel, Pa. Reformed. Carpenter. Married Susanna
Schlappig'. Children: Lottie May, born Jan. 7, 1896, Gertrude, Susanna,
Mamie. (3) Irwin H. Adtlress (1913) Pitman, Pa. Reformed. Cai-
penler. Married Stella Koehler. Children: Mildred, and others. (4)
Monroe George. Address (1913) 3231 Sydenham St., Phila., Pa. Re-
formed. lUacksmith. Married Eiuma Herb. Children: Clyde Irwin,
Truman Harrison, Henry licrt, Vcrna, Stanley, George. (5) Rufus.
Address (1913) 14 S. Market St., Mt. Carmel, Pa. Reformed. Car-
penter. Single in 1913. (6) Charles Hepler. Address (1913) 220 E.
7th St., Mt. Carmel, Pa. iiorn Nov. 8, 1880, in Mahantonga Valley,
Pa. Reformeil. Building contractor. Helped historian. Married Clare
Dilliplaine. Children: George Ell wood, Caroline Beatrice. (7) Johan-
na, married Wilson Moyer. Address (1913) 14 South Market St., Mt.
Carmel, Pa. Children: Edna May, Helen, Alma. (8) Sallie, married
0.scar Ramer. Address (1913) Pitman, Pa.
F (i) Lydia Boyer, daughter of George Boyer and wife Harriet
Reinhart, born April i, 1845, at Limerick Square, Pa., highly educated,
married Henry K. Weand, born March 29, 1838. Judge of Montgomery
Co., Pa., from 1888 to 1913 and after that. Captain Co. M, 15th Pa.
Cavalry from Aug. 22, 1862, to June 21, 1865. Children: (i) Harriet
W., born Aug. 5, 1869, married Hugh Jones Brooke. Address (1913)
1444 Powell St., Norristown, Pa. No children in 1913. (2) Sadie E.
Single. Address (1913) 718 DeKalb St., Norristown, Pa. Born Jan.
8, 1871. (3) Ralph H. Address (1913) 2437 \V. Cumberland St., Phila.,
Pa. Born Sept. 8, 1883. Clerk. Married Mabel Dubos(|, born March
28, 1881. Children: Harry K., born May 12, 1907. Helped historian
very much.
1" (2) Annie Reinhart Boyer, daughter of George Boyer and wife
Harriet Reinhart, was born April 27, 1835. Address (1913) 2437 W.
Cumberland St., Phila., Pa.
JUDGE W, KEKPER SI EVLNS
Ch.ipler IV. Pi.yo ^7
MAYOR WILLIAM SHANAMAN
Chapter IV, PaB<; iOtt
ATTORNEY FORREST SHANAMAN
Chapter iV. Page- 108
EDWARD K. BOYER
SOLDIER
Chapter IV. Page 115
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F (i) Auj^ustus Boycr, son of I'hilip Hoycr and wife Charlotte
Missimcr, died at Pottstowii 1879, ^s Reformed Church records show.
K (2) Charlotte Buyer, daughter of Philip Hoyer and wife Char-
lotte Missinier, was horn April 18, 1826.
F (3) George Boycr, son of I'hilip lioyer and wife Charlotte Mis-
simer, was horn Oct. H), 1829. .Married Mary Reitniyer. Children: (1)
Kdward R. Atldress ( 1910) 7235 Sayhrooke Ave., Phila., Pa. Plasterer.
Lutheran. Born Jan. 27, 1S63. Married Lillie L. Reinhart, horn June
10, 1861, at Taniaqua, Pa. Three ehiUlren in igio. (2) William Boyer.
Address (1910) 314 Kvans St., Pottsiown, Pa. (3) Daniel Boyer, died
at Pottstown, Pa., Fch. i8()5. (4) Annie I'oyer. Same address as Wil-
liam in i()io. (5) Frederick B(ner. Address (1910) 1203 Green St.,
Phila.. Pa.
F (I) AutJi'ustus Boyer, prohahly the son of a hrother of the Philij)
r>oyer who married Charlotte Missimer, for this Pottstown couple also
had a son named Aui^usius. This Philip's father may have heen named
Augustus. The Au.yustus of this paragraph was an only son, horn
1824, and ilieil April 1912, at Sunhury, Pa., aged 88 years. Fpiscoi)alian.
Railroader. Served in Mexican War under Scott, and in the Civil War
under General Sherman. Marcheil from "Atlanta to the sea." Married
Susan Walters. Children: (i) Charles Augustus. Address (i()i4)
JIackelts Hardware Store, Market St., Sunbury, Pa. Born Oct. 14, i8()4,
at Sunhury, Pa. Episcopalian. Clerk. Married Sarah 1{. Maurer.
Children: William J. Address (1914) 625 Courtland St., York, I'a.
Married Mary Peters. Children: Charles, Hazel Elizabeth, married
Maraud E. Sleffer. Address (1914) Sclinsgrove, Pa'. Helen May, mar-
ried Jack Davison, Mildred Edwinna and Emma I., are at home (i()i4).
(2) Elmer E. Boyer. Address (1914) 30 Endicott St., Lynn, Mass.
Supt. General Electric Company. Married Allie Knowles. Children :
Robert IL, Edward, Mary, at home. (3) William S. Address (1914)
liufTalo, N. Y. Married Children: Walter, Hazel,
William, Clyde, Elmer, Maria, Grace, and several others. (4) i^jiima L.
Address (1014) Chestnut St., Sunbury, Pa. (5) Annie 1. Married
Thomas Cununings. Address (1913) 470 East 3rd St., Williamsport,
Pa. Children: Hazel, Lester, Robert.
F (i) Frank Boyer, son of W^illiani S. Boyer and wife Christiana
Rine, was born Oct. 31, 1853, Freeburg, Pa. Address (1908) Gratz, Pa.
Lutheran. Merchant. Mail carrier. Farmer. Miner. Married Amelia
M. Good, Feb. 2, 1873. Children: Carrie M., wife of Jacob M. Boycr.
Address (191 5) Gratz, J^a. ; Joseph D. Boyer. Address (191 5) 1330
Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. ; Christie M. Boyer, wifo
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of Julin S. Latsha, of 136 Meant Ave, Lyn<lluirst, N. J.; Miriam A.
Uoyer, of 205 Clicstiuit St., Chi.sholni, Minn.
F (2) l.illic H. Jioyer, daii^'-lUcr of William S. Boyer ami wife
Christiana Rinc, married John 15. Cisc. AcKhcss (1915) Cratz, I*a.
Children: (k-rtrude anil others.
F (3) Saliie E. lioycr, daughter of William vS. r.()\er and wife
Cliristiana Rinc, married W. F.. l.eho. Address (1915) Valley \iew, I'a.
F (4) Irvin I'oyer, son of William S. Boycr and wife Christiana
Ivine, died at Freehnr^, Pa.
F (i) Philip Henry Hover, son of Augustus I5oyer and wife Cath-
erine llontz, was born Nov. 4, 1839, in Union Co., Pa., and died at
Springville, Utah, June 6, 1905. Church of the Latter Day Saints.
Teacher and minister. Address (1905) Springville, U'lah. Children:
(i) Lulu li., born June 12, 1866, nuirried Mr. Anderson and died Dec.
30, 1903. (2) Marry Cuy, k>rn May 12, 1873. Merchant. Address
(1915) Salt Lake City. Utah. (3) Nellie R., born Oct. 5, 1879. Mar-
ried William Rash. Address (1910) Salt Lake City, Utah. (4) Sarah
G., born Jan. 11, 1881. Married Walter T. Payne. Address ( u^io)
Springville, Utah. (5) Frank Kmmett, born Feb. 12, 1887. At home.
F (2) John Sell Poyer, son of Augustus P)oyer and wife Catherine,
was born Dec. 7, 1840, in Union Co., Pa. Church of the Latter Day
Saints. Minister. Address (1910) Springville, Utah. Married Julia
Ann Crandall, born Nov. 25, 1841. Children: (i) John Selvy, born
March 31, 1867. Florist. Married Susannah Jarrett. Children: Chloe,
Catharine, Matilda, John S., Mildred, Arthur J., and ^lary li. ( 2) Myron
Augustus. Address (1909) Springville, Utah. Married Eliza Cleg-g.
Children: Myron O., Lois, Harlan, Thelma, Glenn. (3) Ernest Mar-
cellus. Address (1909) Springfville, Utah. Railroad contractor and
builder. Married Giida Rakestraw. Children : Lela, Delia, Katie, and
Florence. (4) ilarlan Lee. Address (1909) Springville, LItah. Rail-
road conductor and builder. Married Rose Ijailey. Children : Ruth
and Hush. (5) Julia Ida. Married Andrew Porter. Address (1909)
Springville, Utah. Children: Melba, Tyrson, Julia. (6) Dell Dclos.
Address (kxx)) Springville, Utah. Health director. (7) Tryi)hena His-
bce. (8) Ira Wayne. Address (1901;) Springville, Utah. Railroad con-
tractor and book-keeper. Married Jane Hontz.
F (3) Francis Christian Boyer, son of Augustus Boyer and wife
Catharine, was born March 27, 1843, '^"'1 ^''cil ^Liy 12, 1908, at Sjjring-
villc, Utah. Recorder. Councilman. Mayor. Married Ivlizabeth W.
Devenish, born Feb. 3, 1846. Children: (i) Lillian E. Married Glca-
son. Address ( 1910) Salt Lake City, Utah. Children: Enid Nora. (2)
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Mark D. Address (1910) Raymond Allnrla, Canada. Married Hfiie
Ewing. (3) Delos D. C. Address ( 1910) Salt Lake City, Utah. Born
Sept. 2, 1874. ^[arried Mary llontz. (4) William Anil)erly. Address
(1910) Sprinj^n'ille, Utah. Born Sej)!. 14, 1.S7S. (5) I'liilij) (). Ad-
dress (1910J Sprini^'ville, LUah. Son of second wife. Horn May 21, 1879.
((>) Tryphena. Married Ju.seph Anderson, Sprins,^ville, I'a. (7) John Iv,
(8) Wilmot 1'., (9) Charles, (10) Angus, (11) I.ew, (12) Catharine.
F (1) William M. Hover, son of Henry S. JJoyer aiul wife Eliza-
beth Myers, was born Dec. 13, 1841, at Middleburgh, Ta. Lutheran.
Merchant. Civil War veteran, Co. I'", 131st I'a. Vols. Address (1910)
Port 'JVevertoii, I'a. Married Mary Jane Mest, born Nov. 22, 1841.
Children: (i) Henry \V., born Jan. 17, 1866. Address (1910) I'ort
Treverton, Pa. (2) Anna S. Married G. C. Faust. Address (1910)
105 North 4th St., Sunbury, Pa. Child: Robert Faust, born March 17,
1898. (3) Mayme E. At home.
F (2) Francis A. P.oycr, son of Henry S. Jioycr ami wife Eliza-
beth. Married Susan Watt. Civil War veteran. Children: (1) Laura.
Married Dr. Clark Nipple. (2) Mary. Married Rev. Wampole's son,
of Lewistown, Pa.
F (3) Charles IL P>oyer, son of Henry S. Boyer and wife F<liza-
beth. Married Amelia Leehner. Cliildren: Matilda and Mary.
F (4) Dr. Philip .A. lioyer, son of Henry S. P.oyer and second wife.
Lived at Selinss^rove, Pa. l^hysician. Married Flora Carey. Children:
(i) Paul A. Boyer. Address (1910) Huntingdon, Pa. (2) Sallie L.
^farried. Address (1910) Huntingdon, i'a.
F (5) Sarah Catharine Boyer, daughter of Henry S. Boyer and
second wife, married Rev. Dr. S. IC. Ochsenford. Address (1915) Bath,
Pa. No children.
F (I) Francis J. P.oyer, son of Philip S. Boyer and wife .Amelia
Kessler, was born about 1841, and died in 181/). Married
Children: (i) Sadie. Married Devor. Address (1910) 2423 Emmett
St., Omaha, Nebraska. (2) Charles O. Boyer. Address (1910) 935
Lefayette Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Married. Children: Clara V., Gladys,
Ethlyn.
]•' (2) Matilda Boyer, daughter of Philip S. Boyer and wife Amelia,
born March 5, 1850, married Cievirge R. Hendricks. Address ( 1910)
Selinsgrove, Pa. Son Charles G. Adilress (1910) Selinsgrove, Pa.
F (3) Henry S. Boyer, son of Philip S. Boyer and wife Amelia,
died 28 years old. Married. Children: Two.
F (4) Edward K. Boyer, son of Philip S. Boyer and wife Amelia,
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was born Jan. lo, 1845, '^^ Frccbury;, Pa., and died at Elkhart, Ind., May
22, 1910. Lutheran. Civil War veteran. Merchant. Married Louisa
E. Kantz, born Jan. 18, 1S45. Ciiildren: (i) Profe.s.sor James Frankhn.
Address (1910) 48 W. 34th St., New York. Very fine nnisician. Mar-
ried Martha M. Uengler. (2) Rev. Clyde H. iSovcr. Address (1910)
Chicago, III.
F (i) Matilda P>oyer. daughter of Manas.sas iJoyer and wife Han-
nah Fry, married Jacob Gruber, of Bechtelsville, Pa. Cliildren : (i)
Henry. Married Annie Shutt. Address (1910) Poyertown, Pa. Chil-
dren: Bertha. (2) John. Address (1910) IJechtelsville, Pa. .Married.
Children.
F (2) William Fry lioyer, son of Manassas P.oyer and wife Han-
nah, was born Sept. 13, 1847, at Bechtelsville, Pa. Address (1910)
Boyertown, Pa. Married Susan E. Yoder, born Dec. 15, 1846. Children:
(i) Sallie, born March 27, 1872. Married William Keays. Address
(1910) 325 Duke St., Lancaster, Pa. Children: Ella, Howard, John,
Rachel. (2) Edgar, born Aug. 7, 1873. Address (1910) Boyertown, Pa.
Married Laura Stephen. (3) Mary, born Aug. 10, 1878. IMarried Wm.
H. Reifsnyder. Address (1910J Boyertown, Pa. Children: William
Henry, Susan Elizabeth, Marion Irene. (4) Irene, born March 9, 1880.
F (3) Ilenrv Boyer, son of Manassas Boycr and wife Hannah,
was born 1852, and died about i8(j<;. Lived at lierlinville, Pa. Mar-
ried Amanda Smith. Only child: Miranda. She married Mr. Clark,
of New Berlinville, Pa.
F (4) Jacob Boyer, son of Manassas Boyer and wife Hannah, dier!
childless.
F (5) Mary Boyer, daughter of Manassas Boyer and wife Hannah,
married Robert Gottshall. Children : William, Clara. Raymond, Ger-
trude. Gertrude married Walter Reitnaur. Address (1910) 134 Keim
St., Pottstown, Pa.
F (i) Frederick Martin Boyer, son of George M. T^oyer and wife
Fannie Engle, was born in Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 4, 1832, and died July 14,
ifK)'). Buried at Wolf Lake, Indiana. Baptist. Blacksmith. Married
first Elizabeth Clap[)er, who died 1862, and in 1864 he married Catharine
I. Provost, of Railway, N. J. She died May 5, 1901. Children: (i)
George Edward. Address (1911) 13 14 Efh\'ards St., Decatur, Illinois.
Salesman. Married to Naomi C. Hoothtarter. Children: A. John. Ivlna
May, Charles Frederick. (2) James William. Address (1911) Wolf
iLake, Indiana. Blacksmith. M. E. Church. (3) Phincas Frederick.
Address (1915) Fort Wayne, Indiana. Blacksmith. Methodist. (4)
Ida Frederika, wife of Jacob II. Helm. Address (1911) 2^05 Euclid
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Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind. Metliodist. (5) Catharine Bell, wife of Jolni
Tbcid. Address (i(;i 5) Li{4"onier, Ind. Children: Irnia Catharine, Don-
ald Frederick.
F (2) John Bt)ycr, son of Georj^e M. Hover and wife Fannie Kn^le.
Lived at iiarrishnrL,', i'a. Contractor and bnilder. Married. Children.
F (3) William A. Boyer, son of Geor^^e M. Boyer and wife Fannie
Kngle. Family lives (njir) in Boston, Mass.
F (4) George Boyer, son of George M. Boyer and wife Fannie
Engle. Lost to brother Isaac, the histt)rian's corres()ondent.
F (5) Isaac W. Boyer, son of George M. Boyer and wife Fannie
Kngle, was born 1846 in Carlisle, Fa. Address (1911) 1734 Wells St.,
Chicago, Illinois. Frivate soldier, Company F, 17th Pennsylvania Cav-
alry, Civil War. He died Nov. 23, 1914, at National Soldiers' Home,
Milwankee. Wife's name Alice. She died March 7, 191 5, in Chicago,
111. Children: (i) Lnhi, wife of Henry Clefman. Address (1911)
3414 Elaine Place, Chicago, 111. No children. (2) Reverend Claude E.
Boyer. Address (1915) 1655 South Central Park Ave., Chicago, 111.
Born June 7, 1881, Chicago, 111. Graduate of Divinity School, Chicago
University. Baptist minister. Single in 191 1.
F (6) Mary Boyer, daughter of George M. Boyer and wife Fannie
Engle, married Mr. Keisinger, of Iowa.
F (7) Julia Boyer, daughter of George M. Boyer and wife Fannie
Engle, married Mr. Clark, of Boston, Mass.
F (i) Mary Ann Boyer, daughter of J. T. Christian Boyer and
wife .A.nna Maria F,i)ley, born Oct. 28, 1820, married Mr. Lahr.
F (2) John Boyer, son of J. T. Christian l^oyer and wife Anna
Maria Epley, was born Feb. 6, 1823, at Freeburg, Pa., and died at Bristol,
Lnliana. Oct 27, Hjcx;. Tinner by trade at McEwensville, Pa., moved to
Bristol, Indiana, in 1861. Followed milling there. Married Hannah
Kantz, Feb. 13, 1849. She died Jan. 28, 1892. Children: (i) Mary
Jane, wife of Mr. Culbertson. Address (1910) Grand Island, Nebrabka.
Born Nov. 19, 1849. Six children. (2) Emma L., wife of Cyrus Seller.
Address (1910) Elkhart, Ind. Born May 6, 1851. Eight children. (3)
John C. Boyer, born Se|)t. 17, 1853. He died May I, 1878. Married to
Ann Belle Robinson. Address (1909) Minneapolis, Minn. One child.
(4) Florence A., wife of J. Frank Cathcart. Address (1909) Bristol,
Ind. Three children.
F (3) Sarah Bt)yer, daughter of J. T. Christian Boyer and wife
Anna Maria E[)ley, born Nov. 23, 1825, married Mr. Hascnphig.
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F (4) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of J. T. Christian Boyer and wife
Anna Maria Epley, born April 30, 1828, married David M. Batdorf.
Children: (i) George A. Address (1909) Freeburg, Pa. (2) David F.
Address (1909) Freeburg, Pa. (3) Mary M., and Miles B.
F (5) Susannah Boyer, daughter of J. T. Christian Boyer and wife
Anna Maria Epley, born Aug. 28, 1836, married George Long. Ad-
dress (1909) Earned, Kansas. Children: (i) Mary E., wife of Mr.
Washburn, Santa Barbara, Cal. (2) Matilda C, wife of W. P. Colvin,
Lucky Boy, Nevada. (3) Jennie L., wife of FI. H. Doyle, Los Angeles,
Cal. (4) Edwin M., of Greensburg, Kansas. (5) Eva S., wife of C.
W. Dunn, Lawton, Okla. (6) Carrie L., wife of F. W. Johnson, Earned,
Kansas.
F (6) Matilda Catharine Boyer, daughter of J. T. Christian Boyer
and wife Anna Maria Epley, born Aug. 3, 1843.
CHAPTER V
GEORCK HAYER
\'oliiinc 17, of the Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, shows
t!ial Cioorj^c Haver cnnie with John I'hihj) iJeyer and Christoplier Bayer
from I'alatinate, Germany — i)robahly from Grunstadi — in i73f. The ship
"Philadelphia Merchant" arrived at Philadelpliia, i'a., Sept. 11, i/^i.
John Philip Beyer and Christopher Bayer settled in Frederick Township,
Montgomery Co., Ta. The fact that Geor{^c Bayer remained in Fred-
erick Township with the CInislupher Bayer i)OSterity, and that his name
is spelled with an "a" in his "will," g'oes pretty far to ]irove that lie
was a relative of Christoi)her rather than of John Philip. The fact that
he was only five years old in 1731 prol)ahly shows that he was an orphan
son of Christopher's brother. J le is buried on the old homestead, touch-
ing Mr. Gebert's farm, some distance from Zieglerville, Pa., wiiere the
historian found very valuable dates on tomfjstones, of which theie is a
respectable group. The direct tlescendants should purcliase the grou:i'l,
and assure the i)reservation of the graves. According to the inscrijj-
tion George Bayer was born July 23, 1726, without doubt in Germany.
lie died April 23, 1792. He was a farmer. Why he was not buried in
the Old Goshenhoppen graveyard close by is not clear, for the Church
Records show that his ])osterity was connected with this congregation.
His wife Catharine, b(jrn Jan. 10, 173.I, is burictl by his side. She died
Feb. 10, 1826. In the "will" which George Bayer made, dated March
28, I7«)2, Frederick Township, Montgomery Co., Pa., and recorded at
Norristown, Pa., he names his wife Catharine, anil his children Henry,
George, Anthony, William, Jacol), Catharine, and IClizabelh. The .\rch-
ives tlo not show that he was directly interested in the Revolulioni'.iy
War, altlujugh at least three of his sons were enlisted soldiers.
B (I) Henry Bayer, son of George liayer and his wife Catharine,
was probably the oldest for he is named first in his will. He is buried
near his fiarents, aged 5() years, 8 months ruid I day. From l)aptisir.al
records of the Old Goshenho])pen Church, we learn that liis wife's name
was Maria. The historian finds only three of the children recorded in
the baptismal records: Magdalena was born in 1776; (^eorge, Jan. (>,
1779; and Nellie, March i(>. 1781. There may have been oilurs, l/.it
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what became of them is not known. That the father was still livini^ in
1792 appears from the fact that he was named in his father's "will" in
that year.
B (2) George Bayer, son of George Bayer and his wife Catharine,
was born in Frederick Twp., Montg. Co., Pa., about 1746. Lutheran.
His wife's name was Anna Barbara. This couple left only one child,
George.
B (3) Anthony Bayer, son of George Bayer and his wife Catharine,
was born in Frederick Twp., Montg. Co., Pa., about 1755, as we guess
from the date of his first son, and died in 1831, as we learn from Rev.
Allen Boyer's notes. He was a soldier of the Revolution, from Montg.
Co., Pa., as we learn from page 668, Vol. 3, Sixth Series, Pennsylvania
Archives. After the war — so we guess from the date of his first child, he
married Salome Reinhart as we know from the Old Goshenhoppen re-
cords and Mrs. Kahle's notes. The children were George, John R.,
Jacob R., Henry, Simon R., Isaac, and one whose name the historian
can not learn.
B (4) William Bayer, son of George Bayer and wife Catharine,
was born Nov. 20, 1768, and died Dec. 26, 1857, as we learn from Bible
records in the hands of his grandson Henry Boyer, of Fretlerick, Pa.
He is buried at Keelor's Church, Frederick Twp., Montg. Co., Pa.
Lutheran. Carpenter. His wife's name was Christina. She was born
Dec. 20, 1776. The children, as we learn from the same notes, were
Christiana, Catharine, Annie, Amos, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Enos, Henry,
Josiah, Madeline, Lydia, Catharine, Reuben, and Joseph. P. S. — It is
just possible that this William Boyer was the John William Boyer, son
of John George liayer and his wife Catharine, for he was born Nov.
22, 1768, as the Old Gosh(jnhoi)])en books says. But if he was that John
William, the historian has no trace of the William named in the will
of George Bayer born 1726.
B (5) Jacob Bayer, son of George Bayer and wife Catharine, was
born August 1754, and died Feb. 11, 1796. Buried at Old Goshenhoppen
Church. He lived in Pcrkiomcnville, Montgomery Co., Pa., and was a
private soldier. See page 668, Vol. 3, Sixth Series, Pa. Archives, where
he is recorded with his brothers, in I78rx His wife's name was Catharine
Schantz. In his "will," made I7tj6, and recorded at Norristown, Pa., it is
stated that there were six sons and five daughters. They were Jacob,
Henry, Samuel, Daniel B., Magdalene, Catharine, Susannah, Elizabeth,
John, Philip, and a girl whose name the historian can not learn.
B (6) Catharine Bayer and Elizabeth, daughters of George Bayer
and wife Catharine, can not be traced.
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C (i) George Bayer, son of Henry Bayer and his wife Maria, was
"born Jan. 6, 1779.
C (i) George Bayer, son of George Bayer and his Nvife Anna
Barbara, was born in Fretl. Twp., Montg. Co., Pa. L.utlieran. Carpenter.
Died Feb. 10, 1828. Both he and his wife are buried at Center Square,
Montg., Co., Pa. His wife was Mary Zieber. Siie married Mr. Bayer
July 2, 1789, and died Sept. 22, 1851. Children: John and George.
C (i) George Bayer, son of Anthony Bayer and his wife Salome
(Sarah) Reinhart, was born May 26, 1791, Montg. Co., Pa., and died
Nov. 6, 1857, or Sept. 25. 1793, at Carbondale, in Illinois. He migrated
from the neighborhood of lio) ertown, Pa., to Monroe Co., W. Va. Served
in the Blaek Hawk War as major. Served in the Legislature of Illinois.
Married a Miss Herrold of West Virginia. Children: Plorace Louis.
Soldier in Mexican War. Captain in General John A. Logan's Regiment,
Civil War. Killed May 22, i8()3, Yick-sburg, Miss.
C (2) John R. Boyer, son of Anthony Bayer and his wife Salome
Reinhart, was born March 19, 1797, probably in New Berlin, Union Co.,
Pa., and died June 26, 1879, ^^ Salem, Clarion Co., Pa. His grave is
in Salem, Clarion Co., Pa. See Mrs. Kahle's notes. Blacksmith in
Clarion County. Captain of some military organization. In 1818 he
married Anna Maria Shambaugh, as Mrs. Kahle also reports. Chihlren:
Allen, Levi, Neri, Amos, Alfred S., Ralijh, Matilda, Hettie, Leah, Amelia,
and Richard.
C (3) Jacob R. Boyer, son of Anthony Bayer and his wife Sarah
Reinhart, died unmarried.
C (4) Henry Boyer, son of Anthony Bayer and his wife Sarah
Reinhart.
C (5) Boyer, son of Anthony Bayer and his wife Sarah
Reinhart.
C (6) Simon R. Bayer, son of Anthony Bayer and his wife Sarah
Reinhart, was born 1810, on a farm in Union Co., Pa., near New Berlin.
He died March 8, 1880, or March 19, 1881, and is buried on Mt. Moriah
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. He was the 7th son of his father, as his
son Dr. Samuel S. reported to the historian. Lutheran ^Minister, in
charge of congregation at L}ons, Pa., Strassburg and McEvvensville,
Lancaster Co., Pa., and at other ])laces. Resided in his last years at 722
North 40th Street, Phila.. Pa. Married Rachel Baum, born July 9, 1815.
She died June 24, 1896, and is buried near her husband. Children:
>Samuel, Clyde Clinton, Edward Luther, and Louisa A.
C (7) Bayer, daughter of Anthony Bayer and wife Salome
Reinhart, married Henry Myers, as Mrs. Kahle reports.
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C (8) Isaac Bayer, son of Anthony Bayer and wife Sarah Rein-
hart, settled near Cardington, Morrow Co., Ohio, his "claim" taking in
an old Indian village. Married. Children : George Bowyer, J. T.
Bowyer, and probably others.
C (i) Jacob Bayer, son of Jacob Bayer and his wife Catharine,
was born Jan. 9, 1777, as Mrs. Rudy reports. He died March 13, 1853,
and is buried in the Old Goshenhoppen graveyard, near Salford Station,
of the Perkionien Railroad. Lutheran. Married Elizabeth Ileebner, born
March 4, 1777. She died July 30, 1838. Children: Polly, Sarah, Annie,
Susan, Hettie, Eliza, Kate, Sophia, Hannah, and Rebecca.
C (2) Henry Bayer, son of Jacob Bayer and his wife Catharine,
was born Oct. 19, 1778, and died March 18, 1857. Buried on Fairvievv
Cemetery, Boycrtown, Pa. Member of State Legislature from Berks
County in 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1831. He and his brother Daniel
B., founded Boyertown, Pa. Lots were laid out in 1835, ^""-^ the town
was incorporated in 1851. INIarried Sarah Krebs, ]\Iarch 3, 1800. She
was born Feb. 28, 1784, at New Hanover Square, Montg. Co., Pa. Chiil-
dren: Michael K., Catharine, Elizabeth, Sarah, Henry, Jacob K., Han-
nah, Maria, Caroline, and Angelina.
C (3) ' Bayer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and Ms wife
Catharine, married Jacob Houck. They lived near Perkiomenville, Pa.
She is buried at Keelor's Church.
C (4) Bayer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Catharine,
married a Stetzler, and lived near Keelor's Church, Frederick, Pa.
F (5) Samuel Bayer, son of Jacob Bayer and wife Catharine, was
born Dec. 2, 1780, and his baptism is recorded in the Old Goshenhoppen
records, but the historian can not find any descendants.
C (6) Daniel Bayer, son of Jacob Bayer and wife, was born Sept.
12, 1782, and died April 23, 1869. Buried on Fairview Cemetery, Boyer-
town, Pa. Lutheran. Merchant. He and his brother Henry founded
Boyertown. Married Salome Burkhart. She was born Nov. 16, 1785,
died June 14, 1861, and is buried at Boyertown. Children: Daniel B.,
Samuel, Henry, Willoughby, Sarah, Lovina, and Elizabeth.
C (/) Magdalcna Boyer, "daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Cath-
arine, was born Feb. 18, 1784.
C (8) Catharine Bayer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Cath-
arine, was born Oct. 17, 1785.
C (9) Siis;mnah Bayer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife was born
Aug. 1787, died March 10, 1863, and is buried at Keelor's. Married
Jacob Houck. Children : See Airs. Erb's report. Obelisk, Pa.
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C (10) Elizabeth Bayer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Cath- .
arine, was bora Feb. 8, 1788.
C (11) John Bayer, son of Jacob Bayer and his wife Catharine,
was born Oct. 21, 1790.
C (12) Phihp Bayer, son of Jacob Bayer and wife Catharine, was
born March 24, 1792, died Feb. 4, 1822, and is buried on the Old Goshen-
hoppen Cemetery. His wife's name was Sophia. She died in i860. As
far as the historian knows, there was only one child — Michael.
C (i) Amos Bayer, son of William Bayer and wife Christina, was
born May 9, 1801.
C (2) Elizabeth Bayer, daughter of William Bayer and wife Chris-
tina, was born June 9, 1803. She married Joel Cope, and lived in Clarion
Co., Pa.
C (3) Mary A. Boyer, daughter of William Bayer and wife Chris-
tina, was born Jan. 24, 1806. Married Daniel Boardman. There were
nine children: Catherine (Mrs. Aaron Fryer) Spring Mount, Pa., and
Sarah (Mrs. Ephraim Sampsel) Falconer Swamp, Pa., and seven others.
C (4) Enos Bayer, son of William Bayer and wife Catharine^
was born Nov. 15, 1807, died Sept. 28, 1867. Buried at Keelor, Pa.
I^Iarried Eliza Dotterer. No descendants.
C (5) Henry Boyer, son of William Bayer and wife Christina,
was born April 4, 181 r, and is buried at Green Tree, Upper Providence,
Montg. Co., Pa. Lived at Trappe, Pa. Married Mary A. Griffith.
Children: William M., John S., Henry U., Mary J., Jane, and Eli;La-
beth 1.
C (6) Josiah Bayer, son of William Bayer and wife Christina, vv^as
born Jan. 12, 1813.
C (7) Madeline Bayer, daughter of William Bayer and wife Chris-
tina, was born Aug. 10, 1819. She married Mr. Conner. Plis son Frank
resided in Clarion County in 1910.
C (8) Reuben Boyer, son of William Bayer and wife Christina,
was born Feb. 27, 1809 in Fred. Twp., Montg., Co., Pa., died Sept. 29,
1899, and is buried at Keelor's Church. Lutheran. Shoemaker. Mar-
ried Elizabeth Denglcr, born Dec. 13, 1815. She died March 16, 1873.
Children: Henry D., and Sarah.
C (9) Joseph Boyer, son of Wililam Bayer and Christina, was bon\
Feb. 27, 1809, twin with Reul^en. Married. Children: John, Aaron,
and Mary.
C (10, II, 12, 13, 14) Christina, Catharine, Annie, Lydia, and
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Catharine, were also children of William and Christina Bayer, but the
historian can not find descendants.
D (i) John Boyer, son of George Bayer and wife Mary Zieber,
was born 1800, and died 1865. Lutheran. President of National Bank,
Norristown, Pa. Married Mary Markley in 1841. No descendants.
D (2) George Boyer, son of George Bayer and wife Mary Zieber,
was born 1794, and died 1866. Lutheran. Contractor and builder.
Married Catherine HoiTman. Both buried on Montgomery Cemetery,
Norristown, Pa. Children : Mary, Elizabeth, Joanna, Catherine, John,
Margaret, and Isabella.
D ( I ) Horace Louis Bowyer, son of George Prince Bowyer and
wife Herrold was born Feb. 17, 1822, Franklin Co., Illinois. Died in
Memphis, Tenn., June 12, 1863, from gunshot wound received -at Vicks-
burg. Man of some wealth. Merchant. Soldier in Mexican War. Cap-
tain in John A. Logan's Regiment of Civil War. Lost his life leailing
his troops up the heights of Vicksburg, Miss., May 22, 1863. His wife's
name was Children: (i) George Louis Bowyer. (2)
Richard Alonzo Bowyer. (3) Winifred Emily.
D (i) Jacob Bowyer, son of Isaac Boyer and wife, son of Anthony,
was born 181 5, and died 1893. Lived and died at Carbondale, Illinois.
Married Sarah Boren, and after her Polly Ann Phemister. Children:
(i) George Bowyer. Address (1915) Cardington, Ohio. Born about
1854. (2) J. T. Bowyer. Address (1915) Carterville, Illinois. Born
Nov. 6, 1856. Married. Children: Two boys and a girl. (3) Isaac.
Bowyer, who died in the ''Andersonville prison" during the Civil War.
Born about 1850. (4) Williani I'owycr. Born 1852. (5) Grant Bowyer,
(6) Elizabeth Bowyer, (7) Qua Bowyer, (8) Ellen Bowyer.
D (2) William Bowyer, son of Isaac Boyer and wife
D (3) Joseph Bowyer, son of Isaac Boyer and wife
D (4) Isaac Bowyer, son of Isaac Boyer and wife
D (5) Loretta Bowyer, daughter of Isaac Boyer and wife
D (6) Rebecca Bowyer, daughter of Isaac Boyer and wife
D (i) Reverend Allen Boyer, son of Captain John R. Boyer and
wife Anna IMaria Shambaugh, was born March 29, 1819, and died Nov.
15, 1906. German Baptist. Faithful Bible student. Entered the Holy
Ministry in 1862. Resided in Lena, Stephenson Co., Illinois. Married^
Leah Jordan, Feb. 16, 1840. She was born August 15, 1818, and died
Nov. 21, 1910. Children: Ezra, Isaac, Annie, John, Levi, Sarah, Mary,
Plannah, Simon, and Enoch.
D (2) Levi Boyer, son of John R. Boyer and wife Anna M. Sham-
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baugh, was born Sept. 22, 1822, and died August 10, 1S98. Resided at
Pilgerham, Clarion Co., Pa. Married Elizabeth Heater. She was born
Oct. 18, 1827, and died March 1, 1899. Children: Neri, Urias Hannah,
Allen P., Olive, Barbara, Emma, Ambrose, William S., and Effie.
D (3) Neri Boyer, son of John R. Bo3'er and wife Anna M. Sham-
baugh, was born Boatman in Eastern Pennsylvania.
Farmer and stonemason in Clarion Co. Pa. Alarried Mary Mitchell.
Children: Reverend Levi j\'I., Jeremiah, Rebecca, Mary, Louisa, Vesta,
Hattie, Irvin D., Elizabeth, J. C. Fremont, William G., Etta, and Rev-
erend N. Frank.
D (4) Amos Boyer, son of John R. Boyer and wife Anna M
Shambaugh, was born April 9, 1828, and died by accident Aug. 29, 1867,
Cared for his father up to time of death. Married Anna Cope, born
July 5, 1828. Childrca: Delilah, Harriet, Caroline, Lydia, Joel Jerome,
John A., Anna, IMinerva, Andrew, and Mary.
D (5) Alfred S. Boyer, son of John R. Boyer and wife Anna M.
Shambaugh, was born Aug. 30, 1832, Union Co., Pa., and died suddenly
when quite old. Stone mason and farmer. Lived near Monrocville,
Clarion Co., Pa. Married Mary Jane Weaver, born Nov. 3, 1836. Chil-
dren: Permelia O., Clinton Virgil, Sarah Frances, Andrew G., Cora S.,
Jennie ALiy, Margie R., Reuben K., and Clara M.
D (6) Reverend Rah)h Boyer, son of Captain John R. Boyer and
wife Anna M. Shambaugh, was born May 11, 1834, and died in Kansas.
Blacksmith. Later a minister of the German Brethren Church. Moved
from Clarion Co., Pa., to Illinois. Served three years in the Civil War.
Married first to Priscilla Knajjpcnberger, born April 3, 1837. Child :
Mary C. His second wife was IMary Altman. Child: Abraham Lincoln.
After her death he married Isabella Graham, born May 20, 1839. Chil-
dren : Priscilla, Rachel, and Richard Martin.
D (7) Matilda Boyer, daughter of John R. Boyer and wife Anna
M. Shambaugh, married Rev. John W. Porter, Presbyterian minister,
who died. March 2, 1887. In (1886) they resided at Vandalia, Mo.
Children: Gii"!, and Mary, so far as known to historian's corres-
pondent.
D (8) Esther Boyer, daughter of John R. Boyer and wife Anna
M. Shambaugh.
D (9) Amelia Boyer, daughter of John R. Boyer and wife Anna
M. Shambaugh.
D (10) Leah Boyer, daughter of John R. Boyer and wife Anna M.
Shambaugh.
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D (ii) Richard Boyer, son of John R. Boyer and wife Anna M.
Shambaugh. Soldier in Civil War. Went West. Relatives have not
heard from him since. His wife's maiden name was White, and there
were two sons so far as known.
D (i) Dr. Samuel S. Boyer, son of Rev. Simon R. Boyer and
Rachel Baum, was born June 9, 1840, in IMifflintown, Juniata County,
Pa., and died July 31, 1913. Lutheran. Graduate of Jefiferson Metlical
College, Phila., Pa. In early life assistant surgeon in U. S. Army. He
served with great credit, and was present in the last skirmish with Lee's
troops. Remained in the regular army after the war. In 191 1, when
he wrote the historian a very line letter, he was a practising physician,
residing at i Church St., Wilmington, N. C. Married Rebecca M. Drew,
Feb. 27, 1871. She died July 8, 18S6. Child: Roderick Claudius. In
the Plospital Corps (1913) of the U. S. Army — probably in the Phillipine
Islands.
D (2) Cloyd Clinton Boyer, son of Rev. Simon R. Boyer and wife
Rachel Baum, was born Jan. 5, 1849, and died at the age of 60 years.
College education. Private soldier in U. S. Army for about 10 years.
Then he entered the Marine Corps, remaining about 20 years, reaching
the rank of Sergeant. Retired as Sergeant, Jan. I, 190.0, he died single
in Norfolk, Va., July 4, 1901.
D (3) Edward Luther Bo}er, son of Rev. Simon R. Boyer and
wife Rachel Baum, was born July 9. 1850 in McEwensville, Lancaster
Co., Pa., died 48 years old, and is buried on Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Phila.,
Pa. Attended State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa. Graduate of Pharm-
acy, Phila., Pa. Druggist and chemist. T\Iarried Elizabeth Langenfelt.
Children: Horace Russel and Edward Baun^.
D (4) Louisa A. lioyer, daughter of Rev. Simon R. Boyer and wife
Rachel Baum, was born Jan. 30, 1854. Married James M. West. Ad-
dress (1908) 90S North 41st St., Phila., Pa. Her son Attorney Edward
Boyer West, has an office at the Betz Bldg., Phila., Pa.
D (i) Polly Bo}er, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Elizabeth
Heebner, married Samuel Scholl.
D (2) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Elizabeth
Heebner, married George Poley.
D (3) Annie Boyer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Elizabeth
Heebner, born 1800, Boyerto\vn, Pa., married Samuel Reinhart. Chil-
dren: Mark, Jesse, Hannah, and Jacob B.
D (4) Susan Boyer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Elizabeth
Heebner, married Reverend Grim.
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D (5) rietlie r.oyer, daug-liter of Jacob Caver and wife Elizabeth
Heebner, married William Mack.
D (6) Eliza lj03er, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Elizabeth
Heebner, married Samuel Roeller.
D (7) Kate Boyer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Elizabeth
Heebner, married Timothy Rushong'. One son Benjamin Rushong re-
sided at Perkiomenville, Pa., in 1910.
D (8) Sophia Boyer, daughter of Jacob Bayer and wife Elizabeth
Heebner, married Samuel Leidy. Daniel L. Gougler of Frederick, Pa.,
is a descendant.
D (9) Hannah Boyer, daug-hter of Jacob Bayer and wife Elizabeth
Pleebner, married Tobias Cressman. Boyer Cressman, of Tylersport, is
- a son or grandson.
D (10) Rebecca Boyer, daug-hter of Jacob Bayer and wife Eliza-
beth Heebner, married Amos Kepler.
D (i) Alichael K. Boyer, son of Henry Bayer and wife Sarah
Krebs, was born July 10, 1801, and died Dec. 21, 1886. Lutheran. Sur-
veyor, Prothonotary, and Legislator. Married Rebecca Pellman. She
was born Sept. 29, 1802, and died Dec. 18, 1881. Children: Dr. David
P., Dr. Thomas Jefferson, Attorney Benjamin Franklin, Attorney Michael,
and Rebecca.
D (2) Catharine Boyer, daughter of Henry Bayer and wife Sarah
Krebs, was born 1803, and died Sept. 11, 1883. Married John Rhoads.
Children : Dr. T. J. B. Rhoads, Dr. Reuben Rhoads, Mrs. Solomon Erb,
Mrs. William Grim, Mrs. Kate Bird, Mrs. Weaver.
D (3) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Henry Bayer and wife Sarah
Krebs, was born Sept. 29, 1804, and died Nov. 23, 1850. Married John
Criesemer and after his death J. Weidner.
D (4) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Henry. Bayer and wife Sarah
Krebs, was born Feb. 3, 1807, and died Oct. 13, 1859. Married Jacob
Allebach.
D (5) Henry K. Boyer, son of Plenry Bayer and wife Sarah Krebs,
was born June 11, 1809, and died Nov. 17, 1858. Buried at Lebanon.
Pa. Clerk at Gibraltar Furnace, Gibraltar, Pa. Married Elizabeth
Shilling-, born May 12, 181 1. She died Aug. 31, 1857. Children: Perme-
]ia, Celista (Mrs. Celista Peters, 124 South loth St., Reading, Pa., (1910J,
Henrietta Boyer (Mrs. Gerhart, 956 Chestnut St., Reading, Pa.)
D (6) Jacob K. Boyer, son of Henry Bayer and wife Sarah Krebs,
was born Dec. 21, 181 1, died March 10, 1850, and is buried at Boyer-
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town, Pa. Captain of the Boyertown Greys, probably an organization
of the Mexican. War period. Lutheran. Schoolteacher. County Auditoi,
Merchant, A self-made man of sterling worth. Married Lucy K. Lud-
wig, born 1813. She died Feb. 7, 1868, and is buried at Boyertown.
Children: Jerome L., Washington, and Annnon.
D (7) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Henry Bayer and wife Sarah
Krebs, was born Dec. 5, 1813, and died March 20, 1882. Married Dr.
Charles F. Sellers.
D (8) Maria Boyer, daughter of Henry Bayer and wife Sarah
Krebs, was born June 13, 1S16, and died Oct. 12, 1S62. Marrit-d Marshall
B. Campbell.
D (9) Caroline Boyer, daughter of Henry liayer and wife Sarah
Krebs, was born Sept. 5, 1817, and died Feb. 3, 1876. Married George
Huff. Children: Senator George B. Hull, Greensburg, Pa. 1910, Wil-
liam Huff, Plarry Huff, etc.
D (10) Angelina Boyer, daughter of Henry Bayer and wife Sarah
Krebs, was born Feb. 12, 1822, and died ' 4, 1890. Alarried Rev.
Frederick W. Dechant. Children: William PI. Dechant, Reading, Pa.,
1910, etc.
D (i) i\'Iichael C. Boyer, son of Philip Bayer and wife Sophia,,
was born May 24, 1821, as recorded in the Old Goshenhoppen baptismal
records, in Salford Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa. Lutheran. Died in
1899, according to Howard C. Boyer, his son. Buried with wife in
Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pa. Married, May 8, 1849, ^lary A.
Ziegler, born 1829. She died April i, 1909. Children: Jesse Irving,
Catharine Ann, Wallace, Horace G., Henry Wilson, Ploward Clinton,
Michael Allen, Mary L., and John Francis.
D (i) Willam M. Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and' wife Mary
Griffith, was born. Married. Children: William. Address (1910)
Phoenixville, Pa.
D (2) John S. Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and wife Mary Griffith,
was born Nov. 14, 1842, in Lower Providence, Montg. Co., Pa., died
March 24, 1880, and is buried at Collegeville, Pa. Farmer. Married
Mary J. Hunsicker, born 1847. Address (1910) Mrs. Mary Boyer, 2005
Diamond St., Phila., Pa. Children: (i) Howard T. Boyer. Address
(1910) 2523 North 31st St., Phila., Pa. Graduate of Urshius College.
Book-keeper for Mayor Reyburn. (2) Ida May Boyer. Address (1910)
2005 Diamond St., Phila., Pa.
D (3) Henry U. Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and wife Mary Griffith.
Address (1910) El Paso, Texas.
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D (4) Mary J. Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and wife Mary
Griffith, married Abraham K. Harley. Address (1910) Mary Jane Har-
ley, 2005 Diamond St., Phila., Pa.
D (5) Jane Boyer.
O (6) EHzabeth I. Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and wife Mary
Griffith, married Frank Levengood. Address (1910) Spring City, Pa.
D (i) Henry D. Boyer, son of Reuben Boyer and wife EHzabeth
Dengler, was born Oct. 6, 1849. Lutheran. Carpenter. Address (1910)
Frederick, Pa. Married Catharine Palsgrove, born Sept. 27, 1855. Only
chikl : Sarah Jane.
D (2) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Reuben Boyer and wife EHzabeth
Dengler, married Thomas J I. Smith, and is deceased.
D (i) John Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife. Address (1910)
Clarion Co., Pa.
D (2) Aaron Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife. Address (1910)
Clarion Co., Pa.
D (3) May Boyer, daughter of Joseph Boyer and wife. Address
( ) Mrs. Reverend Dengler, Scllcrsville, Pa.
D (i) Henry B. Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife Salome
Burkhart, was born 1805, and died 1895. He is buried on Charles Evans
Cemetery, Reading, Pa. Lutheran. Liveryman. Married Susan Fritz,
born Dec. 14, 1807. She died Jan. 29, 1881. Children: Ploward F.,
Henry F., George F., Frank F., John F., Lucretia, and Mary.
D (2) Samuel B. Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife Salome
Burkhart, was born Sept. 10, 1807, died Oct. 7, 1838, and is buried on
]]aron Hill Cemetery. Married Esther Keely Kline, born Nov. 26, 1805.
She died Dec. 10, 1872. Children: Percival K., and Olivia.
D (3) Daniel B. Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife Salome
Burkhart, was born Jan. 12, 1814, at Boyertown, Pa., and died April 5,
1892. Buried at Boyertown. Lutheran. Very Prosperous merchant.
Married Mary Ann Keely, born Feb. 14, 1815. Children: Samuel,
Malinda, James K., and Plorace K.
D (4) Willoughby B. Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife Salome
Burkhart, was born April 1829, at Boyertown, Pa., and died at Norris-
town, Pa., 1900. Lutheran. Grocer. Married Harriet Dengler. She
was born March 22, 1829, and died May 13, 1906. Children: Louis B.,
Wallace, Clara, and Ella.
D (5) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and wife Salome
Burkhart, married a Mr. Schuler.
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D (6) Lovina Boycr, daughter of Daniel Boyer and wife Salome
Burkhart, married Miles Dengler. Child : llenry. Then she married
Richard Richards. Child : Mrs. Thomas Clark.
D (7) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and wife Salome
Burkhart, married John Steinruck.
D (8) Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and wife Salome
Burkhart, married Abraham Eshbach. Cliild: Mrs. Stabler. Address
(1910) Norristown, Pa.
D (i) Simon liouck, son of Susannah Bayer and husband Jacob
Houck, farmer, married Caroline Sampsel. Both buried at Keelor's
Church, Obelisk, Pa. Children : Matilda, wife of John Bardman.
Their daughter Emma Bardman married Jacob Boyer, son of Josiah
Boyer, Zieglerville, Pa. (1913). The other Houck children were Mary,
]\lilton S., Amanda, Emma, Katherine, and Clara.
D (2) Charles Houck, son of Susannah Boyer and Jacob Houck,
farmer, married Esther Shoener. Buried at Boyertown, Pa.
ID (3) Jacob Houck, son of Susannah Boyer and Jacob Houck,
married Elizabeth Reiter. Buried at Keelor's Church.
D (4) Joshua Houck, son of Susannah Boyer and Jacob Houck,
farmer, married Charlotte Hofman. Jiuried at Keelor's Church. Chil-
dren: Susannah, wife of Amandus Wean. Address (1911) Boyertown,
Pa. The other Houck children were Clara, Wilhelmina, Clarissa.
D (5) Samuel Houck, son of Susannah Boycr and Jacob Houck,
farmer, married Sarah Slonaker. Buried at Sumneytovvn, Pa. No chil-
dren.
D (6) Jonas Houck, son of Susannah Boycr and Jacob Houck.
D (7) Nathan Houck, son of Susannah Boyer and Jacob Houck,
was a miner. *
D (8) Rebecca Houck, daughter of Susannah Boyer and Jacob
Houck.
D (9) Catharine , Houck , daughter of Susannah Boyer and Jacob
Houck, married Jesse Moyer.
D (10) Susannah Houck, daughter of Susaimah Boyer and Jacob
Houck, born Nov. 15, 1825, died April 24, 1897. Married to Philip
Richards, b<3rn 26, 1824. He died Oct. 13, 1896. Both buried at
Keelor's. Children: (i) Oliver Richards, 2132 Percy St., Phila., Pa.
(2) Milton Richards, 1145 Queen St., Pottstown, Pa. (3) Samuel K.
Richards, Obelisk, Pa. One son, Ralph. (4) Lucetta Richards (Baum)
Quakertown, Pa. (5) Sevilla Richards (Erb), Sassamansville, Pa. (6)
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Hannah Richards (Sncll), 1145 Queen St., Pottstown, Pa. (7) Sarah
Richards (Kehl), New Hanover, I^a. (8) Rosetta Richards (Gerhard).
(9) Amandus Richards, Obelisk, Pa. (loj Susannah Richards (Hail-
ing), Schwenksville, Pa. (11) Elizabeth Richards (Gougler) Obelisk,
Pa. (12) Milton Richards, Pottstown, Pa.
B (i) Richard Alonzo Bowycr, son of Horace Louis Bowyer and
•wife, was born August 27, 185Q. Christian Church. Bachelor. Address
(1915) California.
E (2) George Louis Bowyer, son of Horace Louis Bowyer and
wife, was born Feb. 24, 1852, near Carbondale, Illinois. Two years'
course at Military School, Fulton, Illinois. Connected with post office
•department, Washington, Illinois, with headquarters at Chicago. Ad-
dress (1915) Carbondale, 111. Helped the historian identify his grand-
father with family tree. Methodist. Wife's name is Melissa Angeline,
born March 15, 1857. Children: (i) Ilattie Hayes, born Jan. 5, 1880.
Wife of William R. Flarryman, born Sept. 1875. Married March 20,
ic)o6. Address (1915) Charleston, 111. She is a graduate of State Nor-
mal School, Carbondale, 111., and has a very superior musical education.
Children: William Rider Harryman, born May 25, 1908, and Elean<jr
Harriet, born AL'irch 4, 191 5, both at Charleston, 111. (2) Emma Louise,
born Aug. 28, 1SS3. Graduate of State Normal School, Carbondale, 111.,
and won a bachelor's degree in University of Chicago. Professor of
Latin and German, and Assistant of Vice Principal, Carbondale Norm:d
School. (3) jNIabel Melissa, wife of Roscoe A. Taylor, a business man
of Carbondale, 111. She is a graduate of Carbondale Normal, class 1905.
Children: Robert Louis Taylor, born Sept. 24, 1910, and John Bowyer
Taylor, born Jan. 7, 1914, both at Carbondale, 111.
E (3) Winifred Emily Bowyer, daughter of Horace Louis Bowyei-
and wife, married Mr. Cochran. Methodist. Went to school with a
sister of Mrs. Logan, wife of General John A. Logan.
E (i) Ezra Boyer, son of Reverend Allen Boyer and wife Leah
Jordan, was born Nov. 29, 1840. Address (1915) Lena, Illinois. Dunk-
ard. Farmer. Married. Children: (i) Arthur. Address (1915)
Lena, Illinois. Farmer. (2) Boyd. Address (1915) Lena, Illinois.
Farmer. (3) Sadie, wife of Mr. Loomis. Address (1915) Lena, Illinois.
All Dunkards.
E (2) Isaac Boyer, son of Rev. Allen Boyer and wife Leah Jordaru
was born Aug. 6, 1842, and died in California. Married. Mrs. Boycr's
address (191 5) I<os Angeles. Children: Three.
E (3) Annie Boyer, daughter of Rev. Allen Boyer and wife Leah
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Jordan, was born Aug. 22, 1844. Married Mr. Shaeffer. Address (191 5)
Adel, Iowa. Six children. All farmers. All Dunkards.
E (4) John Boyer, son of Rev. Allen Boyer and wife Leah Jordan^
was born Oct. 30, 1846. Address (1915) Pawnee City, Nebraska. Farm-
er. Presbyterian. Two sons, one a physician. Address (1915) Pawnee
City, Neb. The other a barber, namely, Bert Boyer. Address (1915)
Clirandia, Iowa. Both sons are Methodists.
E (5) Levi Boyer, son of Rev. Allen Boyer and wife Leah Jordan,,
was born March 24, 1850. Address (191 5) Lena, Illinois. Farmer.
Dunkard. His son is a printer in Chicago, and, his daughter a book-
keeper in Lena, 111.
E (6) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Rev. Allen Boyer and wife Leah
Jordan, was born Feb. 11, 1852. Address (1913) Sabetha, Kansas.
(1914) Lena, Illinois. Through her father's family history notes and
dates she made it possible for the historian to connect her people with
the Boyertown relatives.
E (7) Mary Boyer, daughter of Rev. Allen Boyer and wife Leah
Jordan, was born July 8, 1855.
E (8) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Rev. Allen Boyer and wife Leah
Jordan, was born April i, 1857. Married Mr. Kreitzer who has died.
Address (1915) Mrs. Hannah Kreitzer, Sabetha, Kansas. Six children,
(i) John Allen. Address (1915) 17 N. i6th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
Married Henrietta Dixon. (2) Ursula, wife of Jacob S. Hill, of Urbana,
Ohio. (3) Clinton J., of Sabetha, Kansas. (4) Sadie, wife of Frank
Mishler, of Morrill, Kansas. (5) Leah, wife of Frank Mills, of Sabetha,
Kansas. (6) Leonard, of same place — ^at home with mother.
E (9) Simon Boyer, son of Rev. Allen Boyer and wife Leah Jordan,,
was born May 27, 1859. Address (1915) Zephyrhill, Florida. Married.
Children: One son going to school in 1915.
E (10) Enoch Boyer, son of Rev. Allen Boyer and wife Leah
Jordan, was born May 15, 1861. Address (1915) Garden City, Kansas.
Methodist. Six children in school in 191 5.
E (i) Neri Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and wife Elizabeth Fleeter,
was born Feb. 17, 1847, and died Nov. 7, 1900. Lutheran. Meat market.
Married Sarah Linn. Lived at Children : Four.
E (2) Urias Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and wife Elizabeth Heeter,
was born Oct. 2, 1848, and died July 25, 1852.
E (3) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Heeter, born 1850, married J. H. Crape. Address (.1914) Knox, Pa.
Both Lutherans. Eight children.
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E (4) Allen P. Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Heeter, was born Nov. 26, 1852. Address (1913) Mariansville, Pa.
Earmer. Married Mary Martha Dietterich. No children.
E (5) Olive Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Heeter, born Nov. 24, 1855, died June 19, 1864.
E (6) Barbara Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Heeter, born June 27, 1858, married E. F. Hines. Address (1913)
Thornwood, West Virginia. Lutherans. Four children.
E (7) Emma Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Heeter, born Sept. 13, i860, married G. M. Exley. Address (1913) Van
]iuren, Ohio. Lutheran. Four children.
E (8) Ambrose E. Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Heeter, was born March 13, 1863. Address (1913) Boys, Ohio. Fore-
man. Married Celia Whelan. Children: Five or six.
E (9) William Sherman Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and wife Eliza-
beth Fleeter, was born Sept. 3, 1865. Address (1913) Penn St., Knox,
Pa. Carpenter by trade. Employed in planing mills 20 years. Pros-
perous. Married Oct. 22, 1887, at Clarion, Pa., Susie M, Whitmorc,
Ebensburg, Pa. Children: Edna B., born Oct. 15, 1888. Clerk. Ad-
dress (1913) Knox, Pa. Mary E., born June 30, 1890. Married U. E.
Smith. Address (1913) Knox, Pa. Children: Jesse, Kenneth. Glenn
W., born April 27, 1889; Elmer E., born July 9, 1903; Talmage E., born
Sept. 15, 1909.
E (10) Effie Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Heeter, born July 8, 1868, married R. B. Walker. Address (1913) Mar-
iansville, Pa.
E (i) Rev. Levi Mitchell Boyer, son of Neri Boyer and wife I\'Iary
IMitchell, was born Nov. ly, 1842, Clarion Co., Pa. Address (1915)
1008 Fourth Street, Canton, Ohio. Teacher. Soldier of Civil War
(1861-1864). Entered Evangelical ministry 1865. Long the Presiding
Elder of the Columbus District, Ohio. Man of magnificent personality.
Alarried Mary E. Weller, Somerset, Pa., Feb. 28, 1868. She was born
Oct. 15, 1845. Children: (i) Rev. Virgil Olynthus Boyer, born June
15, 1869. Address (1913) 10808 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
Graduate of Oberlin Seminary. Missionary. Rector of Christ's Church,
Cleveland, Ohio. Married Dorothy Schiller, Youngstown, Ohio. Chil-
dren: Mary Eleanore, Dorothy Victoria. (2) Florence N. Boyer, born
Jan. 25, 1870, Cherry Tree, Clearfield Co., Pa. Evangelical. Studied
music in Oberlin, Ohio ; Lucerne, Switzerland ; Florence, Italy, and
Munich, Germany. Plead of Music Department, South Western Uni-
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versity, Georg-etown, Texas. (3) Olive E. Boyer, born Oct. 13, 1873^
Oil City, Pa. Studied at Oberlin and Mt. Union Colleges, Ohio. Teacher
in Public Schools, Canton, Ohio. Married James A. Frey. x\ddress
(1913) Columbus, Ohio. Children: Frederick, James A., Mary E. (4)
Mercy V. Boyer, l>orn June 11, 1877, Johnstown, Pa. Studied at Oberlin.
Teacher in Canton, Ohio. (5) Martin W. Boyer, born Feb. 27, 1880,
Johnstown, Pa. Address (1913) 212 North Court St., Canton, Ohio.
Evangelical. Studied in Marietta College, Ohio. Manager Stark Bind-
ery Company. Married May 16, i()o6, Florence Wicland, born Jan. 27,
1878. Child: Mary E. (6) Harold II. Boyer, born Jan. 2, 1889, Frank-
lin, Pa. Address (191 3) 28.4. Miller Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
E (i) Jeremiah Boyer, son of Neri Boyer and wife Mary Mitchell,.
was born Nov. 7, 1845, at Kossuth, Clarion Co., Pa., and died at Franklin,
Pa., Jan. 22, 1908. Church of God. Cavalryman, nth Pa. Volunteers.
•Stone mason. Married (1866) Rachel Weaver, born July 24, 1844. Her
address (1909) 17 Maple St., Rockey Grove, Franklin, Pa. Children:
(i) Adelbert S. Boyer, born March 23, 1867, Kossuth, Pa. Address
(1908) 1716 Latrobe St., Parkersburg, W. Va. Oil business. Married
(Jan. 15, 1887) Jennie Neeley, born March 17, 1868. Children: Charles
h., born July 27, 1891 ; Hazel I., born Dec. 2, 1893. (2) Lester L. Boyer,
born about 1869. Address (1908) Franklin, Pa. Married Lottie Doug-
lass. Children: Four in 1908. (3) Martin D. Boyer, born about 1871.
Address ( 1908) Franklin, Pa. Married Rosa Buchanan. Children. (4)
Thomas E. Boyer, born Feb. 8, 1874. Address (1909) CJblong, Pa.
Drilling in oil fields. IMarried Carrie E. Richards, born Feb. 25, 1879.
Children: Willard A., born March 31, 189S. (5) Hamilton F. Boyer,
born Jan. 4, 1876, Franklin, Pa. Atldress (1908) Rockland, Washing-
ton Co., Ohio. Evangelical. Drilling in oil fields. Married Jennie M.
Price, born July 8, 1875. Children: Harry K., born May 28, 1902 p
IMildred I., born Sept. 30, 1904; Gilbert P., born Jan. 2, 1907. (6)
George M. Boyer. Address (1908) Franklin, Pa. (7) John F. Boyer.
Address (1908) Franklin, Pa. Married Gertrude McDonald. (8) Charles
N. Boyer. Address (1908) Franklin, Pa. Married Mabel Schaeffer.
(9) Lucy S. Boyer. Address (1908) Franklin, Pa.
E (i) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of Neri Boyer and wife Mary
Mitchell, married Mr. Reifsnyder. Address (1908) Mrs. Rebecca Reif-
snyder, Nickleville, Pa.
E (2 ) Mary Boyer, daughter of Neri Boyer and wife Mary IMitchell,
married Mr. Miller. Address (l()o8) Mrs. Mary Miller, Knox, Pa.
E (3) Louisa Boyer, daughter of Neri Boyer and wife Mary Mitch-
ell, born Nov. 8, 1852, married M. F. Pierce. Address (1908) 327 Brad-
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dock Ave., Swissvale, Pa. Children: (i) Louisa. (2) Walter C,
327 Braddock Ave., Swissvale, I'a. (i<;o8). D.Iarried May Pierce —
same name. (3) James F. Pierce. Adilress (1908) 175 S. Pasadena
Ave., Pasadena, Cal. Married Bern Beckwilh. (4) Merrill A. Pierce.
Address (1908) Warren, Ohio. Married Susie Fletcher. (5) Nathan
D. Marrietl Bertha Laurie. (6) Clarence M. Dead in lyoS. (7)
William R. Dead in ujoS. (8) Lloyd C. Pierce. Address (1908) 316
North Ave., W^arren, Ohio. (9) Howard S. Pierce.
K (4) V^ista Bo}'er, daughter of Neri Boyer and wife Mary Mitchell,
married ]\lr. Cribbs. Address (1908) Mrs. A'ista Cribbs, Bradner, O.
E (5) Ilattie l.Joyer, daughter of Neri Boyer and wife Mary
Alitchell, married ATr. Huff. Address (1908) Dempseytown, I'a. One
son John N. lives at Dempsc} town, Pa.
E (6) J. C. Fremont Boyer, son of Neri Boyer and wife Mary
Mitchell, was born March 12, 1862. Address (1908) Nickelville, I'a.
Evangelical. Farmer. Married Maria E.xley, who died 1909. C)n April
14, 1915, he married Mrs. Edith Brown Showers. Children: (1) Nellie
G., born Aug. 8, 1888, (2) Zina G., born Feb. 6, 1890. Married Samuel
Shreffler, of Nickelville, Pa. Children: Ethel, Grace, Virgil. (3)
Clemens A., born Dec. 14, 1891. Address (1915) Knox, Pa. Farmer.
ATarried Phoebe Whitling. Child: Ethel. (4) Carrie AL, born Dec.
14, 1S94; (5) Margery R., born Aug. 18, 1895; (6) Blanche M., born
July 12, 1897; (7) Clyde F., born April 3, 1899; (8) Gladys M., born
March 18, 1901; (9) Dorothy J., born Jan. .26, 1903; (10) Mildred 1).,
born Jan. 27, 1905; (Ti) Merl L., born Feb. 6, 1907. The family holds
to the Evangelical Church. Address (1915) Knox, Pa.
E (7) William Grant Boyer, son of Neri 15o)er and wife Mary
Mitchell, was born ALay 19, 1864. Address ( 1908) Knox, Pa., R. F. D. i.
Evangelical. Stone mason. Married Eva Rossman. Children : ( 1 )
Boyer. AL'irried Fred Rhoads. Address (1908) Knox, Pa.
Child: (2) Donald Boyer. Address (1908) Knox, Pa.
E (8) Etta L. Boyer, daughter of Neri Boyer and wife Mary
Mitchell, married Air. Fox. Address (1908) Kossuth, Pa.
E (9) Rev. N. Frank Boyer, son of Neri Hoycr and wife Alary
Mitchell, was l>orn Nov. 21, 1868, at A'long, Clarion Co., Pa. Address
(1913) Ligonier, Pa. Box 216. Graduate of State Normal School,
Clarion, Pa., 1894. Teacher. Alinister of Evangelical Church. Mar-
ried Emma E. Utzinger. Children: (i) John N. Boyer, born Afay 13,
1893; (2) Tirzah E. Boyer, born Alay 23, 1895; (3) Dena V. Boyer,
born Alarch 23, 1897; (4) lieil M. Boyer, born Sept. 12, 1904; (5)
Homer IL Boyer, born Sept. 12, 1904.
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E (i) Delilah Boyer, daughter of Amos Boyer and wife Anna
Cope, was born June 3, 1852, married James Bickerstaff. Address (1915)
Lafayette, Contra Costa Co., California. Presbyterian. Children: Jen-
nie and Charles.
E (2) Harriet Boyer, daughter of Amos Boyer and wife Anna
Cope, was born July 5, 1853, married Jacob Sanders. Address (1915)
1241 Juniata St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa.- Adventists. Children: Calvin,
Clara, Harry, Jerome, Emmanuel, Harriet, Harvey.
E (3) Caroline Boyer, daughter of Amos Boyer and his wife Anna
Cope, was born Sept. 14, 1854, married (1879) James Clover. Address
(1915) Knox, Pa. Adventists. Children: Charles, Minerva, Glenna,
Lydia, George, Margie, Frank.
E (4) Lydia Boyer, daughter of Amos Boyer and wife Anna Cope,
was born Feb. 9, 1856, married Jerry Sharp. Reformed. Address (1915)
Foxbury, Pa. Children : Bertha and Garnet.
E (5) Joel Jerome lioyer, son of Amos Boyer and wife Anna Cope,
was born April 27, 1858, in Clarion Co., Pa. Address (1915) Lafayette,
Contra Costa Co., California. Presbyterian. Married Mina
Children : Rex and Harry.
E (6) John A. ]joyer, son of Amos Boyer and wife Anna Cope,
was born Feb. 27, i860. Clarion Co., Pa. Address (1915) Quincy, Branch
Co., Michigan. Methodist. Married Sarah Ncely. Children : Edith,
Gertrude, Burdell, Fred, Hazel, Harry, Lester.
E (7) Anna Boyer, daughter of Amos Boyer and wife Anna Cope,
was born March 4, 1862, married Benjamin, Wentling. Address (1915)
Knox, Pa. Children : Margie, Frank, Orren, Minnie.
E (8) Minerva Boyer, daughter of Amos i^oyer and wife Anna
Cope, was born Oct. 28, 1863, and died May 1868.
E (9) Andrew Boyer, son of Amos Boyer and wife Anna Cope,
was born Oct. 31, 1865, in Clarion Co., Pa. Address (1915) Quincy,
Branch Co., Michigan. Methodist. Laborer. ]\Iarfied Minnie Corlew.
Children: Minnie and Grace.
E (10) Mary Boyer, daughter of Amos Boyer and wife Anna Cope.
was born Oct. 5, 1867, married George Craig and after his de:itii Daniel
Shue. Address (1915) Nahunta, Wayne Co., Ga. Lutheran. Chil-
dren: Mabel, Flossie, Olive, Helen, Georgia.
E (i) Clinton Virgil Boyer, son of x\lfred S. Boyer and wife Mary
J. Weaver, born Aug. 6, 1868. Address (1913) Whitefield, Oklahoma.
Married Ida Williams. Children : Ten.
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E" (2) Sarah Frances Boyer, daughter of Alfred S. Boyer and wife
Mary J. Weaver, was born Feb. 20, 1861. Married OHver Widinan,
who died Oct. 13, 1910, leaving two children : Alfred B., Mansfield,
<Dhio, and Winifred, who married Charles White. Address (1913)
Auburndale, Florida. Mrs. Willman married A. W. Syckes, May 8,
1913. Address Auburndale, Fla.
E (3) Andrew G. Boyer, son of Alfred S. Boyer and wife Mary j.
Weaver, was born Sept. 28, 1863. Address (1913) Ankeny, Iowa.
Married Anna Harris. ChiUlren : Edna, Wendell.
E (4) Cora S. Boyer, daughter of Alfred S. Boyer and wife Mary
J. Weaver, was born May 23, 1S66. She married Rev. C. J. Baker,
Methodist minister. Address (1913) Espyville, Crawford Co., Pa. Chil-
<]ren: Cecil B., Mary J.
E (5) Jennie May Boyer, daughter of Alfred S. Boyer and wife
Alary J. Weaver, was born April 29, 1869. Married Rev. James A.
Huffman. Address (1913) Alonroe, Wisconsin. Children: \''irgil and
Frances.
E (6) Margie R. Boyer, daughter of Alfred S. Boyer and wife
Alary J. Weaver, was born Feb. 3, 1873. Married Dr. I. Dana Kahle.
Address (1913) Knox, Pa. Fine genealogist, and a great help tu the
liistorian. Children : Kathleen B., Standish S.
E (7) Dr. Reuben K. Boyer, son of Alfred S. Boyer and wife
Alary J. Weaver, was born Nov. 8, 1876. Dentist. Address (1913J
Pitcairn, Pa. Married Annie Bowling. Children : Alargaret.
E (8) Clara AI. Boyer, daughter of Alfred S. Boyer and wife
Alary J. Weaver, was born July 17, 1879. Married Henry -F. Kene-
muth. Address (1913) Shippensville, Pa. Children: Alfred S., Ral,ph,
Chalmer.
E (i) Alary C. Boyer, daughter of Rev. Ralph Boyer and wife
Priscilla Knappenberger, was born Dec. 25, 1856. She married Air.
Crawford. Address (1913) Airs. Alary C. Crawford, Monroe, Wis.
E (2) Abraham Lincoln Boyer, son of Rev. Ralph Boyer and his
second wife Alary x-\ltman, was born Dec. 4, i860, at Clarion Pa. Re-
formed Church. Farmer and oil protlucer. Alarried Aramenta C, born
Jan. 3, 1861. Children: (1) Amy I., married John A. Dreibelbis. Ad-
dress (1913) Emlenton, Pa., R. F. D. 2. Child: Paul AI. (>) Ralph
Boyer. Address (1913) Franklin, Pa. Baker. (3) Roland E. Boyer.
Address (1913) Emlenton, Pa. Tool dresser. (4) William L. Bo)cr.
Address (1913J Emlenton, Pa.
E (3) Priscilla Boyer, daughter of Rev. Ralph Boyer and third_
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wife Isabella Graham, was born May 23, 1866. Married Daniel Stover.
Address (1913J Columbus, Kansas, Route 7, Box 48. Children: (i)
Chauncey Lee, (2) Sophia Isabella. Married William Gleason. Ad-
dress (1913) Columbus, Kansas. Route i. (3) CJtis Claude and (5)
Olive Maude (twins). Address (1913) Columbus, Kansas, Route 7,
Box 48. (6) Edith Robin, (7) Hugh Beryl, (8) Ralph Garnet, (9)
Dorothy Diamond. '
E (4) Rachel L. Boyer, daughter of Rev. Ralph Boyer and wife
Isabella Graham, was born Ajjril 13, 1869. Married Cassius Edgar Bots-
ford. Address (1913) Columbus, Kansas. Children: (i) Delbert Rush
Botsford. x\t home 191 3.
E (5) Richard Martin Boyer, son of Rev. Ralph Boyer and wife
Isabella Graham, was born March 27, 1871. Address (1913) Petaluma,
Sonoma Co., California, Route I, Box 285. Married Catharine Laviuia.
Brown. No children 1913.
E (i) Roderick Claudius Boyer, son of Dr. Samuel S. Boyer and
wife Rebecca M. Drew, was born April 25, 1879, ^^ HartsutT, Nebraska.
Druggist in Philadelphia, Pa. Enlisted in 1898 in Hospital Corps U. S.
Army. Served in vSpanish American War. In 191 1 he was Sergeant,
First Class, U. S. Army, and single. In Hospital Corps, Phillipine Islands
in 1913.
E (i) Horace Russell Boyer, son of Edward Luther Boyer and
wife Elizabeth Langenfelt, was born May 13. 1884, in Phila., Pa. Grad-
uate of Central High School, Phila. Member of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church, and teacher in Philadelphia public schools. Address (1911)
2327 N. 33rd St., Phila., Pa.
E (2) Edward Baum Boyer, son of Edward Luther Boyer and
wife Elizabeth Langenfelt, was born May 13, 1884, twin to Horace
Russell. Address (1911) 2327 N. 33rd St., Phila., Pa. Two years in
Central Manual Training School, Phila., Pa. Also two years in Webb's
Academy, New York. Teacher in Philadelphia public schools.
E (i) Attorney Edward Boyer West, son of Louisa Boyer and
James M. West. Address (1908) 90.8 N. 41st St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Office at Betz Bldg., Phila., Pa.
E (i) Dr. David P. Boyer, son of Michael K. Boyer and wife
Rebecca Pellman, was born Feb. 28, 1825, died Oct. 15, 1900, and is
buried in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. Surgeon. Major of
99th Regiment I^ennsylvania V'olunteers through war of 1861. Major of
Emma Catharine Grove, born Dec. 6, 1834. She died Feb. 13, 1908.
Children : ( i ) Dr. David Pellman Boyer, Attorney Bassler Boyer, Dr.
Alonzo Boyer, and Kate Boyer Stinson.
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E (2) Dr. Thomas Jefferson ]5oyer, son of Michael K. Boyer and
Rebecca PeHman, was born July 14, 1833. Married. Children: Thomas
Jefferson, Louis, and Caroline.
E (3) Attorney Benjamin Franklin Boyer, son of Michael K.
Boyer and wife Rebecca Pellman, was born Sept. 13, 1835. Married
Elizabeth Clouser. Children : Major Michael K. Boyer, Kate, Laura,
and Marie M.
E (4) Attorney Michael P. Boyer, son of I^.Tichael K. Boyer and
wife Rebecca l/'ellnian. Married. Children : Walter and Richard L.
E (5) Rpbecca Boyer, daughter of Michael K. Boyer and wife
Rebecca Pellman, born April 8, 1838, married Isaac Dietrick. Son
Samuel L Dietrick, born Aug. 23, 1863. Mrs. Dietrick married Philip
J. Cutler. Address (1910) 300 lioUenbach St., Reading, Pa.
E ( I ) Dr. Thomas Jefferson Boyer Rhoads, son of Catherine Boyer
and her husband John Rhoads, was born about 1830. Address (1915)
Boyertown, Pa. A physician of great merit. He has i)ublishcd a book
of most readable poems. Fine historian. Lovable personality. Lutheran.
Married Theresa Leidy. Children: (1) Kathryn, wife of Professor
Elmer E. Conner. She left no descendants. (2) Dr. Thomas L. Rhoads,
Surgeon in U. S. Army, and personal physician of President Taft. A
man who has made good. Aide de camp to President Wilson. Govern-
ment Inspector, Dayton, Ohio. Surgeon at Panama.
E (2) Dr. Reuben 11. Rhoads, son of Catharine Boyer and husband
John Rhoads. Physician. Fine scholar. Lutheran. Address (1915)
Boyertown, Pa. Married Gilbert. Children: (i) P>enjamin. Address
(1915) St. Cloud Hotel, Reading, Pa. (2) John G. Rhoads. Address
(1915) Prothonotary, Reading, Pa. (3) Ella, wife of Mr. Guldin. Ad-
dress (1915) Boyertown, Pa. (4) wife of Mr. Bridcnbaugh.
Address (1915) Boyertown, Pa.
E (3) Angelina Rhoads, daughter of Catharine Boyer and husband
John Rhoads, married Solomon Erb. Address (1915) Boyertown, Pa.
Lutheran. Children: (i) John Erb, married Nellie Spatz. Atldress
(1915) Phila., Pa. (2) Sallie Erb. Address (191 5) Boyertown, Pa.
(3) Ella Erb. Address (1915) Boyertown, Pa. (4) Solomon Erb. x\d-
dress (1915) Glenside, Pa. Married Miss Wren. (5) Kate. Mrs.
Daniel Graef. Address (1915) Boyertown, Pa.
E (4) Loretta Rhoads, daughter of Catharine Boyer and husband
John Rhoads, married William Grim. Address (1910) Ijoyertown, Pa.
Lutheran. Railroad President. Bank I'resident. Children: (T) Wil-
liam R. Grim. Address (1915) Te.xarkana, Texas. (2) Mahella Gri:n-
Address (1915) Boyertown, Pa. (3) Kate Grim. Address (1915)
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Boyertown, Pa. (4) Sarah, Mrs. Frank Sabold. Address (191 5) Boyer-
town, Pa.
E (5) Kate Boyer, daughter of Catharine Boyer and husband,
John Rhoads, married Mr. Bird. Children: Charles.
E (6) Boyer, daug"liter of Catharine Boyer and John Rhoads,
married Weaver. Children : Mary Weaver, Boyertown, Pa., etc.
E (i) Ammon Boyer, son of Jacob K. Boyer and wife Lucy Lud-
-wig, was born 1828, and died 57 years old. Married. Child: Paul H.
E (2) Washington Amnion Boyer, son of Jacob K. lioyer and wife
Lucy K. Ludwig, was born about 1837. Lutheran. Served three years
and four months in Civil War, and died soon afterwards in Soldiers'
Home, Erie, Pa. 60 years old. Married ]\Iary M. Hemming. Children:
Jerome Harry, and Clara Permilla.
E (3) Jerome L. Boyer, son of Jacob K. Boyer and wife Lucy K.
Ludwig, was born Jan. 19, 1843, in Boyertown, Pa. Address (1915)
157 North 5th St., Reading, Pa. Lutheran. Served in Civil War (1863),
42nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. Rose from clerk in Boyertown
store to partnership in firm of Kline, Eppihimer and Company. Time
keeper P. and R. Railroad. Book-keeper and teller in First National
Bank and Reading Savings Bank. Proprietor of large manufacturing
tinterests. Member of Board of Directors Boyer Association. A very
strong personality. Married Susan E. McHose, born Feb. 20, 1847. Chil-
•dren: (i) William McHenry, and Frederick J.
E (i) Jesse Irving Boyer, son of Michael C. Boyer and wife Mary
A. Ziegler, was born Jan. 5, 1850, in Salford Twp., JNlontg. Co., Pa.
Address (1912) 540 Buttonwood St., Reading, Pa. Lutheran., Supt. of
Reading Iron Works — hue man. Married Mary N. Furey. She died
1896. Children: Alice Boyer, born April 18, 1871, Norristown, Pa.
Lutheran. Address (icjiz) 540 Buttonwood St., Reading, Pa. (2) Jesse
Z. Boyer. Same address. Born March 25, 1877. Lutheran. Molder
by occupation. Veteran of Spanish American War. (3) Nellie F. Boyer,
iDorn Dec. 4, 1888. Also at home.
E (2) Catharine Ann Boyer, daughter of Michael C. Boyer and
Mary A. Ziegler, born Aug. 14, 1S51, and died July 1904. Lutheran.
Married Mr. Jacoby. Chiklren : (i) Linda, and (2) Helen, wife of
Rev. Dr. Ernst Pfatteicher. Address (1915) 436 S. 44th St., Phila., Pa.
E (3) Wallace Boyer, son of Michael C. Boyer and Mary A. Ziegler,
was born Dec. i, 1852, and died at Los Angeles, California, Jan. i, 1891.
Buried there. Wife's name was Susa. Children: Gertrude and Iloward.
Address (1912) Los Angeles.
E (4) LCorace G. Boyer, son of Michael C. Boyer and ISIary A.
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Ziegler, was born Dec. 5, 1854, in Norristown, Pa. Address (1912;
5313 Market St., Phila., Pa. Married.
E (5) Henry Wilson Boyer, son of Michael C. Boyer and Mary A.
Ziegler, was born Dec. 21, 1856, at Norristown, Pa. Address (1912)
515 Astor St., Norristown, Pa. Lutheran. Contractor. Married Clara
Frcck. Children : Herbert and Mary, both at home.
E (6) Floward Clinton Boyer, son of Michael C. Boyer and Mary
A. Ziegler, was born Dec. 24, 1858, at Norristown, Pa. Address (1912)
117 North Yewdall St., l^hila., Pa. Lutheran. Active in Sunday School
work. Married Annie. Children: (i) Wallace Z. Boyer. Address
(1912) Spring City, Pa. Clerk. Married. (2) Clinton Howard Boyer.
Address (1912) 601 S. 33rd St., Omaha, Neb.
E (7) John Francis Boyer, son of Michael C. Boyer and Mary A.
Ziegler, was born March 2, 1867, at Norristown, Pa. Address (1912)
Boyer Arcade Bldg., Norristown, Pa. Presbyterian. Merchant. Mar-
ried Annie G. Curren. No children 1912.
E (i) Jesse Reinhart, son of Annie Boyer and husband Samuel
Reinhart.
E (2) Hannah Reinhart, daughter of Annie Boyer and husband
Samuel Reinhart, married Mr. Longacre. Children: Address daugh-
ter, Mrs. Anna L. Wynn, Spring City, i'a.
E (3) ♦Jacob Boyer Reinhart, son of Annie Boyer and husband
Samuel Reinhart, was born March 8, 1829, and died April 10, 1882.
Dunkard. Sohlier. Married Ann Reid Catern, born Sept. 25, 1825. Ad-
dress (1911) 1533 N. 24th St., Phila., Pa. Children: (i) Aaron R.
Reinhart, born July 24, 1859. (2) David W. Reinhart, born Aug. 13,
1857. Address (1911) 1533 N. 24th St., Phila., Pa. (3) Mary Ann
Reinhart, born April 27, 1856. Married John D. Hampton. xA-ddress
( 191 T ) 222 East 5th Ave., Conshohocken, Pa. ( Mrs. Mary A. Plampton) .
E (i) George F. Boyer, son of Henry B. Boyer and wife Susan
Fritz, was born June 29, 1837, in Reading, Pa. Lutheran. Railroad
clerk. Extensive farmer. Address (1910) Reading, Pa., R. F. D., Cumru
Township. Married Mary Ann High. Children: Emma, ILirry H.,
George A., Mary G., and Walter H.
E (2) Howard F. Boyer, son of Henry B. Boyer and wife Susan
Fritz, was born Nov. 19, 1839, '"'<^1 ^^i*^'^' i'^ Reading, Pa., Dec. 6, 1904.
Lutheran. Soldier Co. C, 25th Regiment Pa. Vols. Surveyor. Clerk
in father's store. Liveryman. J\larried Mary J. Coller. Child: Plenry
C. Boyer. Address (1910) Franklin St., Reading Pa. Born 1865. Stu-
dent at Dean Academy, Franklin, Massachusetts. Efficient successor of
his father in business. Universalist.
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E (3) Henry F. Boyer, son of Henry B. Boyer and wife Susan
Fritz.
E (4) Frank F. Boyer, son of Henry B. Boyer and wife Susan
Fritz.
E (5) John F. Boyer, son of Henry B. Boyer and wife Susan Fritz,
was born , died in Reading, Pa., May 10, 1900. Eutheran.
Merchant. Liveryman. Married Hilda Rambo. She died Nov. 10, 1895.
Both buried on Charles Evans Cemetery. Children: Barbara Ann,
Morris R., Henry Keely, Elizabeth R., Ida Louisa, Kate Lucretia, Susan
Valeria, Ella IN lay, Hulda, Laura Virginia, Blanche.
E (7) (8) Two girls, one of whom, Lucretia, was married to Dr.
Nagle, and the other's name was Mary.
E (i) Percival K. Boyer, son of Samuel B. Boyer and wife Esther
Keely Kline, was born Feb. 26, 1829, at Boyertown, Pa., and died at Baron
Hill, Pa. 1910. Lutheran. Married Adelaide Frances Johnson, bora
Jan. 15, 1832. Her mother was a grandniece of Benjamin Franklin.
Children : Blanche, Eliza May, Hettie, Dr. Henry Percival, and Belle
Johnson. One of the very best of men.
E (2) Olivia Boyer, daughter of Samuel B. Boyer and wife Esther
Keely Kline, married Mr. Ptleger. Address (1910) Lafayette Llill, Pa.
E (i) Samuel K. Boyer, son of Daniel B. Boyer and wife Mary
Ann Keely, was born Nov. 11, 1838, and died 1866.
E (2) Malinda Boyer, daughter of Daniel B. Boyer and wife Alary
Ann Keely, married David S. Erb. She was the soul of good will, and
in every way a most estimable character. Children: William, Newton,
and Charles. Married Laura Mogel. William was a talented musician.
Married Hattie Dunkle. Son David, who died about 1914. His brothers
are useful men in Boyertown.
E (3) James Keely Boyer, son of Daniel B. Boyer and wife Mary
Ann Keely, was born Oct. 30, 1848, in Boyertown, Pa. Lutheran. A
most successful merchant. Identified with everything noble and good in
the community. Married (1878) Annie Stetler, daughter of Isaac and
Elizabeth Schwenk Stetler, a merchant of Earlville, Pa. Children: (i)
Florence, graduate of Washington College, Washington, D. C, and wife
of Dr. Harry M. Kirk])atrick, a Harrisburg dentist; son: James P.; Edna,
also a graduate of the same institution, and a talented musician, highly
esteemed for many virtues. She died Jan. 13, 1908; Edith, a graduate
of Lutherville College, Jialtimore, Md., Daniel B., a graduate of the
famous Hill School at I'ottstown, Pa., and of Haverford College. A
talented man active in his father's business ; and James Keely, a bright
young man who died with his sister Edna.
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E (4) Horace Keel}' Boyer, son of Daniel B. Boyer and Mary Ann
Keely, was born Feb. 18, 185 r. Address (1915) Boyertown, Pa. Mer-
chant in partnership with his brother. Itlentitied like his brother with
the lar<^er life of his community. Married (1S71) Sallie K. Grant,
daughter of Charles and Catharine Knauss Grant. Children: Warren,
a most estimable young man, who died May 5, 1892, after graduating
from Pierce Business College; Anna G., the estimable wife of Joshua
B. Lessig. She died Nov. 25, 1900, leaving no children ; and Edgar G.,
a graduate of Schissler Business College, and active in his father's
business.
E (i) Louis Baugher Boyer, son of Willoughby 1]. Boyer and his
wife Harriet Dengler, was born at Tremont, Pa., April 27, 1866. Ad-
dress (1915) 418 Barbadoes St., Norristowu, Pa. Merchant. Single.
Lutheran.
E (2) Wallace Boyer, son of Willoughby B. Boyer and his wife
flarriet, was born at Norristown, Pa., 1853. Address (1915) Norris
town. Pa. Druggist. Presbyterian. Married Ida AlcCarter. One child,
Nina, who married Herbert N. Moore, lawyer, of Norristown, Pa. Chil-
dren: Herbert, and Dorothy.
E (3) Clara.
E (4) Ella Savilla Boyer, daughter of Willoughby Boyer and wife
Harriet Dengler, was born at Coopersburg, Pa., June 4, 1869. Single.
Lutheran.
F (i) Walter Pelman Boyer, son of Michael P. Bo)-er and wife,
was born May 18, 1857. Address (1913) Corner Garrison and Wash-
ington Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
F (2) Richard L. Boyer, son of Michael P. Boyer and wife, was
born July 2, 1859, at Reading, Pa. Address (1913) i, Board of
Trade, Chicago, 111, or 919 Sheridan Road, Chicago, Bl. Married
Annie E. Children: (i) Daniel S. Boyer. Address (1913) Room 604,
25 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Bl. Born June I, 18S5. Educated in
Armour Institute, and Howe Military Academy, Lima, Indiana. Luth-
eran. Real Estate. Married Miss Ciriffitli. Children: Marguerite,
born June 24, 1908, and Richard G., born April 26, 191 1. (2) Harvey
L. Boyer. Address (1913) Room i, Board of Trade, Chicago, 111. As-
sists father. (3) Mrs. Ernest E. Lehman. Address (1913) 856 Sheri-
dan Road, Chicago, 111. Born March 9, 1886. (4) Mrs. HoU Antrim.
Address (1913) Wincote, Pa. Born June 8, 1892.
F (i) Dr. David Pellman Boyer, son of Dr. David P. Boyer and
Emma Catharine Grove, was born Jan. 29, 1871. Address (1915) 4747
Richmond St., Bridesburg, Phila., Pa. Presbyterian. Graduate of Uni-
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versity of Pennsylvania. Practising physician. Married. Children : Lil-
lian, David Pellnian, John Howard, all at home.
F (2) Attorney Bassler Boyer, son of Dr. David P. Boyer and
Emma C. Grove. Lawyer. Address (1910) Lebanon, Pa. Married
Ellen Shirk. Children: (i) John B. Boyer. Address (1910) Steelton,.
Pa. Born Jan. 5, 1875, at Lebanon, Pa. Bridge builder, Penna. Steel
Company. Married Ellen Litch. Children: John L., born Jan. 28, 1907.
(2) Shirk Boyer. Address ( 1910) Berlin, Germany. Care of Pinch
Gas Company. (3) Arthur Boyer. Address (1910) Bumping Lake,
Washington. (4) Uehland Boyer. Address (1910) Billings, Montana.
(5) Sarah Boyer (Earle) Steelton, Pa. (6) Ellen Boyer, (7) Barbara,
(8) Lavinia, (y) Katharine Boyer (Krause) Lebanon, Pa.
F (3) Dr. Alonzo Boyer, son of Dr. David P. Boyer and Emma C.
Grove, born Nov. 26, 184-, at Myerstown, Pa. Reformed Church. Grad-
uate of University of Pennsylvania. Married. Children: (i) Mary
A. Address (1915) 2662 Bridge St., Bridesburg, Pa. (2} May, wife of
E. L. Drake. Address (1915) 2762 Pratt St., Phila., Pa. (3) Bessie,
wife of Mr. Mischler. Address (1915) 38 Runnymede Ave., Bridesburg,
Pa. (4) Annie R. Boyer. Address (1915) 2662 Bridge St., Brides-
burg, Pa.
F (4) Kate Boyer, daughter of Dr. David P. Boyer and Emma C.
Grove, niarried Mr. Stinson. Address (1910) Aldine Hotel, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
F (i) Michael K. Boyer, son of Attorney Benjamin Franklin Boyer
and wife Elizabetii Clouser, was born July 4, 1858. Address (1910)
Ifammonton, N. J. Major in 1910. Married Ida Anthony, of Reading,
Pa. Children: ( i) Franklin A.
F (2) Kate Boyer, tlaughter of Attorney Benjamin F. Boyer and
Elizabeth Clouser, was born Jan. 24, i860. Address (1910) Mrs. Kate
Gable, Altoona, Pa. Children: (1) Edna, married James M. Powell. (2)
Luella B., (3) Gertrude, married George Stewart; (4) Robert, (5) Anna,
(6) George, and (7) Mary.
F (3) Laura Boyer, daughter of Attorney Benjamin F. Boyer and
Ehzabeth Clouser. Address (1910) Mrs. Kate Hofifeditz, Reading, Pa.
F (4) Marie M. Boyer, daughter of Attorney Benjamin F. Boyer
and Elizabeth Clouser, was born Nov. 6, 1863. Married Dr. Matthias
Mengel. Address (1914) Elverson, Pa. Practising physician. Chil-
dren: (i) Madeleine, married John Eisbrown. (2) John S., (3)
Clara K.
F ( I ) Thomas Jeflferson Boyer, son of Dr. Thomas Jefferson Boyei
and wife. Address (1910) Clearfield, Pa.
SAMUEL BOYER
Chapter 111, Page -40
REV. LEVI MITCHELL BOYER
PRESIDING ELDER
Chapter V, Page 133
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JEROME L. BOYER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chapter V. Page 140
JAMES K. BOYER
MERCHANT
Chapter V, Page 142
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F (2) Louis Boyer, son of Dr. Thomas Jefferson Boyer and wife.
Address (1910) Clearfield, Pa.
F (3) Caroline iioyer, daughter of Dr. Thomas Jefferson Boyer
and wife. Address (1910) Clearfield, Pa.
F (i) Henry H. Boyer, son of George F. Boyer and wife Mary
Ann High. Address (1915) Boyer Pleights, Pa.
F (2) George A. Bo3'er, son of George F. Boyer and wife Mary A.
High. Address (191 5) Boyer Heights, Pa.
F (3) Emma Boyer, daughter of George F. Boyer and wife Mary
A. High. Married Henry Garber. Address (1915) Phila., Pa.
F (4) Mary G. Boyer, daughter of George F. Boyer and Mary A.
High. Married George Miller. Address (1915) Reading, Pa.
I" (5) Walter H. P>oyer, son of George F. Boyer and Mary A. High.
Address (1915) Reading, Pa., R. F. D., Cumru Township.
F (i) Barbara Ann Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and wife
Hulda Rambo. Married Walter S. Hamaker. Address (1910) 121 S.
6th St., Reading, Pa. Child : Stewart.
F (2) Alorris R. Boyer, son of John F. Boyer and wife Hulda
Rambo. Address (1910) 520 Chestnut St., Reading, Pa.
F (3) Elizabeth R. Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and wife
Plulda Rambo. Married Mr. Wampler. Address (1910) St. Paul, Minn.
F (4) Ida Louise Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and wife
Hulda Rambo. Married I. L. llaupt. Address (1910) 248 Amber St.,
Reading, I'a.
F (5) Kate Lucrclia I'oyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and Hulda
Rambo. Married Mr. Milburn. Address (1910) Haverstraw, N. Y.
F (6) Susan Valeria Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and Hulda
Rambo, tlied sjngle.
F (7) Ella May Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and wife Hulda.
Address (1910) Washington Plotel, New York, N. Y. '
F (8) Hulda Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and wife Plulda,
was for many years a beloved teacher in Reading schools.
F (9) Laura Virginia Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and wife
Hulda, married Mr. Sargent. Address (1911) Windsor St., Reading, Pa.
F (10) Blanche Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and wife, Hulda,
married Mr. Williams. Address (1910) Phila., Pa.
F (i) l)lanche Boyer, daughter of Percival K. Boyer and wife
Adelaide 1\ Johnson, married William A. Rex. Address (1915) Church-
ville, Pa. Children: (i) Percival T., teacher, 421 S. 43rd St., Phila., Pa.,
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and graduate of U. of P.; (2) Helen, wife of Dr. Elmer E. Pownall,
Richboro, Pa., and (3) Wallace W., teacher in Friends' Central School.
F (2) Eliza May Boyer, daughter of Percival K. Boyer and wife
Adelaide, married Benjamin Wallis. Address (1910) 604 West North
Ave., Baltimore, jMd. Children: (i) Adelaide B., (2) Benjamin F.,
geologist, and (3) Mary Belle.
F (2) Hettie Boyer, daughter of Percival K. Boyer and wife
Adelaide. Address (1910J Lafayette Hill, Pa.
F (3) Dr. Henry Percival Boyer, son of Percival K. Boyer and
wife Adelaide, was born Sept. 25, 186S. Address (1910) 4602 Baltimore
Ave., West Phila., Pa. Lutheran. Graduate of University of Pennsyl-
vania. Married Mary Belle Swain. No children.
F (4) Belle Johnson Boyer, daughter of Percival K. B03 er and wife
Adelaide. Address (1910) Lafayette Hill, Pa. Teacher.
F (i) William jMcHenry Boyer, son of Jerome L. Boyer and wife
Susan E. McHose, was born Oct. 28, 1869. Address (1913) 714 North
5t]i St., Reading, Pa. Graduate of Lafayette College. Chemist for
Reading L"on Company. Lutheran. Married (April 1898) iunily H.
Eavenson. Children: Jerome L., and Howard E.
F (2) Frederick J. Boyer, son of Jerome L. Boyer and wife Susan
E., was born Oct. 28, 1873. Address (1913) 157 N. 5th St., Reading.
Pa. College training of four years in civil and electrical engineering,
which occupation he follows. Lutheran. Alarried (Nov. 1906) Sadie
P. Mutter. Child: Valeria S.
F" (i) Jerome Harry Boyer, son of Washington Amnion Boyer
and wife Mary M. Plemmig, was born (.>ct. 13, 1857. Address (1913)
3628 N. i8th St., Phila., Pa. Lutheran. Employed in Reading Term-
inal, under Supt. O. W. Stager. Married Llarriet Bland. Children: (i )
Minerva B. (2) Bessie B. She married Harvey V. Smoyer. Address
(1913) 1158 Lemon St., Camden, N. J. (3) Jerome E. Address (1913)
"The Lansdale," S. North Carolina Ave., Atlantic City, N. J.
F (2) Clara Permilla ]3oyer, daughter of Washington Ammou
Boyer, married W. R. Colby. Address (1913) 419 tiarsta St., Landau,
Ontario, Canada.
F (i) Paul PL Boyer, son of Ammon Boyer and wife. Address
(1913) Bethlehem, Pa.
CHAPTER VI
CHRISTOPHER BEYER.
This man was a Palatinate, as we know from the records. He came
to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the ship "Johnson," Sept. 19, 1732. See
pages 48 and 49, Volume 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives.
With him came his wife, Anna IMaria. Also Valentine Bayer, Anna
Bayer, Katharine J^a}'er, and perhaps smaller children. From the ship
list we learn that .Christopher Beyer's full name was John Christopher,
and that the surname is also spelled Ba)er. He ai)pears in the earliest
list of Exeter Twp., P)erks County, Pennsylvania, taxables in 1752, and
as late as 1775. In 1767 he made a "Will," whose executors were his
wife Anna Maria and Alex ]\lingler, presumably a son-in-law. See Vol.
2, page 98, "Wiir' Book, Recorder's Office, Reading, Pa. He was a
farmer, and a member of the Sclnvarzwald Lutheran Church, Exeter
Twp., Berks Co., Pa. The historian can not find his grave, nor a record
of liis death, but it is likely that he rests in the old cemetery at vSchwarz-
Vv'ald, or in some private burial pl(;t. According to his "Will" his chil-
xdren were Christopher, Henry, E'ngelberd, John, Simon, Catrina, and
Maria Sabina.' From this list it seems ])retty certain that the Valentine
Bayer who came with him was not a son.
B (1) Christojiher Beyer, son of Christopher Beyer and his wife
Anna Maria, was probably ])orn soon after the arrival of the parents iii
America. On page 70, Vol. 3, Sixth Series, Pennsylvania x\rchives, he
is recorded as a soldier of the Revolution, May 5, 1785. According to
Vol. 5, Fifth Scries, he was in the militia. service 18 days, and died May
3, 1789. The historian has not ascertained his burial place. Deeds
recorded in Reading show th.'.t he owned property in Exeter Twp., Berks
Co., Pa., in Allegheny County, Pa., and in the borough of Reading, I'a.
In A, Book 17, page 157, there is a record of his purchase of laud from
his brother John Beyer, who went to Virginia. His wife, as reported
by Squire ShTrI's,"'was Alaria Elizabeth Simons, whom he married June
18, 1754, as recorded in the records of Trinity Church, Reading, Pa. In
1799 he made a "Will." See page 532, Vol. B., and page 280, Vol. 3,
Will Ijook, Reading, Pa. According to this "will" he was a Eutheran,
and his children were Christopher, John Henry, Jacob, i\Iaria, Elizabeth,
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Daniel, Hannah, and Catharine. At the time of the father's death his
home was on Penn St., Reading, Pa.
B (2) Henry Beyer, son of Christopher Beyer and his wife Anna
Alaria. He was a land owner in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa., as early
as 1758, and still single in 1766. Married Angelina , as reported
by Samuel AI. Boyer, Pottsgrove, Pa. Children: Jacob K., John R.,
Sarah Ann, Leah, Charlotte, Catharine, and Ellen.
B (3) Engelberd Beyer, son of Christopher Ijeyer and his wife
Anna Maria, was born about 1734-36. Recorded (single) in the Exeter
Twp., Berks Co., Pa., tax list as early as 1758, in connection with his
father and his brothers Henry, Christopher (single), and John (single).
The name Jacob Beyer occurs in the same list, and may be a brother,
though not mentioned in the "Will," but perhaps he was a son of the
Valentine Ba)'er who came in 1732, or belonged to the Amityville family
tree. In 1772 Engelberd Beyer apj)ears in Robeson Township, Berks
Co., Pa. Also in 1773 and 1774, but not afterwards. The historian
can find absolutely no trace of this man after 1774.
The historian believes that Engelberd Beyer married a woman of
Robeson Twp., Berks Co., Pa., soon after I76(:), and then lived there,
but that he died about 1775, leaving a sun born about 1769. This son
was then probably brought up in the mother's family, whose surname
may have begun with the letter "R." If this conclusion is correct, it
corresponds exactly with the fact that a John R. Boyer, often confusea
with a cousin from Pottsgrove, Pa., was born about 1769, and that his
wife Esther Worrall, probabl)' of the vicinity of Geigertown, was buried
there, as reported by Mrs. Mary Leeds.
^ B (4) John Beyer, son of Christopher Be3'er and his wife Anna
Alaria, was born perha]« about 1722. His name apjiears, with that of
his brother's, in the tax lists as early as 1758, and at least until 1772,
when it appears in Robeson Twp., Berks Co., Pa, In 1762 his name
appears in the Exeter list with that of a son John (single). This son
was probably born about 1742. If this conclusion is correct he married
Elizabeth , and had a son born Aug. 2, 1769. See Trinity Church
Records, Reading, Pa.
B (5) Simon Beyer, son of Christopher Beyer and Anna Maria.
The historian's correspondent, Rev. Simon K. Boyer, 89 East Duval St.,
Germantown, Pa., writes that his grandfather John Boyer, who died
about 1830, came from Reading to Hinkletown, Pa., when a boy, and
that he was a Lutheran. The name "Simon" and the location "Read-
ing" and "Lutheran," seem to show that John Boyer was a son of Simon
Beyer. If this conclusion is not correct, the historian can not place this
John at all.
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B (6) Catrina Beyer, daughter of Christopher Beyer and Anna
Maria.
B (7) Maria Sabina Beyer, daughter of Christopher Beyer and
Anna Maria.
C (i) Christopher Boycr, son of Christoi>iier Beyer, and EHzal)etii
Simon. He died and was buried at Schwarzwald. He was a farmer,
as reported by Wilham H. Boyer, 146 W. Green St., Reading, Pa. Mar-
ried. Children: Samuel, George, Daniel, Benjamin, and Kate.
C (2) John Boyer, son of Christopher Beyer and Elizabeth Simon,
was born about 1775. In the year 1800 he moved to Augusta County,
Virginia. See A, Book 17, page 157, Deeds, July 18, 1800, Reading, Pa.
According to these records he was a wheelwright. Benjamin F. Long,
of Dayton, Virginia, sa}'s he came alone, a }oung man. He married
Dorcas Eokey. They were both Lutherans. His daughter, Mr. Long's
aunt, still living in 1910, reports that she heard her father speak of
brothers. He was a soUlier in the Mexican War. His wife died about
1837, In 1850 he moved with three sons and a daughter to Sullivan
County, Tennessee, where he died at Kingsport, about 1870, his age
about 95. There were twelve children : Navina, Margaret, Mary,
Martha, Permelia, Eliza, Anuinda, William, Joseph, Robert, David, and
Richard.
C (3) Henry Boyer, son of Christopher Beyer and Elizabeth Simon,
was born May 8, 1773, and is buried with his wife in Fulmer Church
Cemetery, Pottsgrove, Pa. He lived and died near Pottsgrove, Montour
Co., Pa. lie married his cousin, Catharine Beyer, daughter of Henry
l>eyer and Angeline. See records of Trinity Church, Reading, Pa. She
was born Jan. 10, 1779, and died vSept. 18, 1841. The children were
Benjamin Engle, Jacob, Henry, Christopher, Susan, Phoebe, Maria, Cath-
arine, and Leah. ■
' C (4) Jacob Boyer, son of ChristO[)her Beyer and Elizaljeth Sinion,
was born April 12, 1780, in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa. He moved to
Montour County, Pa., about 1808, and died there in 1868. Carpenter.
Lutheran. Married ]\lary King, born Jan. 28, 1780, in Exeter Twp.,
Berks Co., Pa. She died in Montour County, Aug. 9, 1857. They are
both buried at Strawberry Ridge, Pa. Children : Christopher, Isaac,
Levi, Elizabeth, Susan, Katherine, Polly, Rebecca, and Henry.
C (5) Maria Boyer, daughter of Christopher Beyer and Elizabeth
Simon. Married Abraham Griffith.
C (6) Elizabeth Boycr, daughter of Christopher Beyer and Eliza-
Taeth Simon. Married Jacob Krause.
C (7) Daniel Boyer, son of Christopher Beyer and Elizabeth Simon,
born perhaps 1760. Lived in Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Married Char-
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lotte. Children: John, Samuel, Mary, Abraham, J. Joseph, Daniel, Wil-
liam, and Elizabeth.
C (8) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Christopher Beyer and Eliza-
beth Simon, married John Meyer (Moyer).
C (9) Catherine Boyer, daughter of Christopher Beyer and Eliza-
beth Simon, was born 1785. At tb.c time of her f;ither's death she was
a catechumen in Trinity Church, Reading, Pa. She married WilHaru
Schoener. There were seven children. One of these, Mary, married
Isaac Seltezer. Their daughter, Rosa Seltzer, is a tine genealogist. Ad-
dress (1912) Box 91, Beach Haven, N. J.
C (i) Jacob K. lioyer, son of Henry Beyer and his wife Angelina,
married Sara. See Trinity Church Records, Reading, Pa. Children :
James.
C (2) John R. Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and Angelina. Lived
in the neighborhood of Pottsgrove, Pa., with his sisters Catharine and
Leah, as attested by William McKnight Ritter, Catherine's grandson,
and by S. I\L Boyer of l\)ttsgrove. Pa. His youngest sister Charlotte,
came from Reading, Pa., later, and married Robert Montgomery. Short-
ly after this marriage, John R. Boyer went with this sister Charlotte
and her husband — and doubtless others — in two covered wagons drawn
by four horses each — to Tennessee. lie was a carpenter, as we know
through John Shalter, who heard John R. Boyer's nephew, Jacob Ploffa,
of Reading, I^a., speak about him ver)' frequently. This Mr. Ploffa had
worked as a carpenter with his uncle John R. Boyer. In the neighbor-
hood of Sparta, Tennessee, John R. Boyer took up land. The number
of the grant was 2757, and Mr. William McKnight Ritter holds a copy
of this grant. All the ancestors of S. M. Boyer, I'ottsgrove, Pa., declare
that John R. Bo\ er died a single man. Plis sister Ellen, married a John
Deeter, and this man's grandson, Harry Carman, Court St., Williams-
port, Pa., a jeweler, who appeared to be the nearest heir of John R.
Boyer, when the matter was investigated, was declared his heir about
1910. There were other claimants. They believed that this John R.
Boyer was the same John R. Boyer who married Esther Worrall, whose
granddaughter, Mary Leeds, of Philadelphia, Pa., went to Sparta, Ten-
nessee, in 1909, and considted Ex-Judge White and others regarding
the claims. But the testimonials of the Pottsgrove people shows beyond
a doubt that the men ctndd not have been the same. Those Pottsgrove
people also contend that the John R. Boyer of whom they knew never re-
turned to Pennsylvania, while the descendants of the other John R. Boyer
report that their John ]^. Boyer returned to Pennsylvania for his wife and
daughters, but that they did not go with him to Tennessee.
C (3) Sarah Ann Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Angelina,,
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was born 1770. and married Henry Hoffa, of the vicinity of Readino-
i a. Ills son, Reuben Hofta, was a resident of Readin- Pa until re-
cently. '
C (4) Leah IVjyer, dauohter of Henry Boyer and his wife Ano-elina
married John Heeler, and resided in the neighborhood of Pottsorove Pa '
at tlie time when her brother Jolm R. JJoyer went to Tennes'^see.
C (5) Charlotte Pcyer, daughter of Henry Royer and his wife
Anorchna. Her husband was Robert aiontoomcry, with whom she had
-mox'Td to Sparta, Tennessee. Slie was not willing to go without her
l^rothcr John li. Jncjuiry into her family history appears to show that
she left no descendants.
C (6) Catharine Boyer, daug-hter of Henry Bover and his wii.-
An-elina, was ])orn Jan. 10, 1770, as recorded in Trini'ty Church Rea.U
ing. Pa., died Sept. 18, 1841, and is buried in bV.llmer Cemetery' Pott.-
grove, Pa. She married her cousin Henry Beyer, born Alay 's 177:;
Her children, as recorded in C, of this chapter, were Benjamin Engi;
Jacob, Henry Christopher, Susan, Phoebe, Maria, Catharine, and Leah.^
C (7) Ellen Boyer, daug-hter of Henry Boyer and his wife \n>--
ima, vyas a twin sister of Catherine aboye. She married a Mr. Garman
Hieir son Harry Carman, jeweler, of VVillian^.sport, Pa., inherited the
cla.n.s 01 John R. Bo3.x-r, Sparta. Tennessee, about iockj. as explained
under John R. Boyer. The children of Ellen J^.oyer are not known.
C ( I ) John Boyc^r, son of Simon Beyer and his wife, was born
about i7r,o-i77o, and died in the neighborhood of I llnkIeto^vn. Pa about
i.';,o. lie came from Reading- to Hinklelown, when a boy. Here he
le^t tnc Lutheran Church and became a member of the "German Papti-^ts
Brctnren. He folKnyed carpet weaving. He married Miss Roland
Children : Pldlip, John R., (^.ideon, Catharine, Plannah, and Ann.
C (r) John R. Boyer. son of Eng-leberd Beyer and wife, was born
1760. According^ to his descendants, he went AVest— periiaps to Teu-
•nessee— about 1832-and returned about 1834 for his wife and daughter
Hannah. Ihey refused to go ,vith him, but why is not known to the
historian. For some time he was identified with his cousin John R Bo-cr
of Pottsg-rove, Pa., who took up land at Sparta. Tennessee. John' r'
Boyer, of Robeson Twp.. Berks Co., Pa., married Esther Worrall and
left the following children: Thomas. J(,hn. Lydia, and Hannah. Others.
C (2) James Boyer, son of En-elberd Peyer and his wife, was bo-n
about 1770-1774, i^robably in Robeson Twp., Ik-rks Co., Pa. This at
any mte, is the historian's conclusion. His reasons are 'the followino-
(I) The Robeson Toxynship tax list shows that Engelberd Beyer of
Exeter Tc^ynship, north of R.beson, appeared in Robeson Townshi-)
in 1769, and remained there at least until 1774-perhaps died there His
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presence, so far as the historian can discover, is the only explanation
for the John R. Ijo^er (Esther \\'orrall) "tree,"' and the James Boyer
'"tree." (2) Amos Boyer, of White Bear, regarded Isaac Boyer, son
of Janies Boyer, as his fatlier's relative (prohahly cousin). (3) Isaac
Boyer and others of his line are buried at St. Paul's Church, Geigertown,
Pa., just as John R. Boyer's wife Esther Worrall, and others of this
"■-"tree" are buried there. (4) The name Esther seems to be a favorite
tradition in both "trees," and the name "Brook" Boyer appears in both
"trees," at Ilarrisburg, Pa., in the John R. Boyer "tree," and at Alarsh,
Pa., in the James Boyer "tree." It is known that James Boyer lived in
the neighborhood of White Bear, Pa., but what his occupation was, where
he is buried, or to whom he was married, may not be easy to ascertain.
The children were Isaac, Alargaret, Mary, Jane, and perhaps others.
D (i) Sanuiel Boyer, son of Christopher Boyer and his wife. Ivived
in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Buried in Aulenbach Cemetery, Reading,
Pa. Married Sarah Steiger. Children : John, George, Susan, Eliza, and
Mary.
D (2) George Boyer, son of Christopher Boyer and his wife, was
born 18 1 7, and died about 1S43. Eiveil in Stonetown, near Schwarzwald,
Pa. Married Kate White. Children: Sanuiel White, William Henry,
and Benjamin Franklin.
D (3) Daniel iioyer, son of Christopher Boyer and his wife. Luth-
eran. Farmer. Died single in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa., about 1900.
D (4) Benjamin I'oyer, son of Christopher Boyer and his wife.
Lutheran. Farmer. Died single.
D (5) Kate Boyer, daughter of Christopher Boyer and his wife.
Married Mr. Ililbert. No children.
D ( 1 ) Navinia Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Dorcas Lokey,
married Moses Plinton. Tliey died two years later.
D (2) Margaret Bo}er, daughter of John iioyer and Dorcas Lokey,
died single.
D (3) Mary Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Dorcas Lokey,
married Peter Long in 1857. He died 1886, and she 1908. Children:
("a) Sallie (married J. L. Andes) Dayton, Va. (b) Virginia (married
J. W. Sheets, of liarrisonburg, Va. (c) Lydia (married Dr. Painter), (d)
Henry is dead, (e) J. P. Long, of North River, Va. (f) Alice (Harris-
onburg, Va.). (g) Charles, of Denver, Col. (h) Benjamin F. Long, of
Dayton, Va. The last one helped the historian identify his grandfat.lier
John Boyer with his family "tree."
D (4) Martha Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Dorcas Lokey,
born 1829, and died 1909. Married James Simon, a Methodist minister in
I'ennsylvania. There were two children: (a) Mattie (married Bryan;
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Dayton, Va. (b) Mary (married Ilctlrick). Children: Cla)ton and
Lucy (Hagey) Dayton, Va.
D (5) Permelia Boyer, daugliter of Jolni Ijoyer and Dorcas Lokey,
married Samuel Smith. Six children grew up: Verganis (married
Higg), Alice (marrieil Cha})man), IJettie (married Hie), Etta (married
Payne), Charles and John. Their address (1910) Harrisonburg, Vs..
D (6) Amanda Boyer, daughter of John JJoyer and Dorcas Lokey,
married Kelly. They died in Tennessee.
D (7) Eliza Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Dorcas Lokey,
was living in 1910, and 75 years old. She never married. Address (1913)
Dayton, Va.
D (8) William B. Boyer, son of John Boyer and Dorcas Lokey, was
born Nov. 1813. Farmer. He died at the age of 78 years, and is buried
at Keezeltown. Virginia. No war connections. U. B. Married Mary
Hollingsworth, bnried at Harrisonburg, Va. Children: (13)— Joseph
(Dayton, Ohio), George W. ( Harrisonlmrg, Va.), John (Harrisonburg,
Va.), IvUther (Harrisonburg, \'a.), David (Keezeltown, Va. ), Houston
(Keezeltown, Va.), William (Keezeltown, Va.), Newton (Keezeltown,
Va.), Dorcas (Keezeltown, \^a), and Airs. Ashby Ermentrout (Keezel-
town, Va.).
D (9) Joseph R. Boyer, son of John Boyer and Dorcas Lokey. He
, was killed in the Civil War, a young man. Married Aliss Hepp. Chil-
dren: (4) — Jason Boyer. Address (1914) Harrisonburg, Va., Charles
(Harrisonburg, Vn.) and two girls.
D (10) Robert Boyer, son of John Bo\'er and Dorcas Lokey. Went
with father to Tennessee in 1850. Married Castle.
D (11) David B)Oyer, son of John Bo}'er and Dorcas Lokey, died
in Tennessee. W^ent from Virginia to Tennessee in 1850 with father and
others. Lived in Kingsport, Tenn., where he \vas probably buried. Farm-
er. ^ Married Hattle Haggy. Children:
D (12) Richard Boyer, son of John Boyer and Dorcas Lokey, was
iDorn April 28, -1822, Virginia. Farmer. Went to Teimessee with father
in 1850, and ilied there. Married Dianna Derr. Children: (a) Charles
A. Boyer. Address (1914) Fall Branch, Route 2, Box 39, Tennessee.
Born Oct. 23, 1854, in \'irginia. Farmer. Married Judith Cloud. Chil-
dren : Walter, Elizabedi, Francis, Myrtle, Rose, Mary, all at Fall Branch,
(b) Henry R. Boyer, (c) John Boyer, and (d) Mary, Elizabeth, and
Henrietta.
D (i) Benjamin Engle Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and Catharine
Boyer (cousin), was born 1813, died (3ct. 20, 1889, and is buried in
Fulmer Church Cemetery, near Bottsgrove, I'a. Lutheran. Farmer irj
Montour Co., Pa. Married^ Alary Shannon Ali'.ler, born 1812. She is
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buried by the side of her husband. Children: Samuel Miller, Georgt
F., Zachariah M., Charles P., and Ulysses G.
D (2) Jacob Boyer, sou of irienry Boyer and Catharine Boyer
(cousin). Married. Children: John Simon, Ellen, Levi ]\Iiller.
D (3) Henry Boyer, son of Henry Bo3-er and Catharine Boyer, was
born Nov. 28, 1807. Farmer. Ludieran. Married ]\Iary Robbins. Chil-
dren: William Edwin ( Pottsgrove, Pa.), and Elizal)eth Lindner. Pier
only child, Harry J. Lindner, lives at Pottsgrove, Pa.
D (4) Christopher Bo^er, son of Henry Boyer and Catharine Boyer.
Cooper. Lutheran. Moved from Pottsgrove to Cascade, DuBuque Cu.,
Iowa. Married ALary Haines. Chiklren: Benjamin, J(jscph, Luther,
Caroline, Leah, Christina Margaret, Julfa, Mary Ellen, Hcm-y J., and
Isaiah.
D (5) Susan Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Catharine Bo\cr,
was born Dec. 4, 1797. Died Nov. 8, 1873. She married Col. William
McKnig-ht, l)orn July 18, 17S9. Children: Catharine, Elizabeth, Pris-
cilla, Anna M.
D (6) Phoebe Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Catharine Boy-
er. She married Thomas Beaver. Children: Henry C, Catharine,
others.
D (7) Catharine Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Catharine-
Boyer. She married Jacob Derr. Left one child : Abeline. >
D (8) Leah Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Catharine Boyer,
married Georg-e Beaver. Children: Two daughters (Indiana).
D (i) Christopher Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and /Mary King, was
born about 1802. Married Augusta Strauss. Children: Christine, Mary,.
Jane, Margaret, and Ellen.
D (2) Isaac Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Mary King, died 81
years old, and is buried at Brick Church, Clinton Township, Lycoming
Co., Pa., with his wife. Married Susannah Shaffer. Children: Benja-
min B., John, William, Mary, Annie, Emma, and Melvina.
D (3) Levi Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Mary King, was born
March 20, 1820, and is buried at Turbotsville, Pa. Cooper. Lutheran.
Married Ruth Doane, and after her death. Nancy Keefer. Children of
first marriage: George Parson, Asher. Henry, Mary, and Sarah. ChiL
d.ren of sccontl marriage: Benjamin i^arto, William Fines, Angelina, and
Thomas Russell.
D (4) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Mary King,
married William R. Richardson.
D (5) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Mary King-,
married George Williams.
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D (6) Susan Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and ]\Iary King,
married John Kintz.
D (7) Catharine Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Mary King,
was born Oct 16, 1806, in Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. She married Samuel
Shires, and died 82 years old. Both are buried at Strawberry Ridge, Pa.
Children: Charles E.
D (8) Polly Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Alary King.
D (9) Plenry Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Mary King, was killed
in battle in Mexican War.
D (i) John Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and his wife Charlotte, was
born Jinie 2, 1790, a'nd died at Pottsville, Pa. Plero of Mexican War.
D (2) Samuel Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Charlotte, was born
May 13, 1794.
D (3) Mary Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and Charlotte, was
born March 27, 1801.
D (4) Abraham Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Charlotte, died
about 1870 at Reinholds, Pa., and is buried at Plain's Church, Werners-
ville, Pa. Lived in Plotel at Reinholds Station, Berks Co., I'a. See
Berks County History, page 1651. Married Kate Strunk. Children:
Moses, Elizabeth, Annie, Matilda.
1-^ (5) J- Joseph l^o\'er, son of Daniel Boyer and Charlotte, was
born ALirch 16, 1805, died Aug. 30, 1877, buried in M. E. Graveyard,.
Rockfort, Walls Co., Ind. Blacksmith. Moved from Pleidclberg Twp.,.
Berks Co., I'a., to Indiana. Married Catharine Scitzinger, born Aug.
2y, 1814. She died June 27, 188S, and is buried near her husband.
Children: Mary Ann, I{lias, Franklin, Emmanuel, Damuh, Ellen, Louise
Anne.
D (6) Daniel Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Charlotte. Ivirmer
on Berks County "Poor P'arm."
D (7) William Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Charlotte, lived at
Strausstown, Pa. No children.
D (8) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and Charlotte, is-
buried at Schwarzwald, Pa. Married a Air. Collcr. Children: (a)
Elmer. Address (1912) 422 S. 4th St., Reading, Pa. ' (b) Franklin.
Address (191 2) 414 S. 4th St., Reading, Pa. (c) Mary Coller. Mar-
ried Heilman. Address (1912) 637 Pcnn St., Reading, Pa.
D (i) Thomas I'oyer, son of John R. I'oyer and Esther W^orral,.
v^as born about 1789, for he died Sept. 14, 1862, aged "]}, years, and is
buried at Manada, Pa. Alethodist. Soldier in Mexican War. Married
Elizabeth McC^owan, born March 8, 1792. She died April 16, 1867.
Children: William, John, Thomas, Isaac, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, and
Susannah.
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D (2) John Beyer, son of John R. Boyer and Esther Worral, was
born Aug. 20, 1795, died Sept. 11, 1874, at Honeybrook, Pa., and is
buried at Morgantown, Pa. liaptist. Blacksmith. Married Margaret
Ridges, July 22, 1819. She died Dec. 16, 1850, and is buried at Morgan-
town, Pa. Children: John, George, Thomas, William, Esther, Catharine,
Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary.
D (3) Eydia Boyer, daughter of John R. Boyer and Esther Worral.
Married Samuel Bechtel, July 2, 1818. There were three children, but
the historian thinks there are no living descendants.
D (4) Hannah Boyer, daughter of John R. Boyer and Esther Worral
died 1893. She married ^Villiam Galloway, Oct. 23', 1824, but there are
no descendants.
D (i) Philip Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife, Roland, was
born March 28, 1810, in llinkletown, Pa., died Oct. 2, 1886, and is buried
at Mohler's Cemetery, near Ephrata, Pa. Carpet weaver. German Ba])-
tist. Married Hannah Kinsey. Children: Reuben K., John, Rev.
Simon K.
D (2) Gideon Boyer, sou of John Boyer and his wife, Roland, died
single.
D (3) John R. Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife Roland.
Married. Children: Daughter. Married Hibschman. Her son is J. H.
Plibschman. Address (1912) Ephrata, i-'a.
D (4) Catharine Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and his wife, Ro-
land. Married.
D (5) Hannah 15oyer, daughter of John Bo)er and his wife, Roland.
D (6) Anna Boyer, daughter of Jcjhn lioyer and his wife, Roland.
Married a Mr. Epler. Children: (a) Daniel Epler. Address (1911)
Phila., Pa. (b) Daughter. Married II. A. Kcrst. xA.ddress ( 1911) 1912
N. 1 8th St., Phila., Pa.
D (i) Isaac Boyer, son of James Boyer and his wife, was born
about 1800, probably in the neighborhood of White Bear, Robeson Twp.,
Berks Co., Pa., and is buried at St. Paul's Church, Geigertown, Pa. He
kept a store at the Quaker Meeting House, near White Bear, Pa. Mar-
ried Elizabeth Adair. Children : Mordecai, Rebecca, John, Eli, Isaac.
D (2) Margaret Boyer, daughter of James Boyer and his wife, mar-
ried Reuben Doty. There were children : One son, Joseph Doty, lived
at Pottstown, Pa. (1910).
D (3) Mary Boyer, daughter of James Boyer and his wife, niarried
a Philman.
D (4) Tane Boyer, daughter of James Boyer and his wife, married
a Philman, and left a number of children.
E (i) John Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Steiger, was
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born about 1820 in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa., and is buried at St.
John's Church, Gibraltar, Pa. Lutheran. Repairsnian on canal. Mar-
ried Mary Dippery. Children: (a) Samuel Boyer. Address (1912)
Seyferts, Pa. Born i860. Married Annie Halloway. Children: Clar-
ence, Verna. (b) Horatio ]jO}er. Address (1912) Germantown, Ohio..
Married. Children: Samuel, William, Frank, Mary, Annie, Lilly, (c)
Annie Boyer. Married Daniel Clouser. Address (1912) Seyferts, Pa.
(d) Kate Boyer. Married Isaac Hummel. Address (1912) Seyferts, Pa.
(e) Isaac Boyer. Dead. xA.ddress (1912) Mrs. Isaac Boyer, 221 Wood
St., Reading-, Pa. Married Hmma Bean. Children: (i) Alice M. Boyer
(Mrs. William Kerper, Gibraltar, Pa.) and (2) Clara Bo_ver (Mrs.
Georg^e Boyer, 1506 Vine St., Phila., Pa.).
£ (2) George Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Steiger, lived
at Seyferts, Pa. Laborer. Married Mary Bechtel. No children.
E (3) Susan Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Stcig^r,
died single.
E (4) Eliza Ijoyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Steiger,
married Augustus Boas.
E (5) Mary Bo}-er, daughter of Samuel Boyer and vSarah Steiger,.
married Mr. Bunting.
E (i) Joseph Boyer, son of William B. Boyer and Alary Hollings.-
worth. Address (1914) Dayton, Ohio.
E (2) George M. Jjo)-ers, son of William B. Boyer and ]\Iary Hol-
lingsworth, was born I\Iay I, 1845, ^^t Harrisonburg, Va. Farmer.
United Brethren Churcli. ^^larried Mary Clatterbrick. Children: (a)
John H. Boyers, born Sejit. 23, 1876, at Harris(jnburg, Ya. Engineer.
U. B. Church. Married Laura Glover. Address (1914) Harrisonburg,
Va. Children: (b) Layton W. Uoyers, 19, 1880, Harrisonburg,
Va. Address (1914) Harrisonburg, Va. Fireman. U. B. Church.
Married Birdie Glover. Children: (c) Minor Y. iioyers, born July 3O;.
1877. Address (1914) Harrisonburg, Va. Teamster. U. B. Church,
Married Jennie Shetfer.- Children: (d) Joseph R. Boyers, born Nov.
14, 1881. Address (1914) Harrisonburg, Va. Single in 1914. (e)
Lucy Boyers, born March 17, 1884. Married A. J. Wilt. Address
(1914) Harrisonburg, Va. Children: (f) Beulah Blanche Boyers; born
[une 25, 1880. Single. Home, (g) Myrtie Alice Boyers, born Sept.
12, 1888. Married George Robinson. Address (1914) Harrisonburg,
Va. (h) j\Iary V. Boyers, born April 28, 1894. Single. Home.
E (2) Joseph R. Boyers, son of William B. Boyer and Mary Hol-
lingsworth, was born in Harrisonburg, Va. Machinist. Address (1914)
Waggeram, Licken Co., Ohio. Married Marie Pickering. Children.
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E (3) John Bo vers, son of William B. Boycr and Alary Ilollings-
vvorth. Address (1914) Harrisonburg, Ya. Carpenter. Single.
E (4) David Boyers, son of William B. Boyer and ISIary Ilollings-
Avorth. Address (1914) Harrisonburg, Va. Farmer. Married Caroline
Ermentrout. Children.
(5j William Boyers, son of William B. Boyer and jMary Ilollings-
worth. Address (1914) Harrisonburg, Va. Farmer. Married ]\lildred
■Grandle. Children.
E (6) Newton Boyers, son of William B. Boyer and Mary Hollings-
worili. Address (1914) Harrisonburg, Va. Farmer. Single (1914).
E (7) Euther Boyers, .son of William B. Boyer and j\Iary Hollings-
worth. Address (1914) Harrisonburg, Va. Farmer. Married Nannie
■ Cofiman.
E (i) Samuel W'. Boyer, son of George Boyer and Kate White,
was born Sept. 3, 1S37. Lived in Lebanon, Pa. Died there about 1903.
Iron-worker. Soldier in Civil V»'ar. Married Anna Constance Richards,
liorn Feb. 10, 1S45. Children: (a) Williani I^. Boyer. Address (1910)
Cumberland St., Lebanon, Fa. Single in 1910. (b) Geor.ge W. Boyer.
Address (1910) Hanover antl Guilford Sts., Lebanon, Pa. Married.
Children: EUwood, Ernst. (c) Richard J. Boyer. Address (1910)
819 Walnut St., Lebanon, Pa. Printer, (d) Kate Boyer. Married Mau-
rice Forney. Address (1910) 1252 Forge St., Lebanon, Pa. (e) Esther
Boyer. Married Robert Brandt. Address (1910) 126 East 3rd St.,
Pottstown, Pa. (f) Fannie A. Jioyer. At home with Airs. Forney, 1910.
E (2) William Henry Boyer, son of George Boyer an(.l Kate White,
was born April 10, 1844, i>' I'cckway Tw))., Lancaster Co., Pa. Address
(1910) 146 W. Green St., Reading, Pa. Lutheran, j'.ricklayer. ' Mar-
ried Sarah M. Rothermel. Child : Mary Boyer. Married John Ely. Ad-
dress (1910) 511 Kerper St., Reading, Pa.
E (3) Benjamin Franklin Boyer, son of C/Corge Boyer and Kate
White. Lutheran. Rolling mill worker. Address (1910) 200 JoUiett
St., Jolliett, III. ALarried. Children.
E (i) Samuel Aliller Boyer, son of Benjamin Engle Boyer and
Alary Shannon Aliller, was born ATay 15, 1843. Postmaster. Address
(1912) Pottsgrove, Pa. Married Amantla Buck. Child: Elsie. Ad-
dress (1912) Pottsgrove, I'a.
E (2) George F. Boyer, son of Benjamin Engle Boyer, was born.
April 15, 1846. Address (1912) 64G Francis Ave., Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
E (3) Zaehariah AI. P>oyer, son of Benjamin Engle Boyer and Alary
S. Miller, was born Alay 6, 1S54. Address (1912) Arch St., Alilton, Pa.
Married Emma J. Lattimer. Child: William C. Boyer. Address (1912)
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.330 Catawlssa Ave., Sniibury, Pa. Born Nov. 13, 1876. Married Mary
A. Martz. Children: Mildred E., Charles William, Geraldine \l., Rachel
A., and Calvin A.
E (4) Charles i\ ]Jo)-er, son of l>enjamin Engle Boyer and Mary
S. Miller, was born Feb. 4, iSGo. Farmer. Address ( 1912) Pottsgrove,
Pa., R. F. D. Married Dora iMattes. Child: Alexander. Address
(1912) Pottsgrove, Pa.
E (5) Ulysses G. Boyer, son of Benjamin Englc Boyer and Mary
S. Miller, was born Nov. 10, 1864. Address (1912) Muncy, or Clark-
town, Pa. Married Mayetta Opp. Children: Chester. Address ( 1912)
Muncy, Pa., R. F. D. 4, and Anna.
E (i ) John Simon Boyer, son of Jacob Bo)'er and his wife Julia A.
Miller. Address (1912) Shamokin, Pa. Married Mary Briltcn. Chil-
dren: fa) Edward C. Boyer. Address (1914) i N. Market vSt., Sha-
mokin, Pa. (b) Harry Boyer. Address (1914) Piitsburgh, Pa. {c)
James O. Boyer. Address (1914) Winchester, \'a.
E (2) Ellen Boyer, daug'htcr of Jacob Boyer and his wife. ^Married
J. H. Diehl. Address (1914) Pottsgrove, Pa. Only child: Charles 1 1.
Diehl, Pottsgrove, Pa.
E (3) Levi Miller Boyer, son of Jacob lioyer and his v.ife Julia A.
Miller. Bucknell graduate. Professor at Ne^v Berlin, Pa. Married
Laura Wilson. Died childless.
E (i) William Edwin lioyer, son of lienry Boyer and Alary Rob-
bins, was born March 28, i860, Montour Co., i^a. Address (1912) Potts-
grove, Pa. Farmer. Presbyterian. Married Ida Bowman. Children:
(a) Mrs. Fannie B. Reiser, 265 Filbert St., INlilton Pa. (b) AR-s. Minnie
S. Ilause, 109 Upper Mulberry St., Danville, Pa. (c) Mrs. Jennie L. ijcck-
-er, New Columbia, Pa. (d) Mrs. Nettie TIartman, I'ottsgrove, Pa. (e)
Miss Catharine Boyer, Pottsgrove, Pa.
E (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of lienry Boyer and Alary Rob-
"bins. Married B)eniamin C. Lindner. Only child: Harry J. Lindner.
Address (1914) Pottsgrove, Pa.
E (1) Benjamin Boyer, son of Christopher Boyer and his wife,
Mary Haines.
E (2) Joseph Boyer, son of Christopher Boyer and Alary ILiines.
E (3) Luther Boyer, son of Christcjidier Bo3-er and Alary Haines.
E ,(4) Caroline Bo)er, daughter of Christopher Pjoyer and Alary
Haines, married Jesse Alessersmith. Address (1912) West Afilton, Pa.
' E (i) Catharine AIcKnight, daughter of Susan Boyer and Colonel
William AR-Kniglit, was born Feb. 14, i8i8,and died Dec. 24, 1887.
She is buried in Follnier's Cemetery, near Northumberland, Pa. Alar-
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ried Thomas Ritter. Children: One son WilHam McKnight Ritter,
PottsgTove, I'a., is a fine genealogist, and helped the historian very much.
E (2) Elizabeth McKnight, daughter of Susan Boyer and Col. Wil-
Ham AIcKnight, was born Feb. 20, 1820, died Dec. 29, 1833, buried in
Chillisquaque Cemetery, near Pottsgrove, Pa.
E (3) Priscilla McKnight, daughter of Susan Boyer and Col. Mc-
Knight, born Aug. 24, 1822, died Nov. 24, 1853, buried at McEvvcnsville,
Pa. She was married to Isaac Dunkel.
E (4) Annie M. McKnight, daughter of Susan Boyer and Col. Mc-
Knight, was born Feb. 28, 1829. INIarried Charles Artman. Address
(1912) Pottsgrove, Pa. lie died Sept. 28, 1909.
E ( I ) Catharine Beaver, daughter of Phoebe Boyer and Thomas
Beaver. Married John Crawford. Address (1912) Milton, Pa.
E (2) Maria Beaver, daughter of Phoebe Boyer and Thomas
Beaver. Married John Roan. Children: (a) Henry Boyer Roan. Ad-
dress (1912) ]\lilton, Pa. (b) T. H. G. Beaver. Address (1912) River-
side, Pa., near Milton, Pa.
E (i) Christine Bo)'er, daughter of Christopher Boyer and his wife,
married John Yerg. She died March 14, 1900, and is buried at Turbot-
ville. Pa.
E (2) Mary Boyer, daughter of Christopher Boyer and his wife,
married Silas Aldridge. She is buried at Turbotville, Pa.
E (3) Jane Boyer, daughter of Christopher Boyer and his wife,
married John Kitchen. She is ])uried at Turbotville, Pa.
E (4) Margaret Boyer, daughter of Christopher l^oyer and his wife,,
n-.arried William Fry.
E (5) Ellen Boyer, daughter of Christopher Boyer and his wife,
married R. C. Auten.
E (i) Benjamin B. Bo3-er, son of Isaac Boyer and Susan Shaffer,
was born Feb. 19, 1848. Blacksmith. Reformed. Address (190S)
Turbotville, Pa. Married Susan C. Eckrode, born July 8, 1847. ^^"2
died March 9, 1905. Children: (a) Jennie M. Boyer, born Nov. 10, 1871.
Married Harry Shirey. .Address (190S) MifBinburg, Pa. Child: Susan
M. (b) Emma Blanche Boyer, born May 2, 1872. Address (1908)
Turbotville, Pa. (c) Bruce S. Boyer. Address (1908) Williard, Seneca
Co., N. Y. Born March 28, 1876. Married Mary Rogan. Child: Girl.
(d) John Fl. Boyer. Address (1908) Jackson, Michigan. Born March
16, 1878. Married Alarie Lincoln, (e) Ellwood D. Boyer. Address
(1908) Altoona, Pa. Married Catharine Mengel. (f) Lila Boyer. Ad-
dress (1908) Turbotville, Pa. Born Sept. 17, 1883, W H. Lester Boyer.
Address (1908) Jackson, Michigan. Born Dec. 29, 1889.
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E (2) John, William, Mar}', Annie, Emma, and Mel vine Boyer,
were children of Isaac lioycr and Susannah Shaffer.
E (1) George V. l!oyer, son of Levi Boyer and Ruth Dcane, was
born Oct. 25, 1S55, near Hughesville, Pa. Address (1914) Hughes-
ville, Pa. Furniture worker. Evangelical Church. Married Elizabeth
O. Plopper. Children: (a) Emery Boyer. Address (1914) Hughes-
ville, Pa. Married Mabel McCarty. Children: Kenneth, (b) Sydney
•]\I., Boyer. Address (1914) Montoursville, Pa. Carver. Alarried Lula
Worthington. Children: Maurice, (c) Ada E. Boyer. Married Harry
B. Warburton. Address (1914) Hughesville, Pa. Children, (d) Oscar
E. Boyer. Address (1914) Plughesville, Pa. (e) Martha E. Boyer. Ad-
dress (1914) Hughesville, I'a. ' (f) Irvin H. Boyer. Address (1914)
Hughesville, Pa. (g) William F. Boyer. Address (1914) Plughes-
ville, Pa.
E (2) Asher Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and Ruth Doane. Address
(1914) Travers, Michigan.
E (3) Henry Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and Ruth Doane. Address
(1914) Owensboro, Kentucky. Married Miss Dewey. Children: (i)
Clair Bo3'er. A.ddress (1914) Owensboro, Kentucky. (2) ]\Iaude Boyer.
Address (1914) Owensboro, Kentucky.
E (4) May Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Ruth Doane, mar-
ried Jackson. Address (1914) Jonesville, Mich. One daughter, Mar-
geric.
E(5) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Ruth Doane.
INLirried Mover. Address (kjm) Muncy, Pa. One daughter, ALiry
(Kunz). Address (1914) Muncy, Pa.
E (6) Benjamin Barto Boyer, son of Levi lioyer and second wife
Nancy Keefer, luarried Annie. Children: (a) Clarence Boyer. Ad-
dress (1914) Danville, Pa., R. F. D. i. (b) James Boyer. Address
( 1914) Catawissa, Pa. R. F. D. (c) Laura Boyer. Address (1914)
TurboLville, Pa. R. F. D. 3.
E (7) William Fines P)0\'er, son of Levi Boyer and Nancy Keefer,
was born July 23, 1879. Farmer. Address (1914) Turbotville, Pa.,
R. F. D. No. 2. Married Jennie Mary Robbins.
E (S) Angelina T5oyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Nancy Keefer.
Married Joseph Ulrich. Address (1914) Watsontown, Pa. Children:
Ral;)h m', William C, Mabel M.
E (9) Thomas Russell Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and Nancy Keefer,
was born Oct. 15, 1884. Farmer. Address (1914) Turbotville, Pa.,
R. F. D. 3. Married Mary Youst.
E (i) William R. Richardson, son of Elizabeth Boyer and
Richardson. Address (1908) Danville, Pa.
E (i) Moses Boyer, son of Abraham Boyer and Kate Strunk, was
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born Jan. 4, 1832, and died Jan. 6, 1903. Cigar-maker. Lived near Dr.
Wenrich's Sanitorium, VVerncrsville, Pa. Soldier in Civil War three
months. Married Eliza Weinhold. Children: (a) Jerome Boyer. Ad-
dress (1910) ^Johnton. Pa. Born July 24, 1849. Married Elizabeth Fox.
Children: ( i ) Annie Boyer. Married Wolfe. Address ( 1909) Ephrata,
Pa. (2) Charles, Archie, Frank, G. EHwood, Harvey, (b) Violet jNlartha
Boyer. Born Sept. 19, 1854. Married Henry Reed, and after his death,
Alex. Losch. The Reed children : Lemon R., Llarry, i\Tabel. The Losch
children: Laura, Naomi, Loretta. (c) Lemon Bobert Boyer. Born Jan.
26, 1857. Farmer. Address (1910) New Plolland, Pa. Married Ellen
IMessner. Children: (i) Harry, (2) Jennie, (3) Plarriet, (4) Lemon R.
(d) W. Abraham Boyer. Address (1912) Wernersville, Pa. Born Nov.
22,1859. Hotel keeper. IMarried x^manda Stiei'f. Children: (i) Kate,
(2) Plenry. Address (1912) Wernersville, Pa. Operator at Womels-
dorf. Children: Arthur, Catharine. (3") Jerome. Address (1912) Wer-
nersville, Pa. jNlarried Lillie Kareis. Children : Ellen ^lay.
E (2) Elizabeth Boyer, (.laughter of Abraham P>oyer and Kate
Strunk. ^ Married Samuel Wike. Children: (a) Joseph Wike. Ad-
dress (1912) Reinholds Station, Pa. Married Magi^ie Hoover. Chil-
dren : Minnie, Annie.
E (3) Annie Boyer, daughter of Abraham Boyer and Kate Strunk.
Married John Fisher. Children (a) Jerome Fisher. Address (1909)
Adamstovvn, Pa. (b) Richard Fisher. Address (1909) Adamstown, Pa.
E (4) Matilda Boyer, daughter of Abraham Boyer and Kate Stnmk.
Married Retiben Ebright. Children: (a) Wellington. Address (1909).
(b) Jerome. Address (1909) Lebanon, Pa.
E (i) Mary Ann Boyer, daug^hter of J. Joseph Boyer and Cath-
arine Seitzinger, was born June 28, 1857. Reformed. Married Monroe
Leiss, born Aug. 9, 1849. Address (1912) 257 Water St., AUentown, Pa.
Children: (a) Irwin Leiss. (b) Jerome ]\L Leiss. (c) Valeria R.
Leiss.
E (2) Elias Boyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Catharine Seitzinger,
was born May 18, 1835, died Sept. 13, 1895, and is buried in Rock Creek
Twp., Wells Co., Lidiana. The family lived at one time at Barber's
Mills, Wells Co., Ind., to which place they went from Heidelberg Twp.,
Berks Co., Pa., about 1863. He married. Children: George Washing-
ton, Franklin, FTenry, Israel, Mary Anne, Sarah, Jonathan, Adam.
E (3) Franklin Boyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Catharine Seitz-
inger, was born in Berks Co., Pa. Lives at Soldiers' Home, Marion,
Indiana. No children.
E (4) Emmanuel Boyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Catharine Seitz-
inger, lived in Marion Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Moved to Liberty Twp.,
AMERICAN BOYERJd ig^
Wells Co., Indiana. Married. Children: John, Elijah, Wesley, Leroy,
Lena.
E (5) Damns Boyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Catharine Seitz-
inger, was born in Marion Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Moved to Indiana.
Married Almeda Wilbnrn. Address (1912) 222 N. Baldwin St., Blutf-
ton, Ind. Children: (a) Morris Boyer. Address (1912) Markle, Ind.,
R. F. D. 2. (b) Minnie lioyer. (e) Rosetta Boyer. Married John Fos-
ter. Address (1912) Columbia City, Indiana, R. F. D. 8.
E (6) Ellen Boyer, daughter of J. Joseph Bjoyer and Catharine
Seitzinger, is buried at North Heidelberg Church, near Bernvillc, Pa.
Married John Bickel. Children: (a) Walter. Address (1912J Wom-
elsdorf, Pa. (b) Arthur. Address (1912) Bluffton, Ind., R. F. D. 8.
(cj Kate. Married Scherer. Address (1912) Eeinbachs, Pa. (d) Ella.
Address (1912) Liberty Centre, Ind. (e) Elizabeth, married Midilleton.
Address (1912) 5544 Cambridge St., I'hila., Pa. Left one son and three
•daughters.
E (7) Louise Ann Boyer, daughter of J. Joseph Boyer and Catharine
Seitzinger. Address (1912) Box 53, Liberty Centre, Ind., R. F. D. i.
^ E (i) Reuben K. Boyer, son of Philip Boyer and Ilaimah' Kinsey,
was born July 19, 1836, at Ilinkletown, Pa., died Feb. 12, 1864, and is
buried at the M. E. Cemetery, Bi.rd-in-IIand, Pa. M'ethodist. Teacher.
:\larried Sarah Ellen McKeever. Cliild: Anna Maria Buyer. Address
(1911) New Holland, Pa. Fine correspondent.
E (2) John Boyer, son of Philip I-loyer and Hannah Kinsey, was
born July 17. 1844, and died Jan. 17, 1907, at Princeton Depot, Mass.
Methodist. Teacher. No children.
E (3) Rev. Simon K. B.oyer, son of Philip Boyer and Hannah Kin-
sey, was born Dec. 30, 1839. Teacher. Then he became an Episcopal
minister. Address (1913) 89 East Duval St., Germantown, Phila., Pa.
Married. Children: (a) Charles C. Boyer. Address (1912) 105 North
53rd St., Phila., Pa. (b) Warren H. Boyer. Address (1912) 541 Mas-
ter St., Phila., Pa. (c) Mrs. Wilham O. Soper. Address (1912) 1458
North Talman Ave., Chicago, 111.
E ( I ) William Boyer, son of Thomas Boyer and Elizabeth McGowan,
was born June 4, 181 5, died March 7, 1892, and is buried at St. Paul's
Church, Geigertown, Pa. M^^thodist. ; Farmer. Married Susannah
Beard, born Aug. 13, 1819. She died June 23, 1900, and is buried at St.
Paul's. Children : Levi, Amos, John C, Henry, Ida E., Susaimah, Mary
Ann, and Sarah E.
E (2) John Boyer, son of Thomas Boyer and Elizabeth McGowan,
was born Ai)ril 16, 1819; died Nov. 14, 1868 and is buried at Manada,
Pa. Methodist. Farmer. Soldier in Civil War. Married Lydia Swoyer,
"born June 11, 1823. She died July 15, 1907. Children: Adam Wesley,
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Thomas, John ]\I., Isaac, Ehnira, Alice Irene, Mary Ann, and Lyclia
Gertrntle.
E (3) Thomas Boyer, son of Thonias Dover and Elizabeth Mc(iimv;ui,
was born 1820, died 18S2, aged 62 years. Methodist. Farmer. Suldier
in Civil War. Married Mary Mumma, born 1820. She died 1884, and
is buried with husband at Manada, Pa. Children : Melinda, Isaiah, Amos.
John, Kate, Caroline, Mary, Hannah, and Elias.
E (4) Isaac Boyer, son of Thomas Boyer and Elizabeth McGowan,
was born Feb. 14, 1826, near White Bear, Pa., and is buried on Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. Laborer. Methodist. Married Mary
Dickinson. Children: Thomas A., William PL, Harrison D., Annie,
Alice, and Mima.
E (5) Mary Ann Bov-er, daughter of Thomas Boyer and Elizabeth
McGowan. Married Hughes. Children; Thomas. Aildress (1910)
Pinegrove, Pa.
E (6) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Thomas Boyer and Elizabeth
McGowan. Married Rudolph— afterward Fox. Children: Bertie, Ru-
dolph.
E (7) Susannah Boyer, daughter of Thomas Boyer and Elizabeth
McGowan. Married Kissinger. Living at Carsonia, near Reading, Pa.
E (i) John Boyer, son of John Boyer and Margaret Ridges, is buried
at Morgantown, Pa.
E (2) George Boyer, son of John Boyer and Margaret Ridges, is
buried at Morgantown, Pa.
E (3) Thomas Boyer, son of John Boyer and Margaret Ridges, is
buried at St. Mary's, Pa. Saddler. Married Mary Dampman. Chil-
(.Iren : Louis, Annie, Jennie, lUizabeth.
E (4) William R. Boyer, son of John Bo)'er and Margaret Ridges,
died jy years of age, and is buried at St. Marks, Chester Co., Pa. Wheel-
wright. Soldier in Civil War. Married Rebecca Grow. Lived 88 j'cars.
Children: George M., John W., Esther, Charles E., and Ella.
E (5) Esther Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Margaret Ridges,
is buried at Ploneybrook, Pa. Married Daniel Lee. No descendants.
E (6) Catharine i)Oyer, daughter of John Boyer and Alargaret
Ridges, is buried at St. Marks, Chester Co., Pa. Married James Laird.
Children : James, Emma, George.
E (7) Margaret Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Margaret
Ridges, is buried at St. Marks, Chester Co., Pa. Married Ephraim
Staufifer. Children : Valeria, Laura, Elmer.
E (8) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and ALirgaret
Ridges, was born March 22, 1833, died June 18, 1903, and is buried at St.
Marks, Chester Co., Pa. Married John C. Parker, born Oct. 4, 1832.
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Kailroad Section-boss for 30 years. He died June 7, 1900. Children:
Emma A., IMargaret, Edward, Frank, Howard, Mary, and Jennie.
E (9) Alary Beyer, daughter of John Boyer and Margaret Ridges,
was born Aug. 20, 1840. Married A. E. Murdock. Married Mr. Leeds.
Address (1913) Mrs. Mary Leeds, 2917 Gordon St., Phila., Pa. Fine
genealogist. Children: George W. Murdock, Jcanetta ]\Iurdock.
E (i) Mordecai Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Elizabeth Adair, was
born June 15, 1S26. Address ( 1910) Marsh, Chester Co., Pa. Baptist.
Stonemason. Enlisted iSui at Philadelphia from Chester Co., Pa., Com-
pany D, Regiment 175, Infantry, Ca]:)t. Joseph Thomas. Aloved through
Maryland, Delaware, North and South Carolina, and X^irginia. Honor-
ably discharged 1865. Married Amelia Ann Whittaker, born Sept. 26,
1836. Children: Emma, Anna Maria, Horace L., Sarah F., George Y.,
Ella Berta.
E (2) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of Isaac Boyer and Elizabeth Adair,
married John Keims, and moved to Nauyo, 111. Children: Lizzie, George,
Jonas, and perhaps others.
E (3) John Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Elizabeth Adair, lived
at Warwick Furnace, but moved to Birdsboro, Pa., where he is buried.
]\Iarried .Anna Wertz. Children : Rebecca, Owen, David, Mary, Eli,
Collins, William.
E (4) Eli Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Elizabeth Adair, was born
before 1826, as reported by his brother, Mordecai. He lived in East
Nantmeal Twp., Chester Co., Pa. Farmer. Soldier. Worked in the
A'Varwick furnace, liuried at St. Mary's, Chester Co., Pa. Married Miss
Keims. Children : Mary Jane, Howard, Elizabeth, Elmira, Frank.
E (5) Isaac Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Elizabeth .Adair, was
born about 1822, and is buried at the Quaker ^Meeting House, White Bear,
Pa., where he lived. Carijenter. Married Rebecca James. Children:
Samuel K., Josephine, 1 faunah, William S., and Brook.
V (i) Levi Boyer, son of William Boyer and Susannah ileard.
Soldier in Civil War. ^^Jarried Sarah Conner. Children: (a) Harry
Boyer. Adilress (1910) 610 North 55th St., Phila., Pa. (b) Bertie
Boyer.
F (2) Amos Boyer, son of William Boyer and Susannah Beard.
Address (T910) White Ikar, Pa. Methodist. Farmer. Soldier in Civil
War. Married Harriet Beard. Children: (a) Martha Jane Boyer. Ad-
dress (1910) White Biear, Pa. (b) William Boyer. Address (1910)
Reading, Pa. (c) George Boyer. Address (T910) Reading, Pa. (d)
Howard Boyer. Address (1910) Reading, Pa. (c) Susannah Boyer.
Address (loio) Harrisburg, Pa.
F (3) John C. Boyer, son of William B(j)'er and Susannah Beard.
Address (1910) 909 West 9th St., Wilmington, Del. District Supt. of
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Reading Railroad. Married Mary Creighton. Children: (a) Annie
Boyer. Home address, (b) Walter l>oyer. Address (1910) 9139 W.
■ 9th St., Wilmington, Del.
F (4) Henry Boyer, son of William Boyer and Susannah Beard.
Railroader. Married Amelia Zink. Children: (a) Mary Boyer. Ad-
dress (1910) Mrs. Walter Wolf, Scarlets Mills, Pa.
F (5) E. Ida Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Susannah
Beard, was born Sept. 30, 1857. Married Jacob W. Peterman. Address
(1910) Royersford, Pa. Children^ William C, George S., J. Morris, and
Mary B.
F (6) Susannah P>oyer, daughter of William Boyer and Susannah
Beard. Address (1910) White Bear, Pa. Single.
F (7) Mary Ann Boyer, daughter 'of William Boyer and Susannah
Beard.
F (8) Sarah E. Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Susannali
Beard, married Fox.
F ( I ) Adam Wesley Boyer, son of John Boyer and Lydia Swoyer,
was born Feb. 18, 1849. Lutheran. Carpenter. Address (1910) West-
Hanover, Pa. Married Rebecca Killinger, born Sept. 26, 1840. Only
child: Mrs. R. K. i^hellhamer, born Sept. 2, 1880. Address (1910)
West Planover, Pa. Graduate of Shippensburg State Normal SchooL
Teacher.
F (2) Thomas Boyer, son of John Boyer and Lydia Swoyer. Ad-
dress (1910) 40S Ninth Avenue, Sterling, 111. Married. Children: (a)
John D. Boyer. Address (j,9io) Ventura, Cal.
F (3) John M. Boyer, son of John l^oyer and Lydia Swoyer, was
born Feb. 10, 1847. Address (1910) Williamstown, Pa. Al'arried.
Children: (a) Williani lioyer. (b) Wesley Boyer. (c) Amos Boyer.
(d) PTarry PL Boyer.
F (4) Isaac Boyer, son of John Boyer and Lydia Swoyer, was born
July 26, 1850. Address (1910) Peubrook, ' Pa. Children: (a) Henry
Boyer. Address (1910) Penbrook, Pa. (b) Edwin Boyer. Address
(1910) Lucknow, Pa. (c) Maggie Boyer. Married Plerman. Address
(1910) Penbrook, Pa. (d) Mary Boyer. Married Miller. Address
(1910) Penbrook, Pa. (e) Anna Boyer. Married Devans. Address
(1910) Grantville, Pa., R. F. D. i. (f) Minnie Boyer. At home.
F (5) Elmira Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Lydia Swoyer,
was born Oct. 12, 1855. Married Daniel Jones (now deceased). Chil-
dren (6).
F (6) Alice Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Lydia Swoyer, was
born April 2, 1866. Married Fred. Keeney. Address (1910) 329 Shoe!
St., Steelton, Pa. Children (10).
F (7) Mary Ann Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Lydia Swoyer,.
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was born Aug. 21, 1845. Methodist. iMarricd Michael Griftith. No de-
scendants.
F (8) Lydia Gertrude Boyer, dauLihter of John Boycr and Lydia
Swoyer, was born Feb. 19, 1863. Methodist. Married Edwin M. Shcrk.
Address ( iwio) 614 W. Sanchisky St.. FincUay, Ohio. Chdldren : (a)
Dr. Amos Sherk, born Jan. 5, 18S1. Ackh'ess (lyio) Young'stown, Ohio.
Married Ehzabcth Kchey. (b) Ckark Seltzer Shcrk. Address (19-10)
home address. (c)MaI)el Sherk. .(d) Ethel May Sherk.
F (i) Melinda lioyer, son of Thomas Boyer and J»Iary Arnmmri,
was born July 14, 1S45. Methodist. Married Richard Leeds. Address
(1910) Mrs. Mary Leeds, 476 S. Cameron St., Harrisburg", Pa. Chil-
dren: (aj Thomas Leeds. Address (1910) 1244 Swatara St., Harris-
burg-, Pa. Born July 28, 1870. Married. T\vo children: Thomas and
Sarah, (b) George Leeds. Address (19TO) 476 S. Cameron St., ILir-
lisburg. Pa. Born Dec. 31, 1871. (c) Daniel Leeds. Same address.
Born Nov. 19, 1873. (d) Richard Leeds. Address (1910) 207 N. 15th
St., Harrisburg, Pa. B(jrn Dec. 17, 1875. Children: George, Esther,
Dorotli}'. (e) Emma Leeds. iMarried Reese W. Puce. .Address (1910)
476 S. Cameron St., Harrisburg, Pa. liorn Feb. 11, iSSo. Children:
P'lorence, Richard, Charles. (f| (daughter) Leeds. ?\larried Clarence
Seibert. Address (1910) 530 S. Cameron St., Harrisburg, Pa. Chil-
dren : George, Clarence, Ethel.
F (2) Isaiah Boyer, .-^on of Thomas Boyer anil Mary Mumma, was
Ixjrn April 22, 1849. Address (1913) 1510 Drummond St., Harrisburg-,
Pa. I'. P. Church. Teamster. Married Enuna Carst. Children: (a)
Charles iCdwiu L>o)er. Address (1913) 213 Hummel St., 1 larrisbrn-g, Pa.
I'orn Jan. 1878. U. B. Church. Tallyman. Married Grace Kennert.
(]i) W'ilHam Isaiah Boyer. .Address (1913) 1512 Drummond St., Har-
rislnirg-. Pa. Teamster. Married Elizabeth Krick. Children: Irene,
Helen, Clara, (c) Mary Alice P.oyer. Married Peter Roland. Address
(1913) 14th and Maylknver Ave., Llarrisburg'-, Pa. Children: Grace,
■]>ruce, Charles, Mary, (d) Emma Boyer. Single in 1913. (e) John
Henry Boyer. Address (1913) 1510 Drummond St., Harrisburg-, Pa.
Born June 1888. Timekeeper and paymaster. Single.
F (3) Amos Boyer, son of Thomas Boyer and Mary Mumma, was
born i860. Atldress (1913) Col-Luulnis, Ohio. Contract carijcnter. Well
to do. Married. Children: (a) Amos Boyer, (b) Stella P.oyer, and (c)
Harry Boyer.
F (4) John Boyer, son of Thonias Boyer and Mary Mumma, was
born I\Lay 1852. Address (1913) Burlington, Iowa. Contract carpenter.
Single, as far as reported by his brother Isaiah.
F (5) Kate Boyer, daughter of Thomas Boyer and Mary ]\lumma.
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was born April 1846. Married Samuel Laudis. Address (1910) Topeka,
Kansas. Children : Six.
F (6) Caroline Boycr, daughter of Thomas Boyer and Alary jMum-
ma, v/as born Dec. 1852. Married Harry Dietz. Address (1910) jNIan-
ada Furnace, West Hanover, I'a.
F (7) Mary Ann Boyer, daughter, of Thomas Boyer and Mary
Mumma, v.as born Oct. 7, 1853. Married Mr. Theal. Address (1910)
132 Strawberry Ave., Harrisburg, Pa. Children.
F (8) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Thomaij Boyer and Mary Alum-
ma, married Frederick Kleckncr. Children : Three.
F (9) Hhas Boycr, son of Thomas Boyer and Mary Mumma.
Lived at nth and Walnut Sts., Harrisburg, Pa. J?roprietor of hotel.
Married Mary Griffith. Both dead. Children: (a) Brooks E. Buyer.
Address (1913) 306 S. 2nd St., Harrisburg, Pa. Machinist. Alarried.
Children: ( i ) Harry Boyer. Address ( 1913) Enola, Pa. Clerk. Aiar-
ried Miss Black. Children: Harry, Jennie. (2) Jennie Bo}er. (b;
I, aura Boycr. Single. Address (1913) River .Mlcy, Harrisburg;, Pa.
Clerk, (c) Bertlia Boyer. Alarried Myers. Address the same. Ciril-
dren: Three, (d) William Boycr. Single. Huckster. Address ( 1913, )
1821 N. 12th St., Harrisburg, Pa. {c) Scott Boyer. Died single at the
age of 23.
F (i) Thomas A. Boyer, son of Lsaac Boyer and his wife Mary.
Dickinson. Alerchant. Address (1915) 915 Buttonwood St., Reading-,
Pa. Methodist. Married. No children.
F (2) William PL Jjoyer, son of Isaac lioyer and his wife, was born
Feb. 10, 1856, at Reading, I'a. Address (1915) 201 N. 3rd St., Reading,
Pa. Carpenter. Married. Ch.ildrcn: (i) Rev. Harrison D. Boyer, B.
D., born June 16, 1878, at Reading, Pa. Graduate of Iowa Chrisii:ui
College. Address (1915)1216 E. St., N. E., Washington, D. C. Alin-
ister. Married Lillian W. Clark. No children 1915. (2) Lla, born April
I. 1880; wife of Morris L. Dries, of 1136 N. 12th St., Readimj, Pa. (3)
AYilliam H; Boyer, born July 14, 1S85. Address (1915) 1009 Locust
St., Reading, Pa. ALarried Bertha Kline. (4) George W. Boyer, b(jrn
Feb. 13, 1887. Single. Address (1915) Elyria, Ohio. (5) Walter Boyer,
born Feb. 23, 1889. Address (1915J 936 Douglass St., Reading, Pa.
Alarried Lla Fleishut. (6) Carrie. (7) Lillian W. Address (191 5)
1152 Alulberry St., Reading, Pa.
F (3) Llarrisou D. Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and his wife Mary
Dickinson. Y\ddress (1910) 226 North Camac St., Phila., Pa. ALuui-
facturer. Alarried Hulda Rambo of Reading, Pa. No children.
F (4) Annie Boyer, daughter of Isaac Boyer and wife Alary Dick-
inson, married Jacob Carl. No children. Address (1915) 514 S. 4th St.,
Reading-, Pa.
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F (5) Alice Boyer, dan<,^hter of Isaac Royer and wife ^lary Dick-
inson, married James Ricgxl. Address (1915) 634 Penn St., Reading-,
Pa. No children.
F (6) Mima Boyer, dauLditer of Isaac Boyer ami v/ife Mary Dick-
inson, married Joseph Lcvan. Address ([915) Hill Crest, Pa. Chil-
dren: Steward., William, Florence, "Mary, Rns:jel, Harrison, Peola, and
Hazel.
F (i) Louis Boyer, son of Thomas l^oyer and ]\Iaria Dampman.
Address (1910) 213 Queen St., Pottstovvn, Pa.
V (2) Annie Boyer, daughter of Thomas Boyer and Maria Damp-
man, married Greisemer. Ad.tlress (1910) 213 Queen St., Pottstown, Pa.
F (3) Jennie Boyer, daughter of Thomas Boyer and Maria Damy)-
man. Married Hitter. Address (1910) Queen St., Pottstown, Pa.
F (4) Elizabeth Bover, daughter of Thomas Boyer and I\Iaria
Dampman, married Shealer. Address (1010) Queen St., Pottstown, Pa.
F (i) George M. Boyer, son of William R. P.oyer and Rebecca
Grow, was ])orn 1862. Blacksmith. Mail carrier. Address (1910)
Cupola, Pa. Married Mary AlcXelly. Children: Six.
F (2) John \y. no}er, son of William R. pLiyer and Rebecca Grow.
Address (1910) North Platte, or Cody, Neljraska.
F (3) Esther Boyer, daughter of William R. Boyer and Rebecca
Dampman, second wife. Married Ikenton. Address (1910) Cupola, Pa.
F (4) Charles E. Boyer, son of William R. Boyer and Rebecca
Dami)man. Address (1910) ])erw)n, I^a.
F (5) Ella Boyer, daughter of William R. Boyer and Rebecca
Dampman. Married Wilson. Address (1910) Chester Heights, Pa.
F (1) James Laird, son of Catharine Boyer and James Laird. Ad-
dress (1910) Lionville, Pa.
F (2) Emma Laird, daughter of Catharine Boyer and James Laird.
Married James. Address (1910) Marsh, Chester Co., Pa.
F ( 1 ) \^aleria StauiTer, daughter of Marg-aret Boyer and Ephraim
Stauffer. Married Seiders. :\ddress (1910) 208 Spruce St., Read-
ing, Pa.
F (2) Laura Stauffer, daughter of INTarg-aret Boyer and E'phraim
Stauffer. Married Seymour. Address (1910) Phila., Pa.
F (3) Elmer Stauffer, son of Marg-aret Boyer and Ephraim Stauffer.
F (i) Emma A. Parker, daugb.ter of Elizabeth Boyer and John C.
Parker, was born March 27, 1860. Presbyterian. ^Larried LIriah R.
Ihiangst, born Feb. 2, 1858. He died Jdarch 4, 1900. Children: (a)
John P. Unangsl, married Hcttie Flmiter. Children: Emma, Anna, (b;
Oscar W. Unangst. Address (1910) 89 Aqueduct St., Akron, O. (c)
Edgar B. Unangst. (d) Clarence \J. Unangst. Address (1910) 1827
Tree St., Phila., Pa. ^Tarried Alice Cully. Children: Dorothy, (e)
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Jennie E. Unang'st. Trained nurse. Married Frank Hayles. Address
f Kjio) 209 Forty-fourth St., Merchantville, N. J. (f) Omar D. Unan.ost.
Address (1910) 362 Railroad St., Coatesville, Pa., married Esther Bishop.
Children: Myrtle E. (g) Ella May Unangst. West Chester Normal
student, (h) Howard C. Unangst. Address (1910) East Downingtown,
Pa. (j) Helen B. Unangst. Student Stoner's Business Colleg'e, Reading-,
Pa. (j) Emma A. Unangst, (k) Martha A. Unangst, (1) Raymond P.
Unang-st. The mother of the above children nictrried Davis C. Ranck
after her first husband's death. Address (iQio) Elverson, Pa.
F (2) ]\Iargaret Parker, daughter of Elizabeth Boyer and John C.
Parker, married Shingle.
F (i) George \Y. Murdock, son of ]\Iary Boyer and A. E. Murdock,
was born March 20, 1861. Address (1912) 2917 Gordon St., Phila., Pa.
Married. Children : Five.
F (2) Jenetta Alurdock, daughter of Mary Boyer and A. E. Mur-
dock, was born Dec. 17, 1863. Married. Children: Ten.
F (i) Harry Boyer, son of Eevi Boyer and his wife. Address
(1910) 6io N. 55th St., Phila., Pa.
F (i) Samuel K. Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Rebecca Jamcs^
was born about 1855, died about 1888, and is buried either on Edgewood,
or Fern Cemetery, Phila., Pa. Married Laura Ijailey. Address (1910)
Mrs. Wood, 833 Hutton St., Phila., Pa. Children: (a) William S-
Ijoyer. Address (1910) Harrison Bldg., Phila., Pa. (b) Louis Boyer.
Address (1910) 833 Plutton St., Phila., Pa.
F (2) Josephine Boyer, daughter of Isaac Ijoyer and Rebecca
James, born about 1850. Married Levi Rice. Address (1910) Glenmore,
Pa. Children: (a) Florence. Married Hugh Stev/art, of I'aoli, Pa.
(b) Mary. Married James Nye. Address (1910) Downingtown, Pa.
f~(3) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Isaac Boyer and Rebecca James,
born about 1852, married John Emery. Address (1910) Mana)unk, Pa.
Husband dead. Children : Mary, Walter, others.
F (4) William S. Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Rebecca James,
was born May 15, 1862. Address (1910) 1126 N. 6th St., Reading, Pa.
Methodist. Carpenter. Marrietl Florence Ilimes. No children.
F (5) Brook Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Rebecca James, was
born about 1860. Address (1910) Marsh, Pa. Farmer. Single.
F (i) Mary Jane Boyer, daughter of Eli Boyer and his wife Keims?
Married Thomas Collins. Address (1910) Pughtown, Pa. Children:
John, Charles, and perhaps others.
F (2) Howard Boyer, son of Eli Boyer and his wife. Address
(1910) St. Peter.s, Pa. Married Wilhelmina Fry. Children: (a) Emma.
^Married, (b) Howard Boyer, (c) Charles Boyer. Address (1910)
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Spring- City, Pa. (d) Clarence Boyer, (e) Corbin Boyer, (f) Walter
Boyer. Address (1910) Coatesville, Pa. (g) Ora Boyer.
F (3) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Eli Boyer and his wife Keims.
Married Isaac White. Address (1910) Coatesville, Pa. Children.
F (4) Ehnira Boyer, daughter of Eli Boyer and his wife. ISIarried
Harvey McCurdy. Address (1910) 726 East Chestnut St., Coatesville,
Pa. Children ; Harry, Emma.
F (5) Frank Boyer, son of Eli Boyer ami wife Keims, of Marsh, f*a.
F (i) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Anna Werts.
F (2) Owen Bover, son of John Boxer and Anna Werts. Lived
in Birdsboro, I'a. Soldier in Rcgidar Army. Married a Maryland girl.
Children: (a) Annie. Others.
F (3) David Boyer, son of John Boyer and Anna Werts. Lived
in Pottstown, Pa., but is buried at Birdsboro, Pa. Married Miss Phil-
man. Child: Elizabeth Boyer. Adtlress (1910) Pottstown, Pa.
F (4) Mary (Sarah) Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Anna
Werts, married Amos Harner (dead). Her address (1910) Birdsboro,.
Pa. Children : Mrs. Rush, John, Harry, Roy.
F (5) Eli Bo)'er, son of John Boyer and Anna Werts, went to
Mexico single. Perhaps Mrs. Harner can give data.
F (6) Collins Boyer, son of John Boyer and Anna Werts. Lived
in Philadelphia, Pa. Ask Mrs. Harner.
F (7) William Boyer, son of John Boyer and Anna Werts. Ad-
dress (1910) Morgantown, Pa. Married Mrs. Plamilton. She died,
leaving a daughter, Esther; Afterwards he married lunma Seifert. Her
daughter is Ruth.
F (i) Emma Ijoyer, daughter of Mordecai Boyer and Amelia Ann
Whitaker, was born April 5, 1855. Married Charles Fisher. Addresj^
(1910) St. Peter's, Pa. Children: Anna.
F (2) Anna ]\Iaria Boyer, daughter of IMordecai Boyer and Amelia
A. Whitaker, was born Nov. 16, i86r. Marrietl Jolm Graliam. Ad-
dress (1910) Pottstown, Pa. Children: Maude, George, Earl.
F (3) Horace L. Boyer, son of Mordecai Boyer and Amelia A.
Whitaker, was born Nov. 8, 1864. Farmer. Address (1910) Potts-
town, Pa., R. F. D. Married. Children: Erma, Belle, Jesse.
F (4) Sarah F. Boyer, daughter of Mordecai Boyer and Amelia-
A Whitaker, was born Oct. 27, 1867. Married Haklerman. Address,
(1910) Pottstown, Pa. Children: Mildred, Pearl.
F (5) George Y. Boyer, son of Mordecai Boyer and Amelia A.
Whitaker, was born April 21, 1871. . Address (1910) Mont Claire, Mont-
gomery Co., Pa. Married Sarah Eckert. Children: Annie, Pearl.
F (6) Ella Berta Boyer, daughter of Mordecai Boyer and Amciia
A. Whitaker, v;as born Aug. 25, 1875. Married David Hardensteiu,
CHAPTER VII
GABRIEL BEYER (BEIOR).
According- to tradition recorded by. his great granddaughter, Mrs.
McMahon, who gathered ujj all available data (1860), Gabriel Beyer
Tv'as born in Tartary, Asia, where his German parents had gone for sonic
reason or other. The same tradition makes- hirn the husband of a distant
cousin of Mary Queen of Scots. Be this as it may, his first wife died,
and he found a second wife Catharine in Berks County, Pennsylvania,
as recorded by his great grandson Henry Boyer, son of Henry Bo\er of
York, Pa., and grandson of Gabriel's son John. Her name is mentioneil
on pag-e 322, Mortgage Book A A, Reading Court House. We can not
find when he came to America; but, according to a "deed" still (1913) in
th.e hands of Squire Kauffman, Eriedensburg, Ikrks Co., l^a., he owned
a larg-e farm in Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pa., as early as 1733, and, ac-
cording to page 244, Vol. 26, Fifth Series, Pennsylvania Archives, he
was still there Jan. 20, 175'^'. He was still there in 17()2, as the list of
Berks County Taxables shows, and May 11, 1763, as recorded on page
324, Mortgage Book A A, Reading, Pa. He was naturalized at Phila-
deljDhia, Pa., in 1743. Administration records at Reading, Pa., show
that he had identified himself with the Reformed Church of Oley, Berks
Co., Pa. Judging from known dates, he was probably born about 1700.
He is probably buried in Oley, but, as in the case of John Philip Beyer,
of Amityville, near Oley, his grave is lost. It is altogether likely that
the first wife left children, but the historian has no knowledge of them
"because the Oley Church Records were poorly kept and lost. Thanks
to Mrs. McMahon's records, which bring the descendants up to 1860, we
know two sons, probably both of the second wife, namely John and
Peter, but no daughters.
B (i) John Boyer, son of Gabriel Beyer and second wife Catharine,
was born about 1750, or earlier, in Oley, Pa., as we reckon from the
birth of his oldest son Gabriel. Mrs. Mary A. Kluhenspies, John Boyer's
granddaughter reports that he was built stout and straight, six feet three
inches tall, called the strongest in a thousand. She says that he was a
soldier in the French and Indian Wars, meaning probably the Revolu-
"tionary War, and that he was a favorite with the officers, frccpicntly
.lining wirh them. Perhaps he was the Sergeant mentioned on page 155,
(172)
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Vol. 5, Fifth Series, Pennsylvania Archives, 1777. What his occupation
was after the war is not dciinitcly recorded, but he was probably a farmer
Tiear Frankford, I^hiladelphia, Pa., in which locality he found his wife
Mary Sniitli. The children of this union were Elizabeth, Rebecca,
Gabriel, Sarah, Peter, Henry, Mary, David, Jacob, and John.
B (2) Peter lloyer, son of Gabriel Boyer and second wife Catharine,
was born about 1753, in Oley, Pa. He died August 18, 1797, at Bound
]-5rook. New Jersey, where he is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
He went, probably from his Oley home, to Rahway, N. J., when a young-
man, and here he married Ann Castner, of Huguenot descent. The hos-
telry which he kei)t became a famous rendezvous for American of^cers
in the Revolutionary War. Presently he also enlisted, as Mrs. McMahon
records, evidently with proper authority, and was promoted to the cap-
taincy of a company, but returned by and by broken in health, conducting
I'jis hostelry until death. His wife, who later married Captain Hillyar,
and died July 3, 1810, is buried near Peter. Both belonged to the Dutch
Reformed Church. The children of this union were James, Jacob, and
]\Iary.
C (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Mary Smith,
married William Bowman of Germantown, Pa., and became a Dunkard,
or German Baptist. The historian knows of one son, John Bowman, but
can not find the descendants. Probably Mrs. Mary Bridenback, Tarkio,
Mo., can find these in the manuscripts of Mrs. McMahon.
C (2) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of John Lloyer and Mary Smith,
married John Mower. Mrs. llrideiiliack may be able to find the tle-
scentlants up to 1860. '
C (3) Gabriel Boyer, son of John Boyer and Alary Smith, was born
Oct. 5, 1772, in Germantown, Pa., and died June 26, 1827. Like his
father, he was a jjowerful man, but the historian knows no details of his
life. He married Margaret Wilson, who was born Jan. 10, 1780, and'
died Feb. 22, 1879. The children were James S., John W., Ann, Cath-
arine, Marget, Rebecca, and Jenette.
C (4) Sarah Boyer, daughter of John Bo)'er and Mary Smith, mar-
ried Jonathan Quicksall. The children were Harvey, single; Mary Ann
(Hcyberger), Rebecca (Shephard), Elizabeth (Black), and Harry. The
latter lived in New Jersey.
C (5) John Boyer, son of John Boyer and ?^Iary Smith, married
Elizabeth Cowper.
C (6) Peter P»oycr, son of John lioyer and Mary Smith, was born
March (), 1780, in Germantown, or Phila., Pa., died in 1854, and is buried
cither on the Cedar Hill Cemetery, Phila., J^a., or on the Presbyterian
church yard, at Germantown, Pa. Li'ce all his brothers, he was tall and
strong. He was a farmer at Rowland\'ille (Olney, Pa.) The Rowland-
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vi'.le farm is now a part of Philadoli.hia. He married Ann Castner, and
after lier death, Mrs. Ann Buirkesback, nee Jones. The only child of
the first marriage was I_,ewis Boyer. The children of the second mar-
riag-e were George C, Melvina (Uong), Ann E., Emily N. (Myers), Mary
J. (Kluhenspies), and Adelaide (Israel).
C (7) Mary Bo3-er, daughter of John Boyer and Mary Smith, mar-
ried John Dewees.
C (8) Henry Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Smith, was born
1790, between Germantown and I'rankford, Pa. Cabinet maker. Mar-
ried Mary A. I'latts, burn 1804, and became an Episcopalian. Both are
buried at York, I'a., where the family lived. The children were Mary
Ann. (Wilson), Jacob Shelly, Elizabeth, and Henry.
C (9) David i'-uyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Smith, married
a girl from Delaware.
C (10) Jacob Boyer, son of John Boyer and .Mary Smith, was born
1813. at RowlandviIle( now a part of Phila., Pa., and died in Olney, Pa.,
1872. Married a Quakeress, Elizabeth Merion. The children were George
\V., Jacob, John, Adelbert, Henry, Bruner, Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, and
I.eah.
C (i) Rev. Stephen Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Anne Castner,
was born March 18, 1783, in Rahway, N. J., and died Nov. 10, 1848. Plis
father died when he was about 14 years old. Stephen was then placed in
a store owned by George Herberton, Phila., Pa. Pie returned to his
father's home, but went back to the store, and grew more contented.
He became a member of the old Arch and Third Street Presbyterian
Church, and made up liis' mind to study for the ministry. Worked him-
self through Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Pa., teaching during his
vacations. He entered this college in 1804. Great linguist. Effective
speaker. Oct. 20, 1806, 1ie married Sarali Ann Dunlap, daughter of the
Rev. Dr. James Dunlap, then President of the College. She was born in
ITnionville, Pa., August 20, 1786. A highly accomplished and beautiful
woman. After his course was completed he started with his wife and a
little daughter born Sept. 17, 1807, for Somerville, N. J. On their way
they stopped over at the home of Peter Boyer, Frankford, Phila., Pa., his
cousin, son of John Boyer. At Somerville, N. J., or near Bound Brook,
lie taught school ami pursued his theological studies. Plis first "call"
was to Easton, Pa., where, because there was no edifice, he preached in
the Court House. Pie became the Principal of an Academy there, in
connection with his ministry. Presently he received two calls, one from
Lancaster and another from Columbia, Pa. He accepted Columbia. Here
he again combined teaching with preaching. Presently he was called to
the Principalship of the York County Academy. Pie accepted this offer,
but continued to preach for his Columbia congregation quite a while.'
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These people loved him and called him "father Boyer." He moved to
York in 1S33. (Jn Aug. 31, 1835, ^^^ I'^-t his faithful spouse by death.
Later he married ai^ain. A tablet to his memory is placed in the church
be served so long. His biographers accord to him the very highest praise
as a man, as a teacher, as a minister. Alexander AlcClure was one of
liis York pnpils. The Association of American Boyers placed his picture
on the button of the ic)09 reunion. The children were Sarah Ann Dun-
laj), Rachel DcGruot, William Dunlap, Stephen Spencer, IMary Wilhel-
)uina, and Calvin.
C (2) Mary Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and Anne Castner,
married Captain Benjamin Taylor, son of Benjamin Taylor, owner of the
Weston Mills, New Brunswick, N. J. Captain Taylor was a sea captain,
and was lost at sea. Mrs. I. V. Talmage was the only living daughter
in the 60's. Her address then was Bound Brook, N. J. Cemeteries ot
the old Dutch Reformed Church, Bound Brook should furnish data.
C (3) James Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Anne Castner, married
into the Eastburn family, but the historian has no data, excejit that he
died at New Brunswick, N. J., a victim of cholera. There may have been
no descendants.
D (i) James S. Boyer, son of Gabriel Boyer and Margaret Wilson,
-was born July 24, 1804, in Bristol Twp., near Frankford, Pa., and died
Nov. 17, 1866. Both are buried in Hood Cemetery, Germantown, Pa.
He married Mary Ann Nickum, who was born Oct. 13, 1806, and died
March 30, 1866. Tiie children are Oswald M., Alexander H., Franklin
A., I\Iargaret V., and James H.
D (2) John W. Boyer, son of Gabriel Boyer and Margaret Wilson.
Married Sarah Hubbs. Children: George W., John C, Caroline, Liz-
zie, and Edward.
D (3) Ann Boyer, daughter of Gabriel Boyer and Margaret Wilson,
married Samuel Lawrence. The children are Melvina, Margaret, and
others.
D (4) Catharine Boyer, daughter of Gabriel Boyer and Margaret
Wilson, married James Thompson. The children are Lawrence Thomp-
son, whose address (1910) is Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery Co., Pa.
D(5) Margaret litjyer, daughter of Gabriel Boyer and Margaret
Wilson, married Daniel L. Pick. Both are deceased (1913) and the
b'storian has no data.
D (6) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of Gabriel Boyer and Margaret
"Wilson, married Abraham Buckins. The children are Morris Buckins,
whose address (1910) was Germantown, Pa., and others.
D (7) Jennette Boyer, daughter of Gabriel Boyer and Margaret
Wilson, married Samuel Buckins. The children were at home in Ahing-
ton, Montg. Co., Pa.
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D (i) Lewis C. IJoycr, son of Peter Boyer, the second, and Ann
■Castner, probably a cousin, was born March 10, 1823, in Rowlandville,
Pa., and died about 1849. The burial place of the family is Cedar Hill',
near Frankford, ]'a. He was a farmer and a Methodist. Alarried Sarah
P. Heath, and after her death Sarah J. Connor. The children were Emma
M., Susan P., Annie M., Edwin C, Louis H., Mary A., and Harriet H.
They have all passed away except Anna Maria, born July 9, 1851. Her
address (1910) was Mrs. Samuel B. Thomas, 4816 Hawthorne St., Phila.,
Pa. She was the third and last child of the first marriage.
D (2) George Chandler Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Anne Burk-
lebach, his second wife, was born about 1831, and died 1881. He was a
perfumer and manufacturer in Frankford, Phila., Pa. He married Cyn-
thia A. Vandyke. The only son is Harvey M., whose address in 1910
.was 133 S. 4th St., Phila., Pa. He was born May 6, i85(), married Violet
I. Anderson, but leaves no descendants. He is a banker. His sister
Alary died at the age of 16.
D (3) Melvina Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and Ann Burkle-
bach, was born Jan. i, 1829. She married Professor Henry Lon- but
left no descendants. " ^'
D (4) Ann Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and Ann
Bm-klebach, was born Aug. 24, 1833, and died unmarried. '
D (5) Emily N. Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and Ann Burkle-
bach, was born Feb. 24, 1835, and married J [cIlr^■ Myers, of Phila., Pa
Chddren : Eugene and Emily.
D (6) Mary Jane Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and Ann Burkle-
bach, was born Feb. 24, 1837. She married Lewis Gluenspies of Bavaria,
Germany, and in 191 1 was still living with her daughter, Mrs. If. M.'
]\TcFetritlge, at 229 First St., Asi)cnwall, Pa.
D (7) Adelaide Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and Ann Burkle-
b:.ch, was born Dec. 25, 1839, and died Dec. 9, 1899. Her daughter Mrs.
L'^rael lived on Durham St., Mt; Airy, Phila.. Pa., in 191 1.
D (i) Mary Ann Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and I\fary A.
Platts, was married to Wilson.
E (i) Lewis Wilson, son of Mary A. Boyer and husband Wilson,
was a railroader. Address (1908) 445 Mauch Chunk St., Pottsville, Pa.'
D ( I ) Jacob Shelly Boyer, son of Henry P.oyer and Mary .'V. Platts,
married Adeline E. Address (190S) 47 E. Philadelphia St., York, Pa.
D (2) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Mary A.
Platts, married Mr. Myers. Two children, Clarence Myers and Ida
]\Iyers Ross, lived in York, Pa., 1908.
D (3) Henry Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and INIary A. Platts, was
born Feb. 11, 1837, in York, Pa. In 1859, after a most strenuous' boy-
hood, he became a locomotive engineer for the Pennsylvania railroad, and.
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with tlie exce])tion of the period of his enhstment in the Civil War, he
served this company up to March i, 1907. Every President of the United
States from Grant on down rode on his trains. He never had a wreck.
The historian met him in 1908, and has a photograph. He was an
KpiscopaHan and married SyHnda Plester Bright, who was born Oct. 30,
1844. The children were Henry B., Lewis S., Daisy I., Jacob S., and
Sylinda Theresa. The family lived at Bennings Station, Washington, D.
C, in 1908.
D (1) George W. Bo)'er, son of Jacob Boyer and Elizabeth Merion,
was born 1848. Address (1908) Olney, Pa.
D (2) Brothers: Jacob, John, Adelbert, Bruner; and sisters : Ann,
Sarah, Elizabeth, Leah.
D (i) Sarah Ann Boyer, daiigiiter of Reverend Stephen Boyer and
Sarah Ann Dunlap, was born Sept. 17, 1807, at Canonsburg, Pa., and died
at Reading, Pa., Oct. 7, 1871. She wrote for a number of religious papers
ami several New York weeklies. In i860 she began to write the geneal-
ogy of Gabriel Beyer, her immigrant ancestor, and this work in manu-
script is in the hands of Mrs. Mary Bridenbaugh, Tarkio, AIu. She wa^
the wife of Rev. Alexander McMahon, a Presbyterian divine ui beautiful
life and great power. He was born 1794 at Coleraine, Ireland, and died
at Canonsburg, Pa., 1873. Here he is buried in the U. P. Cemetery. Plis
biography is found in the church of the U. P. Church. The children
Sarah D., James, Alexander, and Mary E.
D (2) Rachel DeGroot Boyer, daughter of Reverend Stejjhen Boyer
and Sarah Ann Dunlap, was born May 16, 1809, in York, Pa. On March
25, 1830, siie married John Lauck, of Shermansdale, Pa. He died Jan.
18, 1872. The children were Mary F., Stephen, Katherine, Margaret,
and Sarah A. D.
^^ (3) WiUiam Dunlap Boyer, son of Reverend Stephen Boyer and
Sarah Ann Dunlap, was born Sept. 28, 1813, at Little York, York Co., Pa.,
and died March 14, 1854. He is buried at New Bloomfield, Pa. Pres-
byterian. Printer. On Feb. i, 1842 he married Maria P. Fritz, born
June 22, 1842. She died 70 years old at New Bloomfield, lier birthplace.
The children were Stephen B., Elizabeth J. W., and Mary J.
D (4) Stephen Spencer Boyer, son of Reverend Stephen Boyer and
Sarah Ann Dunlap, was born Jan. 10, 1816, in York, Pa. Attended Dick-
inson College, Carlisle, Pa., for several years. A fine linguist. Foreman of
New York Herald for seven years. Afterwards published paper of his
own in Western New York. At time of death publisher of Peterson
Magazine. In 1846 he married Jane F. Henderson, born Jan. 24, 1823,
!n Preston, Lanca.shire, England. PTighly educated woman. In 1909
her address was 5416 Jefferson St., Phila., Pa. Her husband died in
18 . The children were Edward D., Plarriet W., and Charles E.
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D (5) Mary Wilhelmina Boyer, daughter of Reverend Stephen
Boyer, was born Feb. 18, 1819, in York, Pa. On Oct. 26, 1843, she mar-
ried Samuel Undsey, of Marietta, Pa. She died Dec. 3, 1876. The chil-
dren were Samuel, William, John, and Alexander.
D (6) Calvin Boyer, son of Rev. Stephen Boyer and his second wife
Mary Turner, was born after 1826. Lawyer in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Still there in 1908. Note. — The historian has tried hard to verify these
data, but can not do so.
E (i) Oswald M. Boyer, sun of James S. r)Oyer and Mary Nickum,
was born 1844, in Bristol Twp., near Germantown, Pa. In 1913 his ad-
dress was 5337 Wakefield St., Germantown, Pa. Hosiery business. Pres-
bvterian. ]\larried Sarah Graham. The children were Gabriel E., Wil-
liam j\L, Horace S., and Thomas C. Gabriel E. Boyer married Lena
Grebe, whose address in 1910 was Chestnut Hill, Phila., Pa. The chil-
dren were Ethel and Louisa. The father is dead. William M. Boyer's
acUlress in 1910. was 1206 Arch St., Phila., Pa. Horace S. lioyer married
j\Iargaret A. McFarland, and the children were (1910) Horace 1)., and
Gladys A. Their address was Germantown, Pa. Thomas C. Boyer's
address in 1913 was 6128 Chew St., Germantown, I'hila., Pa. Married
Catharine C. Sailer. No children in 1913.
E (2) Alexander H. Boyer, son of James S. Boyer and Mary Nick-
um. Farmer. Deceased. He married Haimah Albright. The children
are: (i) Wilham Boyer, whose address in 1913 was Nicetown, t'liila.,
Pa. (2) Mary Ann Boyer, wife of Henry Magee, left two children,
I,awrence, of Germantown, La., and ]\Lu'garet V., whose address is Ah"S.
Thomas Smith, Wister St., Germantown, Pa.
E (3) Franklin A. ]Joyer, son of James S. l>oyer and Mary Nickum.
i\Ierchant. Married Amanda Flick. Children: Franklin, who is dead;
Blanche, wife of Dr. Sticker, Phila., Pa. ; Delaware, who is at home in
AVashington, D. C. Book binder in the employ of the LI. S. govern-
ment.
E (4) Margaret V. Boyer, daughter of James S. Boyer and Mary
Nickum, married Thomas Smith. Children: Bertha B., wife of William
H. Whiting, Germantown, Pa., and L-ene W., deceased.
E (5) James IL Boyer, son of James S. Boyer and ]\Iary Nickum,
married Matilda Buffner. Children: Jennie, wife of Alonzo Potter,
whose address in 1910 was Atlantic City, N. J., and Oswald, deceased.
E (i) George W. Boyer, son of John W. Boyer and Sarah Hubbs,
died single.
E (2) John C. Boyer, son of John W. Boyer and Sarah LLibbs,
married Amanda Bean. Address (1910) Edge Hill, Montg. Co., Pa.
Children : Charles. Perhaps others.
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'E (3) Caroline Bo^er, daughter of John W. Beyer and Sarah
Hubbs, married W'entz. Ko children.
E (4) Elizabeth Pioycr, daughter of John W. Boyer and Sarah
Hubbs, married Williani Johnson. Children: Two boys.
E (5) Edward Boyer, son of John W. Boyer and Sarah Hubbs,
married Laura Maxwell. No children.
E (i) Annie Maria Boyer, daughter of Lewis C. Boyer and Sarah
P. Lleath, was born July 9, 185 1. Her address in 1910 was 4816 Idaw-
thorne St., Ph.ila., Pa., or 3226 Higbee St., Wissinoming, Phila., Pa.
E (2 — 4) Emma, Susan P., Edwin Clinton, Louis Henry, Mary
.Adelaide, and PLirriet PL, were brothers and sisters of Annie Maria.
E (i) Henry B. lioyer, son of Henry Boyer and Sylindia Hester
Bright. Address (1914) P^ey West, Florida. (Government weather
forecaster. Alarried Ik-ulah Williains.
E (2) Lewis S. Bo_\er, son of Henry P>oyer and Sylindia IP jiright.
Address (1914) 2015 Park Road, Washington, D. C. Sing-le.
E (3) Daisy L Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Sylindia Plester,
ip.arried Gaston Johnstone, IJeutcnant U. S. Navy.
E (4) Jacob S. Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and Sylindia PI. Bright.
Address (1914) 186 Java St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Married Elva Rider.
E (5) Sylindia T. Ii(jyer, daughter of Plenry Boyer and Sylindia
Hester, married Earle G. Gardner, gunner in U. S. Navy. Address
("1914) 107 Wellington Apartment, 17th and Mt. Pleasant St., Wash-
ington, D. C.
E (i) Sarah Dunlap McMahon, daughter of Sarah Ann Boyer and
Reverend Alexander iVIcMahon, was born August 27, 1830. She married
George Tomlinson, Major of the 26th Pa. Volunteers, Civil War of i86r.
She died April 25, 1905, at Birmingham, Alabama, and he Dec. 18, 1S82,
in Phila., Pa. The first child was Zeunie Tomlinson, whose address (1910)
was 2915 Avenue G., P>irming'ham, Ala. She was born Nov. 7, 1859,
Phila., Pa. P'piscopalian. Time keejK^r with Birmingham Light and
Power Co. The second child was Dr. 11. A. Tomlinson, whose address
in 1910 was St. Peter, Minn. Superintendent and head physician of
State Asylum. Married. Children: Nancy Ellicott, born Ajiril 3, 1885,
at Pennsdale, Pa. There are others.
E (2) Mary Elizabeth McMahon, daughter of Sarah Ann Boyer
Mid Rev. Alexander McMahon, was born March 12, 1839. Married
Henry Burholder, 200 N. T^Iaple Ave., Lansdowne, Pa.
E (3) James McALahon, son of Sarah Ann Boyer and Rev. Alex.
McMahon, was born Jan. 15, 1833, at Canonsburg, Pa., and died Jan. 12,
187 . Episcopalian. Lawyer. One of the Commissioners to codify the
lav/s of Kansas Territory in 1859 and of the State in 1869. Biography
iound in Kansas Plistorical Society, Topeka, Kansas. He married Martha
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J. Large, born Jan. 15, 1833, '^^ Canonsburg-, Pa. A bighly educated
woman. A daughter was born to them, August 11, 1865, jSIary G., who
married Frank Bridenbaugh, born May 14, 1865. He died Sept. 20, 1898.
She is a cultured and educated woman. Her son, Conrad Large Briden-
baugh, was born June 13, 1890, and is a college graduate of Tarkio Col-
lege. Their address is Tarkio, Mo. She is a tine genealogist.
E (i) Stephen B. Boyer, son of William Dunlap Boyer and Maria
P. Fritz, was born Dec. 7, 1842, in New Bloomfield, Perry Co., Pa. Elder
in Presbyterian Church. Manufacturer. Address in 1910, Logansport,
Indiana. Married Marina J. Goodwin, born Sept. 23, 1845, at Logans-
port, Ind. There were three children: (a) Alexander B. Boyer, was
born March 27, 1875. Presbyterian. Graduate of Chicago Art Institute
Married Loretta O'Connell, of Logansport, Ind. Children : Richard
O., and Florence. Address (1910) 1415 Graceland Ave., Chicago, 111.
(b) Mary J. Boyer, born Sept. 21, 1877. Presbyterian. Married Frank
PL Parker, born Nov. 1876. Children: Josephine G. Address (19 10)
Logansport, Ind. (c) Helen P. Boyer, born Oct. 2, 1891. Married
Thomas J. Flannegan, born Feb. 24, 1880.
E (2) Elizabeth J. W. Boyer, daughter of William D. Boyer and
Maria P. Fritz, was born May 4, 1848. She married J. W. Moreland.
Axddress (1910) Blain, Pa. No children.
E (3) Mary J. Bijyer, daughter of William D. Boyer and Maria
P. Fritz, was born June 7, 1850, and died 1906, at New Bloomfield, Pa.
Married (Dec. 21, 1882) Frederick R. Foose. A daughter, Harriet Foose.
Address (1910) New Bloomfield, Pa. Fine writer.
E (i) Edward Dunlap Ijoyer, son of Ste])hen Spencer Boyer and
Jane F. Hindman, was born Jan. 19, 1848, in ]*hiladelphia, Pa. Meth-
odist. Pattern maker, draughtsman. Artist. Address (1910) Blain,
Perry Co., Pa. Married (March 12, 1873) Kate B. Bains, born Oct.
c;, 1849. Children: (a) Nellie Dunlap Boyer, born March 9, 1879.
She married Marshall T. Shumaker, Blain, Pa. Children: Loy Eugene,
James Edward, Milton Rodney, (b) Edward Dunlap Boyer, son of
Edward Dunlap Boyer and Kate B. Bains, was born June 2, 1888. (c)
George Bains Boyer, son of Edward Dunlap Boyer and Kate IL Bains,
was born June 28, 1891.
E (2) Harriet Wilkinson Boyer, daughter of Stephen Spencer l)Oyei
and Jane F. Hindman, was born April 28, 1852 in New York City. Bap-
tist. Married Saxton J. Tice. Children:- (a) Viola Wasson Tice, born
Feb. 27, 1870. Address (1910) 5416 Jefferson St., West Phila., Pa. (b)
F. Leighton Tice, born Sept. 11, 1876. Address (1910) Bordentown,
N. J. (c) Jennie Boyer Tice, born May 2, 1883. Address (1910) 736
N. 43d St., West Phila., Pa. (d) George Everett Tice, born April 25,
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1881. Address (1910) Cream Ridge, N. J. (e) Mrs. Nettie DuBois
Struck, born Oct. 5, 1878.
E (3) Charles Elliot Boyer, son of Stephen Spencer Boyer and
Jane F. Ilindman, was born Jan. 31, 1856, Phila., Pa. Compositor in
printing. Single in 1910. Address (1910) 5416 Jefferson St., West
Phila., Va.
E (i) Samuel Lindsay, son of Mary Wilhelmina Boyer and Sam-
r.el Lindsay, was born Feb. 8, 1847.
E (2) William Lindsay, son of Mary W. Boyer and Samuel Lind-
say, was born Feb. 10, 185 1.
E (3) John Lindsay, son of ]\Iary W. Boyer and Samuel Lindsay,
was born July 4, 1856.
E (4) Alexander Lindsay, son of Mary W. Boyer and Samuel Lind-
say, was born Jan. 18, 1859.
CHAPTER VIII
ABRAHAM BEYER.
A number of diligent informants, among them Dr. Charles H. Boyer.
Hunting-don, Pa., and Dr. W. F. Beyer, Punxsutawney, Pa., find that
Abraham Beyer was born in Silesia, Germany, probably about 1690. He
married a Silesian girl, Rosina Yeakel, born about 1699. Although he
ship list, Vol. 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives, contains no
record of it, he came to America about 1736 with wife and children. He
bought land in Worcester Townshif), Philadelphia County, Pa. (now
Montgomery Co., Pa.) from Jacob Metz, March 26, 1736. The family
became identified with the Schwenkfelders, and many of his descendants
have continued faithful adherents of this church. He died Oct. 30, 1754,
and his wife July 30, 1770. They are probably buried in the vicinity
of their earliest home in Montgomery Co., Pa. He left a "will." This
"will" was proved March 3, 1796, in connection with settlement of prop-
erties ; it is registered in Will Book i, pages 498, 499, and 500. The
"will" is number 186 of the Register's Office, Orphans' Court, docket No.
2, page 69, Norristown, Pa. His heirs were his children : Abraham,
Andrew, Anna Rosina, Anna Maria (wife of Abraham Yeakley,) George
(who died Sept. 19, 1744, as recorded in Dr. Reuben Kriebel's "History
of the Scliwenkfelders" 1879), and Susannah. Note. — The writer owes
much to Dr. Kriebel's splendid work for help in this chapter.
B (i) Abraham Beyer, son of Abraham Beyer and Rosina Yeakel,
was born about 1722, in Silesia, Germany. He purchased land in Norri-
ton Twp., Montgomery County, Pa., from John Dickinson, Aug. 2, 1790.
Died March 6, 1796. His "will" is dated April 2G, 1794, and was proved
March 30, 1796. He married (Nov. 8, 1750) Barbara Hiestand, who
survived him. Children: John, Jacob, Henry, Abraham, Andrew, Su-
sannah, Hester, and Barbara.
B (2) Andrew Beyer, son of Abraham Beyer and Rosina Yeakel,
was born about 1738, and died April 19, 1778, aged nearly 40 years.
Lived at Valley Forge, Pa. Married Philipina Weand, Nov. 7, 1758.
She lived about 100 years. Children : Susannah, Abraham, Jacob,
Wendell, David, Daniel, Rosanna, Andrew, and Anna.
B (3) Anna Rosina, Anna Maria, and Susanah Beyer,, were sisters
of Andrew Beyer.
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B (4) George Beyer, son of Abraham Beyer and Rosina Yeakel.
(lied Sept. 19, 1744, a mere ehild. See Dr. Reuben Kriebel's "History of
the Schwenkfelders."
C (i) John Boycr, son of Abraliam Ik^ycr and Barbara liiestand,
was born Oct. 23, 1752. He came with his brothers from Montg-omcry
County to Huntingdon Co., Pa., about 1796 or lycf), and located near
jMarklesburg, in Peini Twp., then Hopewell Township.
C (2) Tacol) Boyer, son of Abraham Beyer and Barbara Hiestand,
was born Dec. 6. 1755, and died May 17, 1815. He came from Mont-
gomery to Huntingdon Co., Pa. Tenant farmer in Penn Twp., (then
called Hopewell Twp.) fur a number of years. Later purchased 140
acres of land from James Entreken. A granddaughter owned the farm
as late as 1910. Pie married Susannah Stauffer, of Berks Co., Pa. She
died June 8, 1847. Children : Elizabeth and Jacob.
C (3) Susannah Boyer, daughter of Abraliam Beyer and Barbara
Hiestand, was born June 3, 1758. and (C 4) Esdier, May 26, 1760.
C (5) Abraham Boyer, son of Abraham Beyer and Barbara Hie-
stand, was born March 10, 1762. Dr. David Boyer, Middleburg, Indiana,
and H. H. Turner connect this man definitely with his tree, but do not
know the wife's name. They know two sons Abraham and Jacob, though
there may have been others. One daughter Nancy, married John Coy.
C {()) Henry Boyer, sonof Abraham Beyer and Barbara Hiestand,
was born Nov. 12, 1764, in Montgomery Co., Pa., and died May 12, 1845.
Wife and he are buried at Marklesburg, Pa., where he arrived with
brothers about 179''). Lived in Penn Twp., Pluntingdon Co., Pa. Mar-
ried Catherine Roberts, born Jan. 21, 1777, only child of John R. Roberts.
She died A]M-il 21, 1829. Her father was the son of Sanuiel R. Roberts,
and grandson of Edward Roberts, a Welshman, bm-n about 1690. The
children of Plenry P.oyer and Catherine Roberts were Hannah, Barbara.
Sarah. Elizabeth, John, Henry, Catharine, Rachel, Rebecca, Abraham, and
William. The last child, William, was born Nov. 2, 1812. He and liis
brother Abraham died single.
C (7) Andrew Beyer, son of Abraham Be}-er and Barbara Hiestand,
was born Oct. 31, 1769, if H. H. Turner, Husted, Ohio, lias the correct
data. According to this authority, he married Susannah Hiestand, prob-
ably a cousin on his mother's side. Her father, Johannes Hiestand, came
from Germany (1731) to Montgomery Co., Pa. The historian can not
find the descendants if there were any.
C (8) Hester Boyer, daughter of Abraham Beyer and Barbara
Hiestand, was born May 26, 1760, and married John Read. (C) 9
Barbara.
C (i) Susannah Beyer, daughter of Andrew Beyer and Philpina
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Weyand, was born Aug. 2, 1759, and died June 4, 1764, leaving no
descendants.
C (2) Abraham Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Philpina Weyand,
was born Oct. 8, 1760, as reported by Miss Mary Byer's letter, and died
Aug. 8, 1832, as recorded by Dr. Kriebel. He married Catharine Pickard.
Children: Elizabeth, John, Ann, Ilenry, Abraham, and Mary.
C (3) Jacob IVyer, son cf Anduw Beyer and Philjjina We\Hnd,
was born Feb. 14, 1762, and died Aug. 23, 1846. iNIarried Rachel Metz,
who died July 5, 1855. Children: Catherine, Andrew, Christina, Jos-
I'jh, Mar;^'aret, Richei. Jacob, Mary, ^ohi, and Elizabeth.
C (4) Wendell Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Philpina Weyand,
was born Sept. 7, 1763, and died Dec. 17, 1779, '-"c.ving no decendant'^.
C (5) David Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Philpina Weyand,
was born Sept. 7, 1763. Lay preacher. Fine man. He came from
Valley Forge to Sinking Valley, Pa. Married Nov. 5, 1785, Sarah Crum.
(See Rebecca Westbrook's letter). Children: John, William, Mary,
George, Da^-id, Sarah, Elizabeth, Su^:an, Doctor v^anmel, Rebecca, i-M^ram,
and Aaron.
C (6) Daniel lie^'cr, S(m of Andrew P>C)er and Philpina W'eyand,
was born Nov. 6, 1765, and died Aug. 2, 1852. Farmer. Millwright.
Presbyterian. Owned grist mill in Coleraine Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.
Married Rebecca Wuochvard, an [£ngii^'h girl, Ixjrn Aug. 8, 1760. Chil-
dren: Ilenry, Andrew, Elizabeth, Daniel, Roliert, David, and Thomas.
'i'heir descendants include more than 20 teachers, 4 physicians, twO' at-
torneys, etc.
C (7) Andrew Beyer, son of Andrew Be)-cr and Philpina Weyand,
died at Honeybrook, Pa. Farmer in White Marsh Twp., Montgomery
Co., Pa. Married Elizabeth Ivulp. Children: Polly, Rebecca, Eliza-
beth, Kate, Ann, Samuel, Jesse, Andrew, and Jacob. C (8) Rosanna.
C (9) Anna M.
D ( I ) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Susannah
Stauftcr, died 1862, in Salem, Ohio. Mr. A. 11. Crum says she was a
very bright woman. Married Robert Wood. Children: Thomas, Arclii-
bald, Elizabeth, Mary Jane, Robert.
D (2) Jacob Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Susannah vStauiTer,
Avas born Dec. 3, 1809, and died Jan. i'), 1S80. Dunkard. Married Cath-
erine Bucher. Children: (a) Elizabeth (rnarried Jacob Magill). Ad-
dress (1909) Grafton, Pa. Cliildrcn: Catharine, (jcorge, etc. (1))
Martin Boyer, dead, (c) Ilenry Boyer. Address (i<;09) Grafton, Pa.
Farmer. Married Catharine Richardson, daugliter of Harris Ricliard-
son, one of the associate judges of Pluntingdon Co., Pa. Children : ( i)
Ida, (2) Charles.
D (i) Abraham Boyer, sen of Abraham Beyer and wife, was born
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itbout 1790, died 1856, and is buried at INIidway Church, in the neighbor-
liood of Middleburg, Indiana. ■ Mennonite. Teacher. jMarried Mary
Hively, who died 1862. Children: George, Henry B., Abraham, EUza-
beth, and Nancy.
D (2) Jacob Boyer, son of Abraham Beyer and wife. Married.
Children: Joseph Boyer. Address (1910) Prairie Dei)Ot, Ohio. Others
most hkely. D (3) Nancy.
D ( I ) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Catharine
Eoberts, born March 13, 1794, (bed in her 90th year. ^Married Samuel
Grubb. Children: Six. Andrew. Address (1909) James Creek, Hunt-
ingdon Co., Pa. Sarah ( (jillbaugii). Adth-css (1909) ^^'JcConnells-
town. Pa.
D (2) Barbara Boyer, daughter of Plenry Boyer and Catharine
Roberts, born Nov. 18, 1797, (bed in her 7()th year. Married Samuel
Stinson. Children: Five. l^Iizabeth (Mears). Address (i<.;09) Dud-
ley, Huntingdon Co., Pa. Kate (Palmer). Address (1909) Dudley, Pa.
D (3) Sarah Bo)er, daughter of Henry Boyer and Calh:u"ine
Jv-oberts, Lorn M:ry J 5, i./')o, iliod 1S72. Married ilenry Summers.
Children: Seven. Jacob (married [•".lizajjcth En\ert), David, Kate (mar-
ried Adam Garner), Barbara (married Christ Fouse), Hannah (married
Daniel Harris), Sarah (married Rev. Joseph Font), and H. H. Sum-
mers. Address (1909) James Creek, Pa.
D (4) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Catharine
Roberts, born i\lay 2, 1801, died i8('i5. ALarried Jacob Summers. Chil-
dren: Ten. ?darg"aret (m;irried David I'oose), Elizabeth, Christina
(married Ale.\-. N. Cam]:)bell, Huntingdon, i'a. (1909), Susan (married
Abram Hefner), Lucy (married George Wallace, Aitch, Pa.), Nancy
(}narried John Ke\'ler), Mary (married Dafthes Cunningham), John
(married Kate Grove), and two others.
D (5) John Boyer, son of lb;nry Boyer and Catharine Roberts,
was born Feb. 18, 1804, in Hr.ntingdon Co., Pa., died July 14, i838, and
is buried in jjoynton Cemetery, near Stryker, Ohio. JMacksmith. Re-
formed Church until they lived in Ohio, then jMethodist. Alarried Mar-
garet Shouts, brirn Sept. 6, i8to. Sb.e died Jan. S, 1883. Chililren :
Mary, Eliza, John, Henry (minister). David, Enos, Jane, Ida, P^aac, A.
r,uthcr, and AVilliam.
J.) ((j) lieiiis' l'ni\'er, sen cf 1 lcni\ lliisi,!- ;iiiil C:;tli:uiiie l^'lu-ils,
liorn Jul}- 18, 1S07, dietl .\pril 8, i:'8.i, and buried in IViin 'i'wp., llimi-
ingxlon Co., Pa., married Susann;di Cramer, b^)rn Ma\' 3, 1813, died S^i^t.
30, 1848. She was the tlanghtcr of Malthev.' Garner and Mary I'rum-
baugh. Children: Six. Jolm, Samuel H., Mary Jane, Dr. .Matthew G..
Henry, and or;e t)ther.
D (7) Cailierine Boyer, daughter of IIen:-y Boyer and Catharine
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Roberts, born May 7, 1809, died about 70 years of age. Married Johri*
Brumbaugh. Children: Benjamin (married Ann Peighstall), George.
Isaac (Address (1909) Grafton, Pa.), John B. (Address (1909) Hunt-
ingdon, Pa.), Henry B.
D (8) Rachel Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Catharine Rob-
erts, born Jan. 6, 1810, died about 36 years of age. Married Jacob
Brumbaugh, born July 4, 1806. Children: Henry, George, (James Creelc,
Pa.), Dr. Andrew, Abraham, Jacob H., and four sisters, (Mrs. Robert
Mason, Mrs. Rachel Gook, etc.).
D (9) Rebecca r>oyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Catharine
Roberts, born April 12, 1814, died about 75 years old. ^Married Mr.
Grove. Children: Henry ( Aitch, Pa.), B. H. (Grafton, Pa.), Alice
(Davis) James Creek, Pa., Rachel (Davis), Huntingdon, Pa.
D (lO) Mary Boyer, daughter oi Henry ijoyer and Catharine Rob-
erts, born May 26, 1816, died Sept. 27, 1902. Married Michael Garnei.
Children: Andrew B.. (James Creek, Pa. Married Mary Etta Surley)
Isaac (James Creek, Pa. Married Mary Marshall), Kate. Note. —
George and A. B., sons of Andrew B. Address (1909) Aitch, Pa.
D (i) Elizabeth Beyer, born 1780; D (2) John Beyer, born July
18, 1783; D (3) Ann Beyer, born Jan. 9, 1790; D (4) Plcnry Beyer,,
born June 7, 1792; D (5) Abraham Beyer, born Nov. 26, 1796, ami !>
(6) Mary ])e}er, born March i(), 1798, were children of Abraham Be\'er
and wife Catharine Pickard.
D ( I ) Andrew Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Rachel Matz, was'
born July 24, 1785, married Catherine Bean, born Sept. 14, 1783. She
died July 20, 1814. Children: Benjamin, and Samuel B. Married
Catherine Clemens, born 1794. She died March 30, 1864. Children:
Anna, Henry C, Jacob C, Joseph C, William C, Margaret, Catherine,,
and David C.
D (2) Joseph Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Rachel Matz, was
born Nov. 17, 1789, and died May 10, 1818. Married Plannah Bean-
She died Jan. 20, 1850. Chddren : Jacob B., William, Joseph.
D (3) Margaret Beyer, born April 13, 1794; D (4) Catharine Bey-
er, born Sept. 14, 1783; D (5) Christina Beyer, born Oct. 20, 1787; and
D (6) Rachel Beyer, born Feb. 12, 1796, were sisters.
D (7) Jacob Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Rachel Matz, born
April 19, 1798, married Magdalcna Bourse (1822). She died March 30,
1848. Children: Samuel, John, Jesse, Adam, Elizabeth, Daniel, Albert,
Jacob, Benjamin, James, Franklin, Charles, and Sarah.
D (8) John Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Rachel Matz, was born
Oct. 17, 1802, and died from a fall at a mill July 24, 1832. Married
Lydia Frick. She died Sept. 11, 1856. Children: Henry F., Elias„
Aaron, and Ann. Aaron and Ann died young, leaving no descendants.
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D (9) Mary Beyer, born July 4, 1800; and Elizabeth, born Jan..
5. 1806, were sisters.
D ( I ) John Beyer, son of David Beyer and Sarah Crum, born Nov.
1786, married Esther Pontius. Cliildrcn: John, WiUiam, EHzabeth,.
Sarah, Mary, David, Eliza, Susan, Samuel, Jacob, Susanna, and Henry.
D (2) William Beyer, born Aug. i, 1790; Mary, born May 6, 1792;;
George, born May 8, 1794; David, born July 26, 1796; Sarah (Betz)
born Jan. 10, 1799; Elizabeth, born April 26, 1801 ; Susan, born April
26, 1803; Dr. Samuel, born March 11, 1805; Rebecca, born 1807, were
sisters and brothers.
D (3) Abraham Beyer, son of David Beyer and Sarah Crum, was
born June 9, 1809, died 1880, and is buried near Tyrone, Pa. Farmer in-
Sinking- Valley. Methodist. ^Married Elizabeth Williams, born April'
16, 1816. She died 1894. Children: Thomas B., Rebecca, Mary A.,,
Hannah S., Sarah J., John A., Ezra C, and David.
D (4) Aaron Beyer, son of David Beyer and Sarah Crum, bora
Aug. 23, i8u, lived at Tipton, Blair Co., Pa. A miller by trade. Mar-
ried Lydia Ramey. Children (large family); A Wesley, William M.,
Mrs. Kessler, Sadie (Bain), Rev. J. S. (deceased), S. F. (killed in Civil
War), and J. O. (deceased).
D (i) Henry Beyer (Byer), son of Daniel Byer and Rebecca
Woodward, was born Nov. 21, 1785. Farmer. Blacksmith. Lived in
Coleraine Tvvp., Ivancaster Co., Pa. Married Dorothy McElwaine. 15oth
Presbyterians. ChiUlren : Daniel Byer, Andrew B}'er, and Rebecca Byer.
D (2) Andrew B}-er, son of Daniel Byer and Rebecca Woodward,
born Jan. i, 1790, married Jane Harris. Children: Two left no descend-
ants. The third was Mary Ann (Mrs. Alexander White).
D (3) Rebecca Byer, daughter of Daniel Byer and Rebecca Wood-
ward, married John McElwaine. Only son: Daniel.
D (4) Daniel Byer, son of Daniel Byer and Rebecca Woodward,
was born March 9, 1799. Stone niason. Married Catharine Baker.
Children: Benjaiuin and Elizabeth.
D (5) Robert Beyer, son of Daniel Byer and Rebecca Woodward,
was born Feb. 24, 1801, and died Dec. 30, 1873. A fuller by trade.
Farmer. Married Elizabeth Johnston. Both Presbyterians. Children :
vSusan, Flenry, Ann Elizabeth, Rebecca, John, and Sarah.
D (6) David Beyer, son of Daniel Byer and Rebecca Woodward,,
was bom Dec. 26, 1803, and died 1865. Farmer. Presbyterian. Married'
Mary McElwaine. Children: Rebecca, Mary, Josiah.
D (7) Thomas Beyer, son of Daniel Byer and Rebecca Woodward,.
was born July 4, 1806, and died July 9, 1888. Farmer in Colerain*.
Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Presbyterian. Married Mary Ann McClena-
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than. Children: Rebecca, Letitia, Mary A., Attorney William F., and
Winfield S.
D (i) Polly Beyer, daughter of Andrew Beyer and Elizabeth Kulp
TBuchanan); D (2) Rebecca (Boyles) ; D (3) Elizabeth (Buchanan);
D (4) Katie (Sug-garts) ; and D (5) Ann (Wright) were sisters.
D (6) Samuel Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and EHzabeth Kulp,
was born about 1800, Whitemarsh Twp., Montg. Co., Pa. Parents
brought him to Ploneybrook about 1S02. Married. Children: Peter
Boyer, Andrew, Lewis, Mary, Magg-ie, and several others.
D (7) (8) Jesse and Jacob were brothers.
D (9) .\ndrew Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Elizabeth Kulp,
was born Feb. 24, 1810, at FJoneybrook, Pa., and died there July 30,
1862. Farmer. Methodist. Sent two sons to Civil War. Married Sarah
A, Pennock, born Dec. 19, 1S09. She died Sei)t. i, 1868. Children.
Nelson P., Samuel, Annie, Mary, Hannah, Elvina, Sarah, and Elizabeth.
E (i) George Boyer, son of Abraham Beyer and Mary Hively, was
born 1813, and died Nov. 29, 1889, unmarried. A carpenter.
E (2) iicnr}' J]. Inner, son of Abraham ]]cyer and Marv Hivelv,
was born May 3. i8i6, Mahoninsj Co., Ohio. Died June 26, 1897. lUiried
at Midway Cemetery. },Iennonite. Farmer. .Marrieil Jkirijara Good,
born 1816. She died Dec. 1889. Children: Christian and Hannah.
E (3) Abraham l!o)-er, son of Abraham Beyer and Mary Hively,
was born Dec. 19, 1822, in East Eewistown, Mahoning- Co., Ohio. Died
Dec. 30, 1876. Both buried on iMennonite Cemetery, West Millgrove,
Wood Co., Ohio. Married (Feb. 25, 1844) Elizabeth Keyser, born Feb.
26, 1S23. She died Aug-. 18S1. Children: Al)rahan.i K., Dr. David K.,
Samuel K., Rebecca, Marv-, Lydia, Elizabeth.
E (4) Nancy Boyer, daughter of Abraham Beyer and Mary Hively,
married John Wissler. Children.: Nicodenuis, Abraham, Cornelius,
others.
E (5) Elizabeth Btner, daughter of Abraham Beyer and Mary
Flively, married John Jfoutz. Children: John, Zacharias, Sarah (Mrs.
i yson ) .
E (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Catharine
Bucher, married Jacob i\[ag-ill.
E (2) (3) ]\{artin and lienry were brothers.
E (1) Elizabeth Stinson, daughter of Barbara Boyer and Samuel
Stinson, married Mears. Address (1909) Dudley, Huntingdon Co., Pa.
E (i) Jacob Sum.niers, son of Sarah Boyer and Henry Sum-
mers, married Elizabeth Sug-garts. Married Elizabeth Enyart.
E (2-7) David; Kate, wife, of Adam Garner; Barbara, v.'ife ol
Christ Fouse; Flannah, wife of Daniel I larris ; Sarah, wife of Rev. Joseph
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Font; and H. H. Summers, of James Creek, Pa., were brothers and
sisters.
E (i) Margaret Summers, daughter of Elizabeth Boyer and Jacob
Summers, married David Foose ; E (2) Elizabeth Summers, died un-
married; E (3) Christina Summers, daughter of EHzabeth Boyer and
Jacob Summers, married Alexander N. Campbell. Address (1909)
Huntingdon, Pa.; E (4) Susan Summers, daughter of Elizabeth Boyer
and Jacob Summers, married Adam HefYner; E (5) Lucy Summers,.
daughter of Elizabeth Boyer and Jacob Summers, married George Wal-
lace. Address (1909) Aitch, Pa.; E (6) Nancy Summers, daughter of
Elizabeth Boyer and Jacob Summers, married John Kyler; E (7) Mary
Summers, daughter of Elizabeth Boyer and Jacob Summers, married
Daphes Cunningham; E (8) John Summers, son of Elizabeth Boyer and
Jacob Summers, married Catherine Grove.
E (i) Mary Boyers, daughter of John Boye'rs and Margaret Shouts,,
married (Feb. 4, 1864) Mathias Thurston. Address (1909) Stryker,
Ohio. Child : Flossie May.
E (2) Eliza Boyers, daughter of John Boyers and Margaret Shouts,
uiarried Rev. John W. fl. Morrison. Address (1909) Fiudlay, Ohio.
Children: Eudosia J., Russell P., Claude Marcellus, Maude Estella,
Otis T., Kate Wauneta.
E (3) Isaac lioyers, son of John Boyers and ?*Iargaret Shouts,
born Jan. 10, 1S30, Muntiugdon Co., Pa. Killed May 1863, in siege of
Vicksburg, and buried on the battle field. Methodist. Farmer before
Civil War began. ^Married. Children: Cuyler Bo)ers. Address (1909)
East St., St. Louis, Mo. Perhaps others.
E (4) David rjO)ers, son of John Boyers and Margaret Shonts,
born Nov. 13, 1831, Huntingdon Co., Pa. Methodist. Farmer. Ad-
dress (1909) Burlington Junction, Mo. Married. Children.
E (5) John Boyers, son of John Boyers and Margaret Shonts,
born May 3, 1S33, Huntingdon Co., Pa. Foreman in Wabash Railroad
Shops, but carpenter by trade. Methodist. Civil War veteran. Ad-
dress (1909) 625 South St., Toledo, Ohio. Married Adeline Schaeffer,
born Oct. i, 1834. She died I'cb. i, 1900. Children: Albert, Fannie,
Minnie May, Delia O., and Fred S.
E (6) Rev. Plenry Boyers, son of John Boyers and ALirgaret Shonti,,
born Oct. 16, 1834, Huntingdon Co., Pa., He died March 12, 1909, Toledo,
Ohio. Entered the Methodist ministry 1857. Served until 1888. High-
ly esteemeil. Married Selena Clements, born Nov. 2, 1835. ^'i"^' '^''-''^
July 22, i()0(). Children: Jane. Pev. \Villi;uu, Mrs. W. II. (w11)ct(,
Lydia, Eli/ia iv, Henry G., Frederick M., John Clements.
E (7) l<ieutenant William 15o\ers, son of John Boyers and Mar-
garet Shonts, was born June 13, 1838, Williamsport, Pa. Died Oct. 4,,
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1891, Muskegon, Alichigan. Methodist. Teacher. Civil War veteran.
Merchant at Muskegon, i\'Iich. Married Ehzabeth Towle, born Nov.
7, 1843. ChiUlren: Edmund W., Dr. Raymond W., Albert T., Harry
N., Rosa, Kate, Mabel M., and Dr. William T.
E (8) Catherine Royers, daughter of Jolm Royers and Marg-aret
Shonts, born July 1841, Williams Co., Ohio. Died in Toledo, Ohio, Aug.
.12, 1901. Methodist. Married Rev. J. R. Colgan. Children: Luella,
Mrs. Fred Kirkley, perhaps others.
E (9) Enos F. Royers, son of John Royers and Margaret Shonts,
■horn May 6, 1849, Williams Co., Ohio. Methodist. Farmer. Address
(1909) Millville, Florida.
E (10) Jane .Xtleline Royers, daughter of John Royers and xMar-
-g-aret Shonts, born Oct. 7, 1852. Methodist. I\!arried A. M. Lee. Ad-
dress (1909) Wauseon, Ohit). Route 9. Children.
E (11) Aaron Luther Royers, son of John Royers and I\Iargaret
Shonts, born Nov. 17, 1855. Died in Stryker, Ohio, April 10, 1900.
IMethodist. Farmer and miller. Married. Children: Vernon Royers,
Clyde Royers.
E (12) Ida Royers, daughter of John Royers and Alargaret Shonts,
married Seth Peters. Address (1909) Long Reach, Cal.
E (i) Hon. Jc)lm Garner Royer, son of Flenry Roycr and Susannah
Garner, v/as born Feb. 29, 1836, in Penn Twp., Hunting-don Co., Pa.
Taught school, became a merclKuit, served in the State Legislatiu'e 1844
and 1845. Died April 1, 1889. lUiried at Huntingdon, Pa. Tslarried
Josephine Kantner, l)orn 1839. She died June 23, 1905. Roth were
Lutherans. Children: (i) Dr. Charles Henry Ro}'er. Address (1909)
Huntingdon, Pa. Morn May 23, 1858. Lutheran. Graduate of Penn-
s}dvania Dental College, Pliila., Pa. l^ractising tlentist. Married Jemima
Willis Scott, born Dec. 1867. No children. Fine genealogist. (2) Niletta
Boyer, married Judge William E. Lightner. Atldress (1909) ILtnting-
dou, Pa.
E (2) Samuel H. Roycr, son of Henry Royer and Susannah Garner,
was born Dec. 14, 1837. Lutheran. Address (1909) James Creek, IRmt-
ing^don Co., Pa. Married Lydia Young. Chiklren: ( i) Luther Eugene
l^oyer. Address (191 5) Pluntingdon, Pa. Rorn Oct. 29, 1864. Lutheran.
County Superintendent. Married Margaret E. Miller. Children: Annie
Planche, l^ina Alberia, Theron Fugene, Florence Margaret. (2) Harry
Boyer. Address (1909) James Creek, Pa. Married Ann K. Rrumbaugh.
Children: Claire R., Grace Viola, Samuel Harold. (3) Wilbur A. Royer.
Address (1909) James Creek, Pa. Married Kate Young-. Children:
Pearl, ALary.
E (3) Mary Jane Royer, daughter of Henry Royer and Susannah
Garner, v^as born Nov. 4, 1844. Married Allison H. Crum. Address
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( ujo^j) Ailch, I'a. Children: (i) Ilally Crnni. (2) Charles Cram,
married Nettie Fei^ley. (3) Henry Crum.
E (4) Kev. Dr. Matthew Garner Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and
Susannah Garner, was born March 10, 1839. Address (1915) 513 Well-
In.yton Ave., Chicago, 111. Graduate of Gettysburg College and Theolog-
ical Seminary. Lutheran minister. Author of line book. Soldier in
Emergency Army, Civil War. Married ^Martha Logan Stauffer. Chil-
dren: (i) Charles 1 lesson Boyer. Address (1910) J501 College Ave.,
Phila., Pa. (1915) Chicago, 111. (2) Dr. Merle Stauffer Boyer. A(L
dress (1910) 2827 Girard Ave., Bhila., Pa. (3) Mary Susan Boyer.
Married Dr. Vanderpool. Address (1910) .2904 Girard .\ve., Phila.,
Pa. (4) John Blair Bo)er. Address (1910) 2904 Girard .\ve., Phila.,
Pa. (191 5) Chicago, 111.
E (5) Henry Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and Susannah Garner,
born Jan. 31, 1841, died June 20, 1862, of wounds received in the battle
of Fair r)aks, Va.
E (ij Benjamin Brumbaugh, son of Catharine Boyer and John
Brumbaugh, married Anna Peightall;E (2) George; E (3) Isaac, of
Grafton, Pa.; E (4) John B., of Huntingdon, Pa., and E (5) Henry B.,
"were brothers.
E (i) Henry Brumbaugh, son of Rachel Boyer and Jacob Bnnii-
baugh, married Grove; E (2) Rev. George Hrumbaugh, son of Rachel
Boyer and Jacob Brumbaugh. Address (1909) James Creek, Ba. Mar-
ried Mattie Grove. ChiUlren : (i ) Dr. Martin G., Supt. of Phila. Schools,
Governor of Pennsylvania— a man among men. (2) Others; E (3)
Dr. Andrew 15rumbaugh, son of Jvachel Boyer and Jacob l^rumbaugh,
married Maria Funk; E (4) Abraham P)rum1>augh, son of R:ichel Boyer
and Jacob Brumbaugh; E (5) Jacob 11. Prumbaugh, son of Rachel Boyer
and Jacob Brumbaugh. Adilress (1909) Huntingdon, Pa.; E (6)
Jlrumbaugh, daughter of Rachel Boyer and Jacob Brumbaugh, married
Robert Mason; E (7) Rachel Brumbaugh, daughter of Rachel Boyer and
Jacob Brumbaugh, married Mr. Gook, Huntingdon, Pa.
E (i) Henry Grove, son of Rebecca Boyer and Andrew (or Benja-
min) Grove. Address (1909) Aitcli, Pa.; E (2) B. PI. Groye, son of
Rebecca Boyer and x^-ndrew Grove. Address (1909) Grafton, Pa. ; IC (3)
Alice Grove, daughter of Rebecca Boyer and Andrew Grove, married Mr.
Davis. Address (1909) James Creek, Pa.; E (4) Racliel Grove, daughter
of Rebecca Boyer and Andrew Grove, married Davis, Huntingdon, Pa.
E (i) Andrew B. Garner, son of Mary Boyer and Michael Garner.
A.ddress (1909) James Creek, Pa. Married Etta Surley. Children:
George. Address (1909) Aitch, Pa. A. B. Garner, James Creek, Pa.
E (2) Isaac Garner, son of Mary Boyer and Michael Garner. Ad-
dress (1909) James Creek, Pa. Married Mary Marshall; E (3) Kate
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Garner, daughter of Mary Boycr and IMichael Garner. Address (1909)
James Creek, Pa.
E (i) Benjamin Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Catharine Beam,
was born Dec. 19, 1807. Married Hannah Cassell. Children: Susannah,
F.nos, Nathaniel, Lewis, Amanda, Samuel, and Reuben. Three others
died in infancy.
E (2) Samuel B. Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Catharine Beam,
was born April 18, 1810. Married (April 16, 1837) Harriet Gouldy, born
Oct. 19, 1814. Children: (a) Charles W. Address (1914) Norristov/n,
Pa. Farmer. ]]orn Jan. 20, 1838. !\Iarried Sallie DeHaven (Dec. 25,
1862). She was born Sept. 17, 1842. Children: (i) Mary Alice, born
Aug. 17, 1867, and (2) Walter M., born June 18, 1870. (b) Joscphus
Beyer. Address (1914) Norristown, Pa. Single. Born March 16, 1843.
(c) Dr. James Monroe, born Jan. 4, 1848. Address (1914) Bustleton,
Pa. Physician. Married HenriettaM. Beam. Children: (i) Frank B.
Beyer. Alining engineer. Address (1914) Taft, Cal. Single. (2) Florence
Beyer. Teacher. Address (1914) Bustleton, Pa. (d) Eugenia E.
Beyer, born July 7, 1850. Married Frank Gougler, Norristown, Pa.
Children: (i) May Gougler. Teacher, Norristown, Pa. (2) Ida Goug-
ler, married Harvey Murphy. Farmer. Address (1914) Center Point,.
Montg. Co., Pa.
E (3) Anna Beyer, daughter of Andrew Beyer and second wife
Catharine Clemens, born Oct. 6, 1816.
E (4) Henry C. Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Catliarine Clem-
ens, born Aug. 20, 1818. Married (Nov. 23, 1841) Sophia Plartel, born
Nov. 2, iSi'C). Children: (a) Elmira, born Aug. 23, 1843; <Jicd Aug.
9, 1862. (b) Edward H. Beyer, born April 23, 1846; died Jan. 3, 1867.
E (5) Jacob C. Beyer, son of Andrew P>eyer and Catherine Clem-
ens, born April 7, 1822, married (Aug. 15, 1848) Margaret McCarter.
She died Dec. 15, 1856. Her children: (a) Manning, born June 23,
1849; died Aug. 31, 1863. (b) James Marshall, born Nov. 4, 1851.
Married (Sept. 16, 1876) Sallie Merkel, born Sept. 30, 1852. Children:
(i) James Walton, born March 14, 1874; and (2) Franklin G., bora
Nov. 25, 1878. Atldress (i<)i4) Phila., Pa. Jacob C. Be\er married
second wife, Susan Lantlis, Jan. 15, 1860. Children: (a) William H.,
born Aug. 9, 1863, and (b) Nettie K., born Jan. 3, 1876.
E (6) Joseph C. Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Catherine Clem-
ens, born July 22, 1824.
E (7) William C. Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Catherine Clem-
ens, was born June 18, 1827. Married Catherine Kugler (Sept. 30, i8.!8).
She was burn Feb. 4, 1830. Children: (a) Isabella, born Aug. 31,
1852; married George G. Mann (May 3, 1877). Their children: (i)
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Georg-e G. Alann. Address (1877) Phila., Pa. (b) Mary E., born IMarch
27, 1855, ^"^ (^) Washington, born July 31, 1858.
E (8) David C. Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Catherine Clem-
ens, born P'eb. 25, 1834,. died Aug. 14, 1862. Married Elizabeth Swartz,
July 22, 1855. Children: (a) Wilamina, born Aug. 1856. (b) Justus
Beyer, born Feb. 1858. (c) Douglass, born March i860, (d) Morris,
born July 8, 1862.
E (1) Jacob B. Beyer, son of Joseph Beyer and Hannah Bean,
born Jan. 17, 1813. Alarried Elizabeth Cassell (Oct. 20, 1836). She
was born April 4, 1814. Children: (a) Hannah, born Sept. 10, 1837.
(b) Isaac, born Jan. 25, 1840. ?\Iarried Elizabeth Gross (Aug. 15, 1844).
She was born April 25, 1813, and died Aug. 14, 1870. Her children were
Elizabeth G., born Jan. 2y, 1866; Wilson G., born Feb. 7, 1878. Jacob
B. Beyer married a second wife, Sophia Swartz (June 2, 1872). She was
born June 29, 1850. Her children were Howard S., born Dec. 17, 1874,
and Jacob Abncr S., born July 9, 1877. (c) Sarah, born Nov. 27, 1845,
died March 23, 1862.
E (2) William Beyer, son of Joseph Beyer and Hannah Bean, born
July 29, 1S14. Married (Nov. 5, 1837). She was born May 19, 1812, and
vhed Jan. 5, 1859. Children: (a) Mary, born Sejjt. 10, 1835, died Feb.
26, 1843. (b) Susannah, born July 8, 1841 ; (c) Catharine, born Feb. 4,
1843; (d) Elizabeth, born May 17, 1849; (^) Pebecca, born April 20,
1856. died June 5, 1865.
E (3) Josei)h Beyer, son of Joseph Beyer and Hannah Bean, born
April 17, 1817, died Jan. 4, 1867. Married (Nov. 17, 1839) Lydia Rit-
tenhouse. She died May 23, 1847. Her children were: Amy and Abra-
ham, v/ho both died in infancy, and Levi R., born Sei)t, 4, 1845. He mar-
ried (March 30, 1876) Mary E. Kindy, born April i, 1843. Children:
Ella K.. born Aug. 17, 1877. Joseph lieyer married his wife's sister June
15, 1848. The children were: (a) Anna, born March ii, 1849; (b) Jos-
e[)h R., born Nov. 4, 1850, died Feb. 2, 1875; (c) John R., born Dec. 21,
1852; (d) Elizabeth R., born Jan. 15, 1854; (e) Anna R., born May 31,
1855; (f) William R., born Jan. 14, 1857; (g) Samuel R., born May
12, i860; (h) Deborah R., born March 28, 1865; (i) Ida, born Oct.
20, 1866.
E (i) Samuel Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Magilalene Boorse,
was born Feb. 13, 1823. Reformed. Merchant in Philadelphia, Pa. IMar-
ried Hannah U. Brunner. Children: Mary Ann, Martha J., Emily,
Franklin, Cyrus, Lydia, Amanda, Eva.
E (2) John Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Magdalena Boorse,
l:)orn .April 8, 1824, married Sarah Holfman (Schwenk). Address (1909)
Mrs. Sarah I^eyer, Centerpoint, Pa. Children: Margaret S., ,Sarah Jane,
Sophia H., Elizabeth L.
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E (3) Jesse Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and lAIagdalena Boorse was
born Sept. 13, 1825. Reformed. Carpenter. Married (1851) Hannah
Dettra. Address (1909) Mrs. Hannah Beyer, Norristown, I'J rTd
5- Uiildren: tou.sa Ann, Mary Ma-dalena, William D
E (4) Adanj Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and .A'la^dalena Boorse
-rn An^. .4, 1S.9. Reformed. Carpenter. Address (u;o,) Cor,S
George and th. Sts., Norri.town, Pa. Married Mary B nm.e ZZ
her death Mrs. Elizabeth Hon.sher Hendricks. Children: Jackson J f
ferson, Wesley B., flenry, and Jrvyin H. jacKson, Jet
P.n^ 1^^ Kluabeth Beyer, dauohter of Jacob Beyer and Ma<^da]ena
Loorse, born Oct. 31, 18.8. Married David Kook. Children- ^:nlZ
1^-, Angehna, Jacob, Sarah E.. and Catharine A. '
E (6) Daniel Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Ai-i'M-denn P, o,-^
born June .7:830, died Dec. 36. .8S3, bnried at Wen ^r C ^^1 ' wJ '
s^cr 1 u-p Montg. Co., Pa. Refonned. Carriage builder MWl
(1653) Catharn,e Oberholtzer. Children: Ellen T Wil i- m M F
K.. Alvin D -l-ulu j., \\ niiani ^J., Emma
r ,,' ;,^^t, ''°"""''- Carpcntt-r. A<l,lross ( ,oo.j) Red H.ll
?:t:r,f!'Z^:r^ Nornstow„,Pa..R.F.0.5. Chiid,..,: Ja,™.
was L^^'A^r';rTi:r^'^-:[^ru" - ^'--e.. .oo.e,
Ko.vetsford Pa. Chndren: Ida J., ji.. W."^;:;rC.. 3:^^ '^"'^
,8, A , ■'"■^ '*■"• -'°" °f -'"'"• '^"'^■- ^'"l '-Vdia Frick born
rchl'Ts:/ S?' "'"'f''' '""■■'■ ^^'='"-' "--" ^^'«°«
^^/J'\J^t ^'"- r^r°! -l"'"' '''^■^" "«' Ly<l- Frick, was born
fs n r, M , ,'"^ '^'''- *' '*+'^' J""^"" Mo^'--'-. torn April 6
E (i) John Beyer, William Beyer, Elizabeth Beyer, Sarah Bever
Mary Beyer^Davd Beyer, Eli.a Beyer, Susan Beyer, Jacob I ever S san '
M., Alv,n H.. Sarah E., Maria J., Leanna B., and CarolllrE ' ^''"''
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E (i) Thomas 15. Ueyer, son of iAbraham Ik-yer and Klizabcth
Williams, was born at Tipton, Pa., Dec. 13, 1845. ^lethoclist. Veteran
of the Civil War. 0. A. R. officer. Farmer. Justice of the Peace,
Resided at Ramey, Pa. Married Martha Y. Warren. Address (1909)
ilrs. Martlia V. Beyer, 508 Twenty-ftHirth St., Altoona, Pa. Children:
Myrtle A., Florence L., Clinton W., Laura E., and Professor Thomas P.
E (2) Rebecca Beyer, daughter of Abraham Beyer and Elizabeth
Willianis, was born Nov. 14, 1835. Married r\Ir. Westbrook. Address
(1910) Mrs. Jvebecca Westbrook, Washington St., Huntingdon, Pa.
No children. Fine historian.
E (3) Mary .A. ileyer, daughter of Abraham Peyer and Elizabeth
Williams, married J. C. Macamant. Address (1910) Mrs. Mary Macani-
ant, Huntingdon, Pa. Children: Jane, Plattie, Elizabeth, Marvine, Frank.
E (4) Plannah S. licyer, daughter of Abraham Beyer and Elizabeth
Williams, married Mr. Elway. Address (1910) Mrs. H. Susan Elway,
Sabbath Rest, iilair Co., Pa.
E (5) Sarah J. Beyer, daughter of Abraham Beyer and Elizabeth
Williams, married Daniel Eckroth. No children. Address (1910) Mrs.
Daniel Eckroth. Tyrone, Pa.
E (^>) (7) John A. Beyer and Ezra C. Beyer, sons of Abraham
Beyer and Elizabeth Williams, died unmarried.
E (8) David Beyer, son of Abraham Beyer and Elizabeth Williams,
was born about 1854 and died in 1906. Married. Children live in
Tyrone, Pa.
E (i) A. Wesley l>eyer, son of Aaron Beyer and wife Lydia Ramey,
was born 1847. Address (1909) Tyrone, Pa. Miller by trade. Married
Annie M. Ault. Children: (i) Edwin Bruce lieyer. Address (1914)
Tyrone, I*a. JMarried llallie. Me is a miller. Children: liilizabeth
Beyer. Alarried Dr. \l. S. Africa. Address (1914) Warren, Pa.
E (2) William M. Beyer, son of Aaron Beyer and wife, I^ydia
Ramey. Lawyer. Address (T914) Altoona, Pa.
E (3) A daughter of Aaron Beyer and wife Lydia Ramey, married
Kessler. Address (1909) Twelfth Ave., near 12th St., Altoona, Pa.
E (4) Sadie Beyer, daughter of Aaron Beyer and wife Lydia Ramey,
married Bain. Address (1910) Juniata, Pa.
E (5) J- O. Beyer, son of Aaron Beyer and Lydia Ramey.
E (6) S. F. Beyer, son of Aaron Beyer and Lydia Ramey, was
T<illed in Civil War.
E (7) Rev. J. S. Beyer, son of Aaron Beyer and Lydia Ramey, is
<lead.
E (i) Daniel Byer, son of Henry Byer and Dorothy McElvvaine,
owned father's farm. Moved to Juniata County, where he died. Married
Anna Eliza Keyler. Children : John James, Emma, Sarah.
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E (2) Andrew Byer, son of Henry Byer and Dorothy McElwain.
Married. No children.
E (3) Rebecca Byer, daughter of Henry Byer and Dorothy McEl-
waine, was born Nov. 3, 1830. She married John Wesley Emery. Child :
Ida May.
E (i) Mary Ann Byer, daughter of Andrew Byer and Jane Har-"
ris. Married Alexander White. Children: Dr. Josephine, Allen T.,
Andrew B., William H., Alexander, Jane, and Charles E.
E (i) Daniel IMcElwaine, son of Rebecca Beyer and John McEl-
waine. Married Harriet Eckels. Children: Mary Jane, Eliza Rebecca,
Louisa, James B., William M., John S., and Robert B.
E (i) P.enjamin Byer, son of Daniel Byer and Catharine Baker,
lived on farm near grandfather. Married Mary vSmith. Children:
Catharine Dorothy Ann, Uriah, and Georg-e.
E (2) Elizabeth liyer, daughter of Daniel Byer and Catharine
Baker. Married John Hethcrington. Children: George B., Annie, Jolm,
Washington, and Catharine.
E (0 .Susan Byer, daughter of Robert Byer and Elizabeth Johns-
ton, born Jan. 21, 1835, died Dec. 18, 1907. Married Joseph P. Carhart
Dentist at Ellwood, N. J. Children: Lavinia, Carrie L.
E (2) Ilenr)' I'.ycr, son of Robert Byer and Elizabeth Johnston,
was born March 10, 1836. and died Dec. 26, 1871. Soldier in Civil War.
Married I^Iary E. Hastings. Children: Theodore Evans, John, and
Ifenry Nelson.
E (3) Ann Elizabeth Byer, daughter of Robert Byer and Elizabeth
Johnston, born Dec. 6, 1838, married Matthew Dunlap. I.eft one s.)n
William B.
E (4) Rebecca Byer, daughter of Robert Byer and Elizabeth Johns-
ton, born July 10, 1840, married Matthew D. Williams. Children.
E (5) John Byer, son of Robert liyer and Elizabeth Johnston, was
born Eeb. 12, 1842. Brave soldier. Died at Salisbury, N. C.
E (6) Sarah Byer, daughter of Robert Byer and Elizabeth Johnston,
born July 28, 1843, married William Jack. Address ( 1910 ) Coleraine, Pa.
E (i) Rebecca Byer, daughter of David J5yer and Mary McEl-
waine, a very remarkable woman, married Milton Ke3'ler, a splendid
character. Children : Rev. James E., Dr. Henry E., and Dr. Josiah B.
E (2) i^Jary l',ycr, daughter of David Byer and Mary McElwaine,
married William M. McElwaine.
E (3) Josiah Byer, son of David Byer and Mary McElwaine,
was born April 15, 1830, and died Aug. 6, 1909. Farmer. .Alarried
Hannah I iidribaugh. Children: I,aura, David 11., John D., and .\n-
nie M.
E (i) Rebecca Byer, daughter of Thomas Byer and Mary Ann
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McClenathan, born Feb. 17, 1844, married Robert Clark. Children:
Charles E., Edwin R., and Reverend Howard S.
E (2) Letitia Byer, daughter of Thomas Byer and Mary Ann Mc-
Clenathan, born March 6, 1846, married Albert B. Worth. Address
(1910) Mrs. Letitia B. Worth, 559 East Allegheny Ave., Phila., Pa.
E (3) Mary A. Byer, daughter of Thomas Byer and Mary Ann
McClenathan, born Oct. 26, 1848. Teacher. Fine genealogist. Has
done the cause inestimable service. Address (1910) Christiana, Pa.,
R. F. D. I.
E (4) Attorney Williani Forest Byer, son of Thomas Byer and
Mary Ann McClenathan, was born Oct. 11, 1853. Lawyer. Address
(1910) 433 West C3range St., Lancaster, Pa. Married Ida Warfel.
Children : Ro]x;rt A., John W., and Thomas S.
E (5) Winfield Byer, son of Thomas Byer and Mary Ann Mc-
Clenathan, was born Oct. 22, 1861. Address (1910) Christiana, Pa.,
. R. F. D. I. Farmer on father's old homestead.
E (i) Peter Boyer, son of Samuel Beyer and wife, was born about
1839. Address (1910) Elverson, Pa. Care of Mrs. John Smith. Mar-
ried. Children: Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. George Strohl, Mrs. David
Swavely, Samuel E.. Charles W., Elizabeth, Lewis, Mrs. Howard Miller^
Robert, Leona, Oscar.
E (2) Andrew Boyer, son of Samuel Beyer and wife. Married
Children. Address (1910) Erie, Pa.
E (3) Lewis Boyer, son of Samuel Beyer and wife. Married
Children. Address (1910) Tyrone, Pa.
E (4) Mary Boyer, daughter of vSamuel Beyer and wife, married
Grube. Address (1911) PIone\brook, Pa.
E (5) Maggie Boyer, daughter of Samuel Beyer and wife, married
Story. Address (1911) Honcybrook, Pa.-
E (i) Nelson P. Beyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Sarah A. Pen-
nock, married Harriet C. Address (1910) Coatesville, Pa.
E (2) Samuel 15eyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Sarah A. Pennock.
Address (1910) Buck Run, Pa.
E (3) Annie Beyer, daughter of Andrew Beyer and Sarah A, Pen-
nock, born Feb. 2, 1840. Married Sanuiel W. Smith. Address (1910)
Cochranville, Pa. Children: (a) Dr. Frank W. Smith. Address (1910)
416 Lafayette Ave., Passaic, N. J. (b) Robert B. Smith. Address (1910)
Cochranville, Pa. (c) Mary P. Smith. Teacher. Address (1910) Man-
tua, N. J. Fine historian.
E (4) Mary Be}er, daughter of Andrew Beyer and Sarah A. Pen-
nock. Married Hughes. Address (1910) Coatesville, Pa.
E (5) Haimah Beyer, daughter of Andrew Beyer and Sarah A,
Pennock. ]\L-\rried Faddis. Address (1910) Pomeroy, Pa.
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E (6) Elvina Be}'er, daughter of Andrew Beyer and Sarah A. Pen-
nock, was born 1846, and died 1895.
E (7) Sarah Beyer, daughter of Andrew Beyer and Sarah A. Pen-
nock, married Faddis. Address (1910) Coatesville, Pa.
E (8) EHzabeth Beyer, daughter of Andrew Pieyer and Sarah A.
Pennock, married Robert A. Young. Address ( 1910) Minneapohs, Alinn.
Children: Annie M. (son, Daniel T. Wilson, Minneapolis, Minn.),.
Madge M. (Donaldson, Minneapolis).
F (i) Christian Hoyer, son of Henry B. Boyer and Barbara Good,
was born April 19, 1846. Mennonitc. Farmer. Address (1912) Colum-
biana, Ohio, R. F. D. I. Married Alartha Glenn, and after her death,.
Mary Bassinjjer. Children: (a) William H. Boyer. Address (1912)
Columbiana, Ohio. Born Nov. 16, 1875. Clerk in grocery store. Mar-
ried Blanche Bossart. Children, (b) Walter J. B.oyer. Address (1912)
Columbiana, Ohio. Born Feb. 14, 1880. Farmer. Married Laura
Renkenberger. Children, (c) Fred E. Boyer. Address (1912) Colum-
biana, Ohio. Born Dec. 28, 1882. Farmer. ^larried Myrtle Baker.
Children.
F (2) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Henry B. Boyer and Barbara-
Good, married Henry Color. Atldress (1912) Canfield, Ohio. Children.
F (i) Abraham K. Boyer, son of Abraham Ijoyer and Elizabeth
Keyser, born May 8, 1854. Mennonite. Carpenter. Address (1912)
Middleburg, Indiana. ISIarried Mary A. Tyson, Dec. 24, 1871. She died
Aug". 9, 1904. Then Abraham K. Boyer married his wife's sister. Chil-
dren: (a) Sadie Boyer. Married Emmanuel Long-field. Address ( 1912)
Wakarusa, Ind. (b) William Bcjyer. Address (1912) Dewey Ave.,
Goshen, Ind. Married Ella LJechtel. Children, (c) Fannie M. Bo)er.
(d) Erwin W. Boyer.
F (2) Dr. David K. I'oyer, son of Abraham Boyer and Elizabeth
Keyser, was born May 31, 1857. Practised medicine six years. ]\IedicaI
Institute proprietor since 1884. Married vSusannah Tyson, l)orn March
3, 1856. Children: (a) John D. Boyer. Address ( 1910) Middleburg-,
Ind. Born Se])t. 8, 1879. Married Alary Garner. Children, (b) Ijertha
L. Boyer. Married Henry Ilonderich. Address ( 1910) Goshen, Ind.
Children, (c) Ira S. Boyer. Address (1910) .Middleburg, Ind. (d)
William H. Boyer. Address (1910) Mi(Klleburg, Ind. Married Emma
Ilonderich. Children, (e) Ida M. Boyer. Married Albert G. Cripe.
F (3) Samuel K. Boyer, son of Abraham Boyer and Elizabetl) Key-
ser, was born Sept. 17, 1859. Address (1910) Wakarusa, Ind. Married
Eliza. Children: (a) Laura Boyer. Married Rissor. Address (19x0)
Wakarusa, Ind. (b) Annetta Boyer. Married Everest. Address ( 1910)
Wakarusa, Ind. (c) Amanda Boyer. Married Ddp. Address (1910)
Wakarusa, Ind. (d) David L. Boyer. Address (1910) Wakarusa, Ind,
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F (4) Rebecca lloycr, daughter of Abraham Boyer and EHzabeth
Keyser, married Gulp. Address (1910) Halstead, Kansas; F (5) Mary
Boyer, married Fletcher. Address (1910) Goshen, Ind. ; F (6) Lydia
Boyer, married Troup. Address (iQio) Wakarusa, Ind.; F (7) EHza-
beth rK)yer, married Georije J. Tyson. Slie is dead. Address of hus-
band (1910) Finuba, Gal.
F (F) Nicodemus Wislcr, son of Nancy Boyer and John Wisler.
yVddress (1912) North Lima, Ohio; F (2) Abraham Wisler, son of
Nancy Boyer and John Wisler. Address (1912) East Lewistown, Ohio;
V (3) Gornclius Wisler, son of Nancy P>oyer and John Wisler.
F (i) John I lout/., sonof Elizabeth Boyer and John Houtz. Ad-
dress (1912) lielena, Sandusky Go., Ohio; F (2) Zacharias lioutz, '-■n^
of Elizabeth Bo)er and John Houtz. Address (1912) Helena, Ohio;
F (3) Sarah Houtz, dau,:;htcr of Eliza!;eth ]5oyer and John Floutz,
married T)son. Address (1912) Helena, Ohio.
F (i) Flossie May Thurston, burn May 25, 1867. Methodist.
Married (Sept. 2,. 1886) Gharlcs B. Gramer, born Aug. ro, 1861. Gar-
penter. Address (i(,o-,)) Archbold, Ohio. Ghildren : (a) Gertrude
Alay Gramer, born Nov. 27, 1S79. Married (April 1907) Gharles Bern-
aih. .Vcidress (190--)) Archbold, Ohio, (bj Orville F Gramer, born Au^-.
7, 18S9. Address (1909) Arclibcjld, Ohio, (c) Sarah Elizabeth Gramer,
born /\pril 15, 1898.
l'" ( I ) Fndosia J. Morrison, tlaui^hter of Eliza F.oyers and Rev. John
W. If. AI(,rrison, born Jul',' 2(\ 1S73. Methodist. Address (1909) 501
Washin.^ton St., Findlay, Ohio.
F (2) Russell P. Morrison, son of Eliza P)0yers and Rev. Morrison,
born Scitt. 2, 187C. Methodist. Book-keeper. Married Glara M., born
July 28, 1880. Address ( KjOt;) 501 Washington St., FintUay, Ohio.
F (3) Glaude Marcellus Morrison, son of Eliza Boyers and Rev.
INforrison, born xNov. 22, 1878. Methodist. Mail carrier. Address (190C))
501 Washington St., Fiiullay, Ohio.
F ('4) T'vlaude Eslella Morri.--ou, daughter of Eliza Boyers and P.ev.
Morrison, born Nov. 22, 1878. Methodist. Teacher. Address (1901))
501 Washington St., Findlay, Ohio.
F (5) Otis T. Morrison, son of Eliza Boyers and Rev. Morrison,
born Feb. 27, 1881. Methodist. Jeweler. Address (1909) 323 Wash-
ington St., iM'ndlay, Ohio. Married Clara May.
F (6) Kate Wauneta Morrison, daughter of Eliza Boyers and Rev.
jNIorrison, born Oct. 2, 1883. Methodist.
F (1) Guyler Boyers, son of Isaac Boyers and wife. Address
(i9or;i) East St. Louis, Mo.
F { 1) Alijert 1 Joyers, son of John Boyers and Adeline Schaefi'er.
Address (1909) 533 Stocking .Vvc., Toledo, Ohio; F (2) Fannie Boyers,
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daug-hter of John Boyers and Adeline Schaeffer, died May 14, 1901. Wife
of W. R. Barkdall; F (3) Minnie May Boyers, daus^hter of John Boyers
and Adeline Schaeffer, married C. D. Whitman. Address (1909) Toledo,
Ohio; F (4) Delia O. Boyers, daughter of John Boyers and Adeline
Schaeffer. Address (1909) 625 South St., Toledo, Ohio; F (5) Fred
S. Boyers, son of John Boyers and Adeline Schaeffer. Address (1909)
Springfield, ]11.
F ( I ) Jane Boyers, daughter of Rev. Henry Boyers and Selena
Clements, married W. H. 11. Reeder. Address (1909) 1328 Broadway,
Toledo, Ohio.
F (2) liev. William Boyers, son of Rev. Henry Boyers and Selena
Clements. Address (1914) 4037 Charles St., Omaha, Nebraska.
F (3) A daughter of Rev. Henry Boyers and Selena Clements,
married W. H. Gilbert. Address (1909) Lindsay, Ohio. No children
F (4) Lydia Boyers, daughter of Rev. Henr)- B>oycrs and Selena
Clements. Address (190;) 538 Crittenden Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
F (5) Kliza R. Bioycrs, daughter of Rev. ] lenry Boyers and Selena
Clements. Address (1909) 538 Crittenden Ave., Toledo, CJhio.
F (6) Henry G. Boyers, son of Rev. Henry Boyers and Selena
Clements. Address ( 1909) 2508 Fulton St., Toledo, Ohio.
F (7) Frederick M. Boyers, son of Rev. Henry Boyers and Selena
Clements. Address (1909) 3240 Glennwood x^ve., Toledo, Ohio.
F (8) John Clements Boyers, son of Rev. Henry Boyers and Selena
Clements. Address (1909) Union Theological Seminary, New York.
F (i) Edmund W. Boyers, son of Lieut. William Boyers and Eliza-
beth Towle. Address (T909) Muskegon, Michigan.
F (2) Dr. Raymond W. lioyers, son of Lieut. William Boyers and
Elizabeth Towle. Address (1909) Marquette, Michigan.
F (3) Albert T. Boyers, son of Lieut. William Boyers and Eliza-
beth Towle. Address (1909) Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
F (4) Harry N. Boyers, son of Lieut. William Boyers and Eliza-
beth Towle. Atldress (1909) Chicago and N. W. Railroad, Chicago, 111.
F (5) Rosa Boyers, daughter of Lieut. William Boyers and" EHza-
beth Towle. Address (19a;) Cerro Gordo, 111.
F (6) Kate Boyers, daughter of Lieut. William Boyers and Eliza-
beth Towle. Address (1909) Santa Ikirbara, Cal.
F (7) Mabel M. Boyers, daugiUer of Lieut. William Boyers and
Elizabeth Towle. Married Raymond vS. Dawes. Address (1909) In-
dianapolis, Ind.
F (8) Dr. William T. Boyers, son of Lieut. William Boyers and
Elizabeth Towle. Address (1909) Cerro Gordo, 111.
F (i) lyuella Colgan, daughter of Catharine Boyers and Rev. J. R.
Colgan. Address (1909) 882 Prouty Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
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F (2) A daug'hter of Catiiarine Boycrs and Rev. J. R. Colgan, mar-
ried Fred Kirkly. Address (1909) Prouty AvQ., Toledo, Ohio.
F (i) Vernon Boyers, son of Aaron Luther Boyers and wife. Ad-
dress (1909) West Unity, Ohio; F (2) Clyde Boyers, son of Aaron
Luther Jjoycrs and wife. Address (ifp9) Stryker, Ohio.
F (i) Susannah Beyer, daughter of Benjamin Beyer and Hannah
Casscll, horn June 5, 1832. She died June 19, 1852.
F (2) Enos Boyer, son of Benjamin l^eyer and Hannah Cassell, horn
April 12, 1836.
F (3) NathanielBeyer, son of Benjamin Beyer and Hannah Cassell,
horn Feb. 8, 1841. Address (1914) Fairview, Alontg. Co., Pa. Married
(Nov. 7, 1863) jNIary Jane Keyser, born July 28, 1844. Children: Vien-
na, born Aug. 11, 1864; Nathan IMontgomery, born Sept. 24, 1870.
F (4) Lewis lieyer son of Benjamin Beyer and Hannah Cassell,
born Dec. 12, 1849. Address (1914) Norritonville, Alontg. Co., Pa.
Married (1875) Sallie R. Smoyer, born Nov. 16, 1852. Children: Allen
S. Boyer, born 1875.
F (5) Amanda Beyer, daughter of Benjamin lieyer and Hannah
Cassell, born Sept. 16, 1853.
F (6) Samuel Beyer, son of Benjamin Beyer and Hannah Cassell,
born March 22, 1858.
F (7) Reuben Beyer, son of Benjamin Beyer and Hannah Cassell,
born March 4, 1860. Address (1914) Center Square, Montg. Co., Pa
F (i) Charles W. Beyer, son of Sanuiel B. Beyer and Harriet
Gouldy, born Jan. 20, 1S38. Married (Deo. 25, 1862) Sallie Dellaven,
born Sept. 17, 1842. Children: iNIary Alice, born Aug. 17, 1867; Walter
M., born June 18, 1870.
F (2) Josephus Beyer, son of Samuel B. Beyer and Harriet Gouldy,
"born March 16, 1843. Single. Address (1914) Norristown, Pa.
F (3) James M. Beyer, son of Samuel B. Beyer and Harriet Goukly,
born Jan. 4, 1848. Address (1914) Bustleton, Pa. Physician. Mar-
ried Henrietta M. Bean. Children: (1) Frank B. Beyer. Mining en-
gineer. Address (1914) Taft, Cal. Single. (2) Florence Beyer. Teach-
er. Address (1914) Bustleton, Pa.
F (4) Eugenia E. Beyer, daughter of Samuel B. Beyer and PLirriet
Gouldy, born July 7, 1850. Married Frank Gougler. Children: (i)
May Gougler. Teacher, Norristown, Pa. (2) Ida Gougler. Married
Harvey Murphy. Farmer. Address (1914) Center Point, Montg.
Co., Pa.
F (i) James Marshall Beyer, son of Jacob C. Beyer and Margaret
McCarter, burn Nov. 4. 1851. Married (Sept. 16, 1876) Sallie Merkel,
"born Sept. 30, 1852. Chiklrcn : James Walter, born March 14, 1S74;
"Franklin G., born Nov. 25, 1S78. Address (1914) Phila., Pa.
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F (2) Rev. William H. Beyer, son of Jacob C. Beyer and second
wife, vSusan Landis, born Aug. 9, 1863. Methodist minister.
F (3) Nettie Beyer, daughter of Jacob C. Beyer and Susan Landis,
born Jan. 3, 1876.
F (i) Oliver Beyer, son of Joseph C. Beyer and his wife. Traia
announcer, Reading- Terminal, Phila., Pa. Note. Chihhxn (-1 J^.-^ci^li
C. Beyer, born July 22, 1824.
F (2) Charles Beyer, son of Joseph C. Beyer and his wife. Dry
goods merchant. Address (1914) Ardmore, Montg. Co., Pa.
F (3) i'erhaps others.
F (i) Isabella Beyer, daughter of William C. Beyer and Catharine
Kugler, born .\ug. 31, 1852. Married George G. Mann (May 3, 1877').
Children: George G. Mann. Address (1914) Phila., Pa.
F (2) ?\lary E. P>eyer. daughter of William G. Beyer and Catharine
Kugler, born March 2-j, 1855.
F (3) Washington Beyer, son of William C. Beyer and Catharine
Kugler, born July 31, 1858.
F (i) W'ilamina Beyer, daughter of David C. Beyer and Eliza-
beth Swartz, born Aug. 1856.
F (2) Justus Beyer, son of David C. Beyer and Elizabeth Swartz,
born Feb. 1858.
V (3) Douglass Beyer, son of David C. Beyer and Elizabeth Swartz,
born Alarch 18^)0.
F (4) Morris Beyer, son of David C. P)eyer and Elizabeth Swartz,
born July 8, 1862.
F (i) Hannah Beyer, daughter of Jacob B. Beyer and Elizabeth
Casscll. born Sept. 10, 1837.
F (.2) Isaac lieyer, son of Jacob B. Beyer and Elizabeth Cassell,
born Ja'.i. 25. 1840. Married (jViiril 25, 1863) Elizabeth Gross, born Aug.
15, 1S34. Siie died Aug. 14, 1870. Children: Elizabeth G., born Jan.
29, i8''>6; Wilson G., Feb. 7, 1878; Isaac Be3er niarried a second wife
(June 2, 1872) Sophia Swartz, Ixjrn June 29, 1850. Children: . Howard
S., born Dec. 17, 1874; Jacob Abner S., l)orn July 9, 1877.
F (1) Susannah Beyer, daughter of William lieyer and wife, born
July 8, 1841 ; F (2) Catharine lieyer, daughter of William Beyer and
wife, born Feb. 4, 1843; ^" (3^ Elizabeth iJeyer, daughter of William
Beyer and wife, born May 17, 1849.
F (I) Levi R. Beyer, son of Joseph Beyer and Lydia Rittenhouse,
born Sept. 4. 1845. Married (March 30, 1876) :\Iary L. Kindy, born
April I. 1843. Children: Elon K., born Aug. 17. 1877; F (2) Ana
Beyer, dauglilvr of Joseph Beyer and second wife i\Iary Rittenhousc, born
March 11, 1841 1; F (3) Joseph R. Beyer, son of Joseph Beyer and ^lary
Rittenhousc, born Nov. 4, 1850. Died Feb. 2, 1875; F (4) John R.
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Beyer, son of Joseph Beyer and Mary Rittenhouse, born Dec. 22, 1852;:
F (5) Elizabeth R. Beyer, daughter of Joseph Beyer and Mary Ritten-
house, born Jan. 15, 1854; F (6) Anna R. Beyer, daughter of Joseplr
Beyer and Mary Rittenhouse, born May 31, 1855; F (7) WiUiani R.
Beyer, son of Joseph Beyer and Mary Rittenhouse, born Jan. 14, 1857;,-.
F (8) Samuel R. Beyer, son of Joseph Beyer and Mary Rittenhouse,
born May 12, i860; F (9) Deborah R. Beyer, daughter of Joseph Beyer
and IMary Rittenhouse, born March 28, 1865; F (10) Ida Beyer, daug-h-
ter of Joseph Ik-yer and Mary Rittenhouse, born Oct. 20, 186G.
F (i) Mary Ann Beyer, daughter of Samuel Beyer and Hannah
U. Brunner, born Jan. i, 1846, married George Pennick. Address (1909)
Jeffersonville, Pa.; F (2) Martha J. Beyer, daughter of Samuel Beyer
and Hannah U. Brunner, born Jan. 1, 1847; I^ (3) Emily Beyer, daugh-
ter of Samuel Beyer and Plannah U. lirunner, born Jan. 18, 1849; F (4)
Franklin Beyer, son of Samuel iieyer and Hannah U. Brunner, born
March 23, 1852; F (5) Cyrus Beyer, son of Samuel Beyer and Hannah
U. Brunner, born April 7, 1855. Address (1909) Philadelphia, Pa. Mar-
ried (1875) Susan Miller. Children. F (6) Lydia Jieyer, daughter of
Samuel Beyer and Hannah U. Brunner, born Jan. 29, 1857; F (7)
Amanda Peyer, daughter of Samuel 15eyer and PLannah U. Brunner, born
Dec. 6, 1862; F (8j Eva Beyer, daughter of Samuel ].k)-er and Hannah
U. Brunner, born April 7, 1866.
F (1) ]\largaret S. Beyer, daughter of John Beyer and Sarah Huff-
man (Schwenk), born Oct. 20, 1853. Married David Gottshall. Ad-
dress (1909) Lower Providence, Pa.; F (2) Sarah Jane Be\er, daugli-
ter of John Beyer and Sarah Hoffman (Schwenk) born Dec. 31, 1854.
jMarried Edwin I'ean. Address (1909) Jeffersonville, Pa.; F (3) Sopliia
H. Beyer, daughter of John lleyer and Sarah IPjtfman (Schwenk), born
June 9, 1856; F (4) Elizabeth L. Beyer, daughter of John Be3-er and
Sarah Ploffman (Schwenk), born Oct. i6, i860.
F (1) Louisa Ann lieyer, daughter of Jesse Beyer and Hannah
Dettra, born Nov. 9, 1853. Ail.lress (1909) Norristown, Pa. R. F. D. 5.
F (2) Mary APigdalena Beyer, daughter of Jesse Beyer and Han-
nah Dettra, born May 20, 1855. Alarried Wilson Garner. Address (1909)
Idaho.
F (3) William D. Beyer, son of Jesse Beyer and Ilannah Dettra,
born June 4, 1858. Address ( 1909) Norristown, Pa., R. F. D. 3. Teach-
er. Married. Children.
F ( I ) Jackson Beyer, son of Adam Beyer and Mary Brunner, born
Dec. 28, 1853. Address (1909) DcsMoines, Iowa. Lumberman. Mar-
ried (Nov. 30, 1876) Elizabeth Oueal. Children: Lucy J. Beyer, born
April II, 1878.
F (2) Jefferson Beyer, son of Adam Beyer and Mary Brunner,,
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■born Aug. 2, 1855. Address (19Q9) George and Elm Sts., Norristown,
Pa. Grocer.
F (3) Wesley B. Beyer, son of Adam Beyer and Mary Brunner,
born April 4, 1857. Address (1909) Stambridge vSt., Norristown, Pa.
Iron worker.
F (4) Henry Beyer, son of x'Vdam Beyer and Mary Brunner, born
Aug. 27, 1858.
F (5) Irwin H. Beyer, son of Adam Beyer and Mary Brunner, 1x)rn
Feb. 20, 1871. He is the son of a second wife. Address (1909) I'hila.,
Pa. Tinsmith.
F (i) FrankHn B. Kook, son of Flizabeth Ilcyer and David Kook,
born June 3, 1854. Address (1909) Spring City, Pa.; F (2) Angelina
Kook, daughter of Klizabeth lieyer and David Kook, born Aug. 31, 1857;
F (3) Jacob Kook, son of Elizabeth Beyer and David Kook, born Nov.
.24, 1S59. Address (1909) Spring City, Pa.; F (4) Sarah E. Kook,
daughter of Elizaheth Ikyer and David Kook, born July 15, 1863 ; F (5)
Catharine A. Kook, daughter of Elizabeth Beyer and David Kook, born
May 15, 1867.
F (i) Ellen J. Beyer, daughter of Daniel Beyer and Catharine
Oberholtzer, born Dec. 21, 1856. Dead.
F (2) William N. Beyer, son of Daniel Be3er and Catharine Ober-
holtzer, born Dec. 20, i8i)2. Address (1909) 225 Walnut St., Roy^n-s-
ford, Pa.
F (3) Emma K. Be)'er, daughter of Daniel Beyer and Catharine
■Oberholtzer, horn July 8, 186S. Address (1909) 642 Haws Ave., Norris-
town, Pa.
F (4) Alvin D. Beyer, son of Daniel Beyer and Catharine Ober-
holtzer, Ijorn Nov. 8, 1872. Address (1909) 642 Haws Ave., Norris-
town, Pa. I
F(i) Abraham H. Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Cordelia Haas,
born Nov. 5, 1858. Died. Married. Children: John Beyer. Address
(1909) Red Hill, Pa.
F (2) Elizabeth H. Beyer, daughter of Jacob Beyer and Cordelia
Haas, born Sept. 23, 1862. Married Pleiger. Address (1909) Red
Hill, Pa.
E (3) John Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Cordelia Haas, born
Jujy 26, i860. Died March 11, 1878.
F (i) James I. I>eyer, son of James Beyer and Elizabeth Dettra,
born Nov. 28, 1869. Address (1909) Norristown, Pa. R. F. D. 5.
F (2) Mary E. Beyer, daughter of James Beyer and Elizabeth
Dettra, born Jan. 3, 1872. Married lienry Wenrich. Address (1909)
■Chain St., Norristown, Pa. No children in 1909.
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F (3) Vernon Beyer, son of James Beyer and Elizabeth Dcttra,
born July 29, 1874. Address (1909) Norristown, Pa., R. F. D. 5.
F (i) Ida J. Bean, daughter of Sarah Beyer and James U. Bean,
born Nov. 26, 1865; F (2) James W. liean, son of Sarah Beyer and
James U. Bean; F (3) Mary C. Bean, d.ui^liter of Sarah Beyer and
James U. Bean; F (4) Sarah E. Bean, daughter of Sarah Beyer and
James U. Bean.
F (i) Ann Beyer, daughter of Henry F. Beyer and Hannah Schlot-
terer, born Oct. 11, 1848.
F (2) Cornelius S. Beyer, son of Henry F. Beyer and Hannah
Schlotterer, born Dec. i, 1851. Address (1879) Belle Plaine, Iowa. Mar-
ried Caroline Keyser, Jan. i, 1871. Children: (a) Ida B. 13eyer, born
Oct. 26, 1871. Married Mallville Johnson. Address (1914) 2'ell, Hand
Co., S. Dakota, (b) Edda Beyer, born Feb. 27, 1873. Married Robert
Johnson Badger, of Holt Co., Nebraska, (c) Kate Beyer, born Oct. 18,
1874. Married George Root. Address (1914) Hartwick, Iowa, ^d)
Henry K.- Beyer, born Feb. 21, 1876. Address (1914) Remscn, Plymouth
Co., Iowa. Farmer, (e) Lela A. Beyer, married Wesley Rathburn. Ad-
dress (1914) Winner, Tripp Co., South Dakota, (fj. Edward M. Beyer.
Address (1914) Hammill, Tripp Co., Iowa. Alarried Grace Wright,
(g) Jennie Beyer, married Oscar Myers. Address (1914) \''ictor, Iowa,
(h) George W. Jieyer. Address (1914) Belle Plaine, Iowa. Farmer.
Married Mima Williamson, (i) Benjamin F. Beyer. Address (1914)
Belle Plaine, Iowa. Single.
F (3) Kate Beyer, daughter of Henry F. Be}er and Hannah SchliA-
terer, born April 27, 1854.
F (i) Lydia Beyer, (hiughter of Elias Beyer and Juliana Moser,
born Aug. 3, 1850; F (2) Isabella Beyer, daughter of Elias Beyer and
Juliana Moser, born Sept. 14, 1S53; F (3) Josiah Beyer, son of Elias
Beyer and Juliana Moser, I.)orn June 8, 1855 ; F (4) Sarah Beyer, daugh-
ter of Elias Beyer and JuliaPia Muser, born September 19, 1859;
F (5) Mary Emma Beyer, daughter of Elias Be)er and Jidi-
ana Moser, born May 11, 1862; F (6) llenr\' M. Beyer, son of Elias
Beyer and Juliana Moser, hovn Oct. 22, 181)3 ; F (7 ) Elias \''ernon Beyer,
son of Elias Ik-yer and Juliana Moser, Ixtrn Oct. 4, iS^c).
V (1) M}i-lle A. Beyer, daughter of 'i'linmas ll. Peyer and Marlba
V. Warren, married Janie;, Al. Shearer. Ad(lrcr..-> (kjIO) 108 Willow
Ave., Altoona, i'a.
F (2) Florence L. Beyer, daugliler of Thomas B. Beyer and Martha
\'". Warren, married Josejih Cassiday. Address {iqio) 508 Twenty-
fourth St., Altoona, Pa. No children 1910.
F (3) Clinton W. Beyer, son of Thomas B. Beyer and Martha V.
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Warren. Address (1910) 24 S. i6lh St., llarrisl)uri^, Pa. Baker. ^^lar-
ried. Children.
F (4) Laura E. Beyer, dauc;hter of Thornas B. r>c}er and Martha
V. Warren, married James 11. Croyl, Ramey, Pa. Fine historian.
F* (5) Professor Thomas P. liej'er, son of Thomas B. Beyer and
]\Iartha.\'. Warren, Plamhn University, MinneapoHs, Minnesota.
F (i) Jane Macamant, daughter of Mary A. Beyer and J. C. Maca-
mant, married Isenberg-. Address (lyio) Hunting-don, Pa.; F (2) Ilat-
tie Macamant, daughter of Mary A. Beyer and J. C. IVIacamant, married;
F (3) EHzabeth Macamant, daughter of Mary A. Beyer and J. C.
IMacamant; F (4) Marvin xMacamant, son of Mary A. Beyer and J. C.
Macamant. Address (1910) Huntingdon, Pa. ; F (5) Frank Macamant,
:son of IMary A. Beyer and J. C. Macamant, Huntingdon, Pa.
F (T) John James Byer, son of Daniel Byer and Anna EHza Keyser.
Black Horse, Chester Co., Pa. Married. No children 1909.
F (2) Emma Byer, daug'hter of Daniel Byer and Anna Eliza Keyser,
married Worthington. No cliildren.
F (3) Sarah Byer, daughter of Daniel Byer and Anna Eliza Keyser,
married Bailey. Child : Ra)-moud Bailey.
F (i) Ida Mar}' Emery, daughter of Rebecca Byer and John Wesley
Emery, married William 11. Melo}/. Children: M. X'ivian, and William
Earl Wesley Meloy. Address ( 1901;) iJaltimore, Md.
F (i ) Dr. Josephine White, daughter of Mary Ann Beyer and Alex-
ander White, married Edward D. Lacour. iVddress (1909) 706 West St.,
Wilmington, Del. She is a physician. Episcopalian.
F (2) Allen T. W^iite, son of Mary Ann Beyer and Alexander
White. Episc(jpalian. .Address (1909) Christiana, Pa., R. F. D. i.
F (3) Andrew P. White, son of Mary Ann Byer and Alexander
White. Address (1909) ISrandywine, Pa.; F (4) William PL White,
son of Mary Ann liyer and Alexander White. Address (1910) 509 West
St., Wilmington, Del. Episcopalian. No children 1909. F (5) Alex-
ander White, son of Mary Ann Byer and Alexander White. Address
(1910) Christiana, Pa., R. F. D. i. Episcopalian. Resides on the farm
-of great grandfather Daniel Piyer; F (6) Jane White, daughter of Alary
Ann Byer and Alexander White, married Pennewill. Address (1910)
706 West St., Wilmington, Del.; F (7) Charles E. White, son of Mary
Ann Byer and Alexander White, 306 W. 2Qth St., Wilmington, Del.
F (i) Mary Jane McElwainc, daughter of Daniel McElwaine and
Plarriet Eckels, married Philip Donahoe. Address (1910) Shenandoah,
Iowa; F (2) Eliza Rebecca AlcElwaine, daughter of Daniel McElwaine
and Harriet Eckels, married Charles Walker. Address (1910) Dayton,
Ohio; F (3) Louisa McElwaine, daughter of Daniel McElwaine and
Harriet Eckels; F (4) James B. McElwaine, son of Daniel McB^lwaine
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and Harriet Eckels, married. Children: Catherine E., John W., Annie
E., Hazel J., Henry G., and Cora i\T. For full information, address John
W. McElwaine, Eustis, Nebraska; F {5) William M. AIcElwaine, son
of Daniel McElwaine ami Harriet Eckels, married Alary IJeNcr, daugh-
ter of David He)'er and T^Iary AlcElwaine. Children:, Martha Ann,
]Mary Amantla, John H., William E., Josiah E., Ella Rebecca, Clara E-
For information write John 1>. iMcElwaine, Oxford, Pa.; F (6) John
S. AIcEhvaine, son of Dan.iel jNlcItlwaine and Harriet Eckels. Atlilress
(lyio) Fawn Grove, Pa. Married. Children: John Ivich.ard, Rachel.
Robert, Williain, Henry Clay, Mary S., Plenrietta R., Margaret V., Ella
AI., and Daniel; F (7) Robert P). T^dcElwaine, son of Daniel McElwaine
and Plarriet Eckels, married. One daughter Agnes is Mrs. Elmer J.
Lantz.
F (i) Catharine Dorothy Ann Pyer, daughter of Penjamin Pye;
and Alary Smith, married George Meloy. Soldier, l^ived at Renovo, Pa.
Cliildren : Two boys and a girl.
F (2) L'riah Pyer, son of Penjamin Pyer and ALiry Smith, lived
at Aliftlin, Juniata Co., Pa. ALarried Alargaret Johnson, lioth dead.
One son survives, namely Edgar Pyer. Address (njio) Alifilin, l^i.
F" (3) George P\'er, son of 15enjamin P)er and Mary Smith. Ad-
dress (1010) 426 Market St., Suid)ur_\-, Pa. Married APirguerite Cech-
man. Children : William, Forest, Gray.
F (i) George B. Hetherington, son of Elizabeth Pyer and John
Hetherington ; F (2) Annie Hetherington, daughter of Elizabeth Pyer
and John Hetherington; F (3) John Hetherington, son of Elizabeth
Pyer and John Hetherington; F (4) Washington Hetherington, son of
Elizabeth Pyer and John Hetherington. Address ( 1910) Chester, Pa.;
F (5) Catherine Hetherington.
F (1) Eavinia Carhart, daughter of Susan Pyer and John B.
Carhart. Address (1910) Elhvood, N. J.
F (2) Caroline L. Carhart, daughter of Susan Byer and John B.
Carhart, married Oliver Gee, 14 W. Cottage Ave., lladdonfield, N. J.
F (i) Theodore Evans Byer, son of Henry Pyer and Mary E.
Plastings, Oxford, Chester, Pa., R. F. D. 5. ALarried. Farmer.
F (2) John Byer, son of Henry Byer and Alary E. Hastings. Atl-
dress (1910) Oxford, Pa. Farmer. Presbyterian. Alarried Clara Mc-
Creary. Children: Ernest R., Wiliiam C, Mary M.
F (3) Henry Nelson B}er, son of Henry Byer and Alary E. Hast-
ings. Address (1914) Nottingham, Va. Farmer. Alarried Catharine
Jamison. Childr&n.
F (i) William B. Dunlap, son of Ann Elizabeth Byer and Dunlap.
Address (1910.) 103 Forest St., Conshohocken, Pa.
F (1) Rev. James E. Keyler, son of Rebecca Byer and Milton
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Keyler. Address (1910) Ardniore, Pa.; F (2) Dr. Henry E. Keylen
Died single. F (3) Dr. Josiah B. Keyler, son of Rebecca Byer and
IMilton Keyler, Cochranville, Pa. A most admirable man.
F (i) Laura Byer, daughter of Josiah Byer and Hannah Heidel-
baugh, married Edward H. Johnson. Address (1910) Christiana, Pa.
F (2) David H. Byer, son of Josiah Byer and Hannah Pleidelbaugh.
Christiana, Lancaster Co., Pa., R. F. D. i. Married Annie E. Shimp.
Farmer. Presbyterian. Children : David S., Ralph S., and Verna.
F (3) John D. Byer, son of Josiah Byer and Hannah Heidelbauglu
Address (1910) Bartleville, Pa. Farmer. Presbyterian. Married Mary
Cairns. Children : Dorothy, Allen, Robert.
F (4) Annie M. Byer, daughter of Josiah Bjer and Hannah Heidcl-
baugh, married Amos Pickell. Address (1910) Bartleville, Pa. Chil-
dren : Viola, Eleanore.
F (i) Charles E. Clark, son of Rebecca I'yer and Robert Clark.
Address (1910) Philadelphia, Pa.; F (2) Edwin R. Clark, son of Re-
becca Byer and Robert Clark. Address (1910) Chester Co., Pa.; F (3)
Rev. Howard S. Clark, son of Rebecca Byer and Robert Clark. Address
(1910) Princeton, Indiana.
F (i) Robert A. Byer, son of Attorney William Forest Byer and
Ila Warfcl. Address (1910) 541 N. Lime St., Lancaster Pa.; F (2)
John W. iieyer, son of William Forest Byer and Ila Warfel. Address
(1910) Schenectady, N. Y. Electrical engineer; F (3) Thomas I. Byer^
son of William Forest liyer and Ila Warfel. Address (1910) 433 W.
Orange St., Lancaster, I'a.
F ( I ) A daughter of Peter Boyer and wife Hoffman, married John
Smith. Address (1910) Elverson, Pa.; F (2) A daughter of Peter Boy-
er and wife Hoffman, married George Strohl. Address (1910) 171 N.
Evans St., T'ottstown, Pa.; F (3) A daughter of Peter Boyer and wife
Hoft'man, married David Swavely. ^Vddress (1910) 19 E. 4th St., Potts-
town, Pa.; F (4) Samuel E. Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and wife Hoff-
man. Address (1910) 16 High St., Pottstown, Pa. Fine historian;
F (5) Charles W. Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and wife Hoffman. Ad-
dress (1910) 20 E. Second St., Pottstown, Pa.; F (6) Eli^^abeth I'oyer,
daughter of Peter Boyer and wife IIoft"man. Address (1910) 324 lieech
St., Pottstown, Pa.; F (7) Lewis Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and wife
Hoffman. Address (1910) 935 Queen St., Pottstown, Pa.; F (8) A
daughter of Peter Boyer and wife Hoffman, married Ploward Miller.
Address (1910) 412 Beech St., Pottstown, Pa.; F (9) Robert Boyer,
son of Peter Boyer and wife lioft'man. Address (1910) 339 Walnut
St., Pottstown, Pa.; F (10) Leona Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and
wife Hoffman.. Address (1910) 339 Walnut St., Pottstown, Pa. ; F (11)
REV. J. WILLETr BOYER
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Oscar Boyer, son of Peter Beyer and wife Hoffman. Address (1910)
19 E. 4th St., Pottstovvn, Pa.
F ( I ) John Harvey Beyer, son of Samuel Beyer and Caroline
Feltvvell ; F (2) Dr. William F. Beyer, son of Samuel Beyer and Caro-
line Feltwell. Address (1910) 209 W. Alahoning St., Punxsutawney, Pa.
Married Maggie A. Mitchell. Children: (a) Dr. S. M. Beyer. Ad-
dress (1910) Punxsutawney, Pa. (b) ]\Iary E., (c) M. Virginia; F (3)
Joseph M. Beyer, son of Samuel Beyer and Caroline Feltwell; F (4)
Alvin H. Beyer, son of Samuel Beyer and Caroline Feltwell; F (5)
Sarah E. Beyer, daughter of Samuel Beyer and Caroline Feltwell; F (6)
Maria J. Beyer, daughter of Samuel Beyer and Caroline Feltwell; F (7)
Lcanna B. Beyer, daughter of Samuel Beyer and Caroline Feltwell; F (8)
Caroline E. Beyer, daughter of Samuel Beyer and Caroline Feltwell.
CHAPTER IX
ANDREAS BEYER (BEIER).
From the fact that another Andreas Beyer, born Feb. 2, 1710, came
from Ebstein, Palatinate Germany, and settled in Tulpehocken Twp.,
Berks County, Pa., quite close to Berne Twp., Berks Co., Pa., the his-
torian infers that the Berne Andreas Beyer also came from the neighbor-
hood of Ebstein, Palatinate Germany. Andreas Beyer, uf Berne Town-
ship, was born in 1681, as we know from his age- — 57 — in 1738, when he
landed, Sept. 5th, at Philadelphia, Pa., \v\lh his four sons. See the ship
list, Vol. 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Arcliives. The ship that
brought this family was the "Winter Galley." The sons, wilh their age,
are named, but no mention is made of the mother. Perhaps the motlier
was dead. Perhaps the older boys came with wives, but there is no
record of such wives. The family was of Lutheran origin, as we judge
from their affiliations both in Carbon and Berks counties. We du not
know where Andreas Beyer is buried. The children were John Philip,
John Jacob, Philip, and Martin.
Part I
'B (i) John I'hilip Beyer, son of Andreas Beyer and wife, was born
1709. He came Sept. 5, 1738, wilh his father and brothers. The his-
torian has absolutely no trace of his descendants.
Part II
B (2) John Jacob Beyer, son of Andreas Beyer and wife, was born
1 716, Palatinate, Germany. Coming with father and brothers, he
settled near Lehigh Gap, Carbon County, Pa., on .a farm. In 1758
he was shot and scalped by the Indians, who came upon him while he
was plowing. His children, Frederick, Dorothea, and Catharine, who
witnessed the attack upon the father, were taken captives. The mother
was never seen again, and was probably also massacred.
C (i) Frederick Beyer, son of John Jacob Beyer and wife, was born
near Lehigh Gap, Carbon Co., Pa., Dec. 31, 1742, and died Oct. 31, 1832.
Buried in Towamensing Cemetery, Palmerton, Pa. The claim that he
was nearly 99 years old, and that he was born Dec. 31, 1732, as recorded
on the gravestone, implies that John Jacob Beyer his father was only a
little more than 17 years old at the time of Frederick's birth. Be that as
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it may, he was captured, with his sisters, in 1758, as ah-eady related, and
taken to Canada. Here he remained a prisoner for five years, and was
"then sent to Philadelphia, Pa., to be exchanged. That he found his way
back to his father's farm in Tovvamensing", was to be expected. Soon
after this he married Susaimah Mehrkam. His name appears as a private
soldier in Captain George Nolf's Cumi^any, Northampton County Asso-
ciates, 1780-1781. His grandson Charles Boyer, of l^remont, Ohio, thnrks
he was an oificer. The children were George, John P., Plenry, Andrew,
Mary, Susan, Katherine, and Elizabeth.
C (2-3) Dorothea and Catherine Peyer, were the two sisters of Fred-
erick Beyer, and like him they were carried capti\-es to Canada. One
of the sisters was married to an Indian Chief, and highly honored. A
Western jxapcr long- in possession of Charles Boyer, Fremont, Ohio,
relates how the Indians erected a monument over her grave and called
her the '"White Queen." She came to see her brother Frederick once,
with two little Indian children— boys — , but returned to her husband,
saying he was very good to her, and that she had promised him to
return.
D ( P) George Beyer, son of Frederick Beyer and Susannah Mehr-
kam, was born about 1767, Towamcnsing Twp., Carbon Co., I'a., and
died Feb. 5, 1861. Lutheran. Farmer. Pived and died within half a
iiiile of the spot where he was l)orn. Jaclcson Democrat. WMicrable maii.
Loved by whole community. Married Christiana Fley. P>oth buried in
Towamensing Ccriietery, Palmerton, Pa. Children : John, William,
Adam, Jacob, Andrew, Sarah, Lydia, and another daughter.
D (2) John F. Beyer, soii of Frederick Beyer and Susannah Mehr-
kam, was born Nov. 4, 1780, and died July 6, 1872. Farmer. Soldier
in Mexican War. Grandson Martin B. Bo3'er, has his sword. Married
Elizabeth Schneider, born Sept. 13, 1784. She died INTay 9, 1872. BotVi
buried in Towamensing. Children : John A., Jacob, Samuel, Daniel,
David, Leah, Polly, Elizabeth, Sallie, and Susan.
D (3) Pfenry Beyer, son of Frederick Beyer and Susannah Mehr-
kam, was born Jan. 17, 1784, and died 1863, 79 years old. Married Mary
Strohl, born Oct. 7, 1796. Children: Reuben, Abraham^ Joseph, Jonas,
Mary, Catherine. Jonas died young.
D (4) Andrew Beyer, son of Frederick Beyer and Susannah Mehr-
kam. Married Mary Green. Children : John, Daniel, Andrew, Fred-
-erick, Elizabeth, Salina, Caroline, and P(jlly.
D (5-8) Mary Beyer, married Joseph Buck; Elizabeth, Leonard
Beltz; Catharine, Andrew Ziegenfus; and Susan, a Mr. Hess.
E (i) John Boyer, son of George Beyer and wife Fley, was born
about 1790. Died about 80 years old in Iowa. Buried at Millport, Carbon
Co., Pa. Farmer. Evangelical church. Married Elizabeth Beer. Chil-
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dren: John, Samuel, Jonas, William, George, Paul, Benjamin, Lydia,
and Hannah.
E (2) William Boyer, son of George Beyer and wife Fley, was born
Sept. 26, 1819, and died May 9, 1899. Buried at White Church, Palmer-
ton, Pa. Farmer. Evangelical. Married Lavina Ziegenfuss,.and after-
wards Jane Hartman. Children: Priscilla, Amelia, Milton, Annie,
Elijah, Elizabeth, and Jabez H.
E (3) Jacob Boyer, son of George Beyer and wife Fley, married
his cousin Susan Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and Elizabeth Schneid-
er. Children: Simon, Alexander and Susan.
E (4-7) Adam Boyer died single; Andrew is not reported; Sarah
married Peter Smith; Eydia married George Dodson.
E (i ) John A. Boyer, son of John F. Beyer and Elizabeth Schncidei-,
was born March 30, 1806, near Aquashicola, Pa., and died Feb. 2, 1879.
Farmer, east of Aquashicola. Lutheran. Man of ability. Justice of
Peace 15 years. Great reader. Married Elizabeth Christman. Both
buried in Towamensing. Children: Elizabeth, Edwartl, Lavina, Frank,
Alary, Priscilla, Matilda, John, Abel, Plenry, Levi, and James.
E (2) Jacob Boyer, son of John F. Boyer and Elizabeth Schneider,
was born Sept. 19, 1817, in Towamensing, and died ALiy 9, i8()o. Car-
penter. Reformed. Married Christina Christman. Children: Owen H.,
Lewis K., and Elizabeth.
E (3) Samuel Boyer, son of John F. Boyer and Elizabeth Schneider,
was born March 1825, and died in Lindsey, Ohio, Nov. 1897. Lutheran!
Veterinary surgeon. Married Julia A. Andrew. Both buried in Lindsey,
Ohio. Children: Alfred, Oliver, Legrand, John E., Josiah, Abraham,'
Thomas H., James, Peter O., Julia J., Alvesta, and Martin L.
E (4) Daniel Boyer, son of John F. Boyer and Elizabeth Schneider,
was born 1809, near Millport (Aquashicola) Pa., and died about 1894
at his old home. Farmer. Evangelical. Married Catharine Bauman
(Bowman). Both husband and wife buried at old Towamensing Meet-
ing House. Children : Daniel, Lewis, Charles, Cornelius, Peter, Benja-
mm, Martin V., Kate, and Fietta.
E (5) David Boyer, son of John F. Boyer and Elizabeth Schneider,
is buried at Snyder's Cemetery, Palmerton, Pa. Married Silfies. Chil-
dren : David and Edward.
E (6) Leah P. lJo)er. datighter of John F. Beyer and Elizabeth
Schneider, was born Dec. 9, 1828, and died April 18, 1894. Married Levi
Straub. Children: Walter, Elmer, and Emma.
E (7) Polly Boyer, daughter of John F. Beyer and Elizabeth
Schneider, married Daniel Zellner.' No descendants.
E (8) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of John F. Beyer and Elizabeth
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Schneider, married George Linderman. Children: Winfield, John,
Frankhn, Alfred, Eliza, Polly.
E (9) Sallie Ann Boyer, daughter of John F. Beyer and Elizabeth
Schneider, married Jonas Arner. Children : Lewis, Mary, Eliza, Tilgh-
man, Amanda, Salinda, Ellen, Thomas.
E (10) Susan Boyer, daughter of John F. Beyer and Elizabeth
Schneider, married Jacob Boyer. Buried at Towamensing. Son of
George Bcyev and wife Fley. Children : Simon, Alexander, and Susan.
E (II) Elias Boyer, son of John F. Beyer and Elizabeth Schneider,
died young, according to tradition.
E (i) Henry Boyer, son of Henry Beyer and Mary Strohl, is buried
at Weissport, Pa. Surveyor. Married Leah Straub, Weissport, Pa.
Chddren : Austin F., and Emma. Both single, Weissport, Pa.
E (2) Mary Boyer, daughter of Henry Beyer and Mary Strohl,
married her first cousin Daniel Boyer, of Aquashicola, Pa.
E (3) Reuben Boyer, son of Henry Beyer and Mary Strohl, is
buried at Weissport, Pa. Farmer. Married Emeline Straub. Address
(1913) Rickertsville, Pa. Children: Reuben, Wesley, Cyrus, Mary,
Emma, and David (he died young).
E (4) Abraham Boyer, son of Henry Beyer and Mary Strohl, is
buried at Weissport, Pa. Blacksmith. Married. Children: AmeliaH.
Boyer. Address (1913) Mrs. Amelia Collins, Fort Dodge, Kansas. One
child: Elizabeth. Amelia H. Boyer married again Furman. Address
(1913) PVt Dodge, Kansas. No children 1913.
E (5) Joseph Boyer, son of Henry Beyer and Mary Strohl, is
buried at Weissport, Pa. Farmer. Married Lydia Schaeffer. Children:
Milton. Address (1913) Weissport, Pa. Louisa. Address (1913)
Louisa Arner, Weissport, Pa.
E (i) John Boyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Mary Green, married
Fenstermacher. Children.
E (2) Daniel Boyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Mary Green, mar-
ried Matilda Andrews. Children: Matilda, Joseph, Alaria, perhaps
others.
E (3) Andrew Boyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Mary Green, was
born about 1817. Lived at Little Gap (Kunkletown), Pa. Married Polly
Behler. Children: Samuel, Frank, Stephen, Levi, Christiana, Mary,
and Susan.
E (4) Frederick Boyer, son of Andrew Beyer and Mary Green.
Address (1912) Kunkletown, Pa. (1913) Slatedale, Pa. Married Mary
Shively. Children : Charles H., Lewis, James, Anna, and Jane.
E (5-8) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Andrew Beyer and ALiry
Green, married Samuel Heller. No children; Salina married Correll;
Carolina, Adam Hawk; and Polly, George Buck.
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F (i) John Boyer, son of John Bojer and wife, was born Ang. i8,
1812, in Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., Pa., and died about 75 yearis-
old, at Waverly, Iowa. Evangehcal. Moved from Pennsylvania to Free-
port, Illinois, and later to Waverly, Iowa. Married Sarah Fenstermacher.
Children: Aaron, John, Owen, Caroline, EH^a, ]\Iary A., Fanny, Syl-
vester, Sarah E., and Juliana.
F (2) Samuel Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife, died in Kansas.
Evangelical. Farmer, boatman, butcher. Married Julia Yountz, and,
after her death, a second wife. There were no children of the tlrst mar-
riage. Second wife was Julia Beltz. Children: l.ived in Kansas.
F (3) Jonas Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife, was born 182S-,
Carbon Co., Pa., and died about 70 years old in Illinois. Evangelical.
Farmer and boatman. Soldier in Civil War. Honorably discharged.
^Married Rosanna (Wischell) Moser. Children: Harrison, Edwin, Wil-
liam, Lafayette, Amanda, Emma.
F (4 J William Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife, was born Nov.
17, 1824, near Weissport, Pa., and died Sept. 8, 1894. Evangelical. Fine
man. Farmer. Married Caroline Heydt. Born Oct. 10, 1830. Living
in 1907. Children: Orlando, Emma J., James L., Passowell, Jonah Wil-
let, Lcffeanes, Joel II., and William.
F (5) George Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife, lived in Weiss-
port, Pa., and died 1910. Evangelical. Married Sabina Collins. Chil-
dren: Milton Boyer, and Robert E. Boyer.
F (6) Paul Boyer, son of Jt)hn Boyer and vvife, was Ixirn Nov.
2.2, 1841. Address (1913) Weissport, Pa. Evangelical. Milk dealer.
Married Elizabeth Smith. Children: Albert, John R., Alice, Martha
Almeda, Robert R., Ethvard E., Newton, and Mamie.
F (7) lienjamin Boyer, son of John Bo3'er and wife, was a soldier
in Civil War. HoniM-ably discharged.
F (i) Priscilla lioyer, daughter of William Boyer and Lavina Zieg-
enfuss, was born March 12, 185 [. IMarried Daniel Benz. Children:
Annie and Dora.
F (2) Amelia Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Lavina Ziegen-
fuss, was born July 22, 1S53. Married Fred Vought, 689 Pine St.,
Easton, Pa. ChiUlren: Jennie, George, Floyd, Royce, Ida, William.
F (3) Milton Boyer, son of William Boyer and Lavina Ziegenfuss,
was born March 22, 1858. Address 1954 14th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
Married. ChiKl: INIrs. Arthur Kennedy. Same address.
F (4) Annie Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Lavina Ziegen-
fuss, was born July 11, i860. Married Nicholas Myers, 1148 Biglow
Place, Woodhouse, Long Island, N. Y. Children: Florence, Rose,'
lilamie, and William.
F (5) Elijah Boyer, son of William Boyer and Lavina Ziegenfuss,
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was born March 3, 1863. Address (1913) Butte, Montana. Married.
Children.
F (6) Elii^abeth lioyer, daughter of William Boyer and second
wife Jane Hartman, was born Jan. ii, 1869. Married H. M. Maiden-
wald. Address (i()i3) I^ownianstown, Fa. Fine historian.
F (7) Jabez llartnian Jjoyer, son of William Boyer and Jane Hartv
man, was born Sept. 2-], 1870, and died at Reading, Pa. 1912. Married
Esther Ilartman, of Reading, Pa. Children: Two boys and a girl.
F (1-3) Simon Boyer, son of Susan Boyer and her cousin Jacob
Boyer, died single; so did Alexander; Susan married John Strohl.
F (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of John A. Boyer and Elizabeth
Christmun, was born at Aquashicola, Pa., Sept. 23, 1838, and died at
Slatington, Pa., June 3, 1895. IMarried Henry Kuntz, Jan. 26, 1805
Great church worker. Lutheran. Children: >Irene Augusta, Lillie May.
F (2) Edward Boyer, son of John A. l:)Oyer and Elizabeth Christ-
man, was born about 1836. liuried at Towamensing. Married Mary
P>oyer, daughter of Andrew Boyer and Polly Bchler. Children: Chris-
tiana J., Abbie, Agnes, Irene, Edith, Edwin A., Emmett J., and William.
F (3) Levina Boyer, daughter of John A. Boyer and Elizabeth
Christman, was born 1828, and died Jan. 29, 1902. Married Robert
Ixluschlit;'. Children: (a) Robert F. Muschlitz. Address (1909) Slat-
ington, Pa. (b) Henry A., (c) William A., (d) Eewis W., (e) Grant S.
F (1) Franklin Boyer, son of John A. Boyer and Elizabeth Christ-
man, died 43 years old. Buried at Towamensing. Married Julia Ann.
Children: Oscar F., Franldin \-h.
V (5) .Mary Boyer, daughter of John A. Boyer and Elizabeth
Chri.-^tman, married Ste])hen lioyer, son of Andrew Boyer and Polly
]jchlcr. lie was born 183S. Buried at Findley, Ohio. ChiUh-en : Mat-
tie, Tillie, Roger.
F (6) Priscilla PiOycr, daughter of John A. lioycr and Elizabeth
Christman, married Sanuiel Coslenhader, of IMauch Chunk, Pa. Matikla
married A. C. Klotz. No children.
F (8) John F. Boyer, son of John A. Boyer and Elizabeth Christ-
man, died 191 1, and is buried at Towamensing. Reformed. Furniture
dealer at Aquashicola, Pa. Married Annie Sherer. Children : Laura,
Augusta, and Percie.
F (9) -A.bel Boyer, son of John A. Boyer and Elizabeth Christman,
was born June I, 1858, in Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., Pa.
Reformed. Ilardware store, at Slatington, Pa. Married Margaret. Chil-
dren: Pansy INL, Mabel E., Bessie M., Linda L., and Mattie B.
F (10) Henry Boyer, son of John A. Boyer and Elizabeth Christ-
man, v/as born Feb. 5, 1S53. Reformed. Hardware dealer at Slatmg-
ton, Pa. Married Mary Belinda Engler. Children: (a) Preston L
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Boyer, 58 N. Second West St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Born Sept 3, 1878.
Salesman, (b) rVbner Franklin Boyer. At home, (c) Virginia Helen
Boyer. Married Otto Lamoreux, Slatington, Pa. (d) Clara B. Boyer.
F (11) Levi Boyer, son of John A. Boyer and Elizabeth Christman,
was born Nov. 29, 1848, Aquashicola, Pa. Reformed. Farmer and car-
penter, at Palmerton, Pa. Married Lydia Esther Smith. Child: John B.
F (12) James Bo3'cr left no descendants.
F (i) Owen H. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Christina Christ-
man, was born October 14, 1844, Monroe County, Pa. Carpenter.
Reformed. Cor. 4th and Cypress Sts., Lehighton, Pa. Married Mary
J. Kolb. Born March 31, 1849. Children: Charles A., l^ierce W.,
Emma L.
F (2) Lewis K. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Elizabeth Christ-
man, was born Sept. 12, 1849, "^''ir Kresgeville, Pa. Married Jane
Shupp. Children: Minnie E., Daisy L.
F (3) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Christina
Christman, was born April 6, 1850, near Kresgeville, Pa. ]\'Iarried James
Case. Child : L. Alvin.
F ( I ) John E. Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Julia A. Andrews,
was born Aug. 13, 1849, Millport, Pa. Evangelical. Coach maker,
Lindsay, Ohio. Married Isabella Kohlor. 'Born Dec. 4, 1850, Coplay,
Pa. Children : Flora Belle, Myrtle E., Blanche E.
F (2) yVlfred Samuel Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Julia A.
Andrews, was born 1846 and died 1895. Married Caroline Overmeyer.
Children : Gertrude, May.
F (3) Oliver Boyer and Legrand Boyer, died without descendants;
F (5) Josiah Boyer was born July 12, 1850. Reformed. Blacksmith,
42 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio. Married Anna Simms. Children : Claude
v., Levina J., Glenn R., Cldye S., Clarence, Mabel; F (6) Thomas Hen-
ry Boyer was born March 30, 1858, Carbon Co., Pa. Reformed church.
Merchant, Allegan, ill. Married Mary Clotilda Chrisvinsky. Born Sept.
18, 1872, Canada. Children: (a) Helen May Boyer. Born Dec. 18,
1904. (b) John Thomas Boyer. Born Apr. 30, 1908; F (7) James PL
Boyer married R. Weaver. Merchant, Farina, 111. No children; F (8)
Peter Otis Boyer married Nettie Gilliard. Farmer, Fremont, Ohio.
Moved to Michigan later; F (9) Julia Jane Boyer was born 1852. Mar-
ried Daniel Slates, Lindsey, Ohio. Children: Carleton, Lulu, Abbie.
Nellie, Ruth, Oda, Otto, Henry; F (10) Alvesta Boyer married Anthony
Slates, of Houston, Texas. Children. F(iL) Martin V. Boyer. Under-
taker, 3301 Detroit Avenue, Toledo, Ohio. Married a school teacher.
Only child: I'.cryl Boyer, 1304 Prospect St., Toledo, O. Undertaker.
Martin L. Boyer married again. Child: Margaret.
F (i) Daniel Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Catharine Bauman,
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was born Fob. 16, 1834. Died 69 years, 5 months and 15 days old. Buried
on Union Hill Cemetery, Weissport, Pa. Evangelical. Course in W)-
oming Seminary. Married cousin Mary Boyer. C)nly child : Elmer E.
Boyer. Address (1909) Weissport, Pa. Born Jan. 14. 1867. Furniture
ilealer. Married Elmira Hahn. Children: (a) Eilwin D. Boyer. Born
Jan. 26, 1889, married "Mabel Rex. (b) Cora E. Boyer, born Dec. 19,
1906, married Clarence Walak. (c) Edna M. Boyer, born June 3, 1906.
F (2) Lewis Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Catharine Bauman,
was born March 27, 1836. National Home, Wisconsin. Evangelical.
Stock man. Enlisted in 151st Indiana Regiment, Co. K, Aug. 1865.
Married Salome Bauman. Address (190c)) ]'>enton, Mich. Children:
Mary, Perry C, 4200 Cottage Grove, Chicago, 111., Clara Mahala, St.
Joe, Michigan.
^ (3-5) Charles Boyer, of Fremont, Ohio; Cornelius, of the Na-
tional Home, Leavenworth, Kansas, and Peter of Sheboykan, Michigan.
F (6-8) Benjamin H. Boyer, son of Daniel I'oyer and Catharim.
Bauman. Married. Address (1913) Cairo, Mich. Children: Seven.
Kate married Reed, of Lehighton, Pa. ; Fietta.
F (i) David Boyer, son of David I'oyer and wife Silfies. Married
Straub, Aquashicola, Pa. Child: Levi Boyer, Aquashicola, Pa.
F (2) Edward Boyer, son of David Boyer and wife Silfies, was
a minister of Evangelical Church.
F (i) D. Walter Straub, son of Leah Boyer and Levi Straub, was
born Jan. 28, 1S55. Graduate of Hahnemann Medical College. Member
of Moravian Historical Society. Physician, Bethlehem, Pa. Married
Laura Labar. Children: (a) C. Lee Straub. Born May 20, 1880. Ad-
dress (1909) Perth Amboy, N. J. (b) ] lomer Walter Straub. Born
Nov. 18, 1883. Address (1909) West New Brighton, Staten Island, N.
Y. (c) Violet Labar Straub, (d) Mabel Labar Straub.
F (2) Dr. Elmer L. Straub, son of Leah Boyer and Levi Straub.
Physician, Minersville, Pa. Married Amanda S. Kistler. Children: (a)
Hiram G. Straub, (b) Olive K. Straub, (c) Elmer K. Straub, (d)
Blanche A. Straub, (e) Alice M. Straub.
F (3) Annie S. Straub, daughter of Leah Boyer and Levi Straub,
was born June 15, i860. Address ( I90f>) 36 Ridge St., Ashley, Pa.
Married J. Lewis Buck. Children: (a) Jennie M. Buck.
F (1-5) Reuben Boyer, son of Reuben Boyer and Emeline Straub,
Wesley, who married Cora Super; Cyrus; Mary; all of Weissport, Pa.;
and Emma, wife of Wigner, of East Greenville, Pa.
F (i) Amelia H. Boyer, daughter of Abraham Boyer and wife,
married Collins. Address (1909) Fort Dodge, Kansas. Child: Eliza-
beth Collins. Address (1913) Fort Dodge, Kansas. Married Furman.
Address (1913) Fort Dodge, Kansas. No children.
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F (1-2) Milton Boyer and his sister Lonisa (Arner), children ol
Joseph Boyer and wife Lydia Schacffer, reside at Weissport, i\a.
F (i) Matilda Boyer, wife of Jacob Correll, and her brother Jos-
eph, children of John Boyer and wife Fensterniacher, reside at Little
Gap, Pa.
F ( I ) Samuel Boyer, son uf Andrew Boyer and Bolly Bchler, was
born about 1850. Died about 1891. Miller. Reformed. Married Addie
Zieg-enfuss. Address (1913) 2314 N. 7th St., Phila., Pa. Children:
Lottie, Hattie, Sanuiel, Howard, Harry, Clayton.
F (2) Frank Boyer, son of Andrew lioyer and Polly P.ehler. Re-
formed. Butcher. Address (1913) Findlay, Ohio. Married Sarah
Wentz. Children: (a) Minnie. Born March 18, 1876. Address ( 1900)
Mrs. Minnie Horn, Mahoning", Pa. ^Ir. Horn died and left daughter.
Address (1913) Mrs. Oliver E. Drcher, 1340 Gordon St., AUentown, Pa.
(b) Carrie. Dead. .Married IVJr. I'.aker. Child: Estella. (c) Percy..
Born March 18, 1882. (d) Bculah. i5orn July 4, 18S0.
F (3) Stei)hen Bo} er, son of Andrew Boyer and Polly Ikdiler, was
born 183S. Puried in Findlay, Ohio. Reformed. Boatman. Married
Mary Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Elizabeth Christman. Chil-
dren: Mattie, Tillie, Roger.
F (4) Levi Boyer, son of Andrew Boyer and Polly Behlcr, is buried
in Towamensing. Evangelical. Merchant. Married Amanda Ash.
iVddress (1913) AUentown, Pa. Children: (a) Robert. Died single,
(b) Jesse V., born Feb. 13, 1870, ni;irried Ida i\L Fry. No children.
1030 Liberty St., AUentown, Pa. (c) Allen 11. iMarried Minnie I'd.
IMarcus, AUentown, Pa.
F (5) Cb.ristiana Boyer, daughter of Andrev/ Boyer and Polly
Behlcr, married Charles Prutxman. Children : Samuel A. and others.
F (6) Mary Boyer, daughter of Andrew Boyer and Polly P)ehler,
was born .\u'.2;. 18, 18-10. .Vddress (1913) Aquashicola, Pa. I^Lirrierl
Edward Boyer, born 1838. Died 1903. Children: Christiana, Abbie,
Agnes, Irene. Edith, Edwin A., Emmett J., and William.
F (8) Susan Boyer, daughter of Andrew Boyer and Polly Ikhler,
married Squire Kindt. He was nun-dered for money. Address (1913)
Bethlehem, I'a. Children : Carrie, l£dna, Howard, Mary.
F (i) Charles II. Boyer, son of Frederick Boyer and Mary Shively.
Address (1913) 1338 Gordon St., AUentown, Pa. Motorman. Married
Elizabeth Dimmig, after his brother, to whom she was first married, haa
died. No children 191 3.
F (2) Lewis Boyer, son of Frederick Boyer and Mary Shively, died
at Bethlehem, Pa. Alarried Elizabeth Dimmig. Children: (a) Emily
(married Beam) Bethlehem, Pa. (b) Minnie (married Karby).
F (3) James Boyer, son of Frederick Boyer and Mary Shively,
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married Kate Remaly. Only child: Leonora (Afrs. William Edwards),,
Slatedale, Pa. No children 1913.
F (4) Anna Boyer, daughter of Frederick Royer and Mary Shively,
married Charles Rietschy, 363 Fifth Ave., San Francisco, Cal. No chil-
dren 1913.
F (5) Jane Boyer, daughter of Frederick Boyer and Mary Shively,
married Edwin Meckes, 1122 Franklin St., Phila., Pa. Children: Elmer].
Ella, Mary, Simon, Willie, Robert, Milton, Beulah.
O (i) Aaron Boyer, son of John Boyer and Sarah Fenstcrmacher...
was born Feb. i, 1836, Towamcnsin- Pa. Farmer, Dakota, Illinois'
Married Susanna Kuntz. No children.
G (2) John Bo_\-cr, son of John Boyer and Sarah Fenstcrmacher,.
married twice. Address of second wife, Mrs. Sarah Boyer, Waverlyl
Iowa. Children of first marriage: Two; of second marriage: Clvdt'
Boyer. Address ( 1913J 822 llowen Ave., Chicago. 111.
G (3) Owen Boyer, son of John lioyer and Sarah Fenstcrmacher,
was born Jan. 15, 1839. Address (1913) Griswold, Iowa. Married
Margaret Ann Artey. Children: Aaron Boyer, Stanton, Iowa, R. F.
D. I, and others.
G (4) Caroline Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Sarah Fenstcr-
macher, was born March 19, T841, Towamensing, Pa. Married Ilcnry
Bordner, of Jasup, Iowa. Children : Four.
G (5) Eliza Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Sarah Fenstcr-
macher, was born Feb. 14, 1846. Died Feb. 28, 1898. Married John
Guinther. Children: Emma Guinther. Address- (1913) Mrs. Emma
Morse, 511 E. 6th St., Waterloo, Iowa.
G (6) Mary Amanda Buyer, daughter of John Boyer and Sarah
Fenstermacher, born Nov. 3, 1849, niarried John Yoder. Child: Ida
Yoder. Address (1913) Mrs. Ida M. Peyton, 1466 74th 'St., Brooklyn,
New York.
G (7) Frances Bo_\-er, daughter of John Boyer and Sarah Fens-
tcrmacher, was born I\Iay 12, 1852, Catasauqua, Pa. Married A. R..
Knight. Children: Maude Knight. Address (1913) Mrs. Maude
Berg, 281 Delhi St., Dubuque, Iowa.
G (8) Sylvester l^oyer, son of John Bo^-er and Sarah Fenster-
macher, was born Dec. G, 1854, Catasauqua, Pa. Married Elmira Bord-
ner. Address (1913) Mrs. 1-lmira Boyer. Children: Three, Freeport,
Illinois.
G (9) Sarah Boyer, daughter of John Bover and Sarah Fenster-
macher, was born Aug. 28, 1858. Married Charles ]:laldwin Children-
Rose Baldwin, I. J. Baldwin. Address (1913) Olewein, Iowa.
G (10) Juliana Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Sarah Fens-
tcrmacher, was born Aug. i, 1843. Married Ernest Linder. Children..
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(i) Alice Linder. Mrs. Aug. Stockbrand, Yates Center, Iowa. (2)
Edward F. Linder, (3) Laura Linder, 824 N. Chestnut St., Tola, Kan.,
(4) Louisa Linder, Mrs. Louisa Bennett, Piqua, Kan., R. F. D. i, (5)
:Sarah P. Linder, 824 N. Chestnut St., Tola, Kansas.
G (i) Harrison lioyer, son of Jonas lk)\er and wife Rosanna
]\Ioser, was born 1855, in Carbon Co., Pa., and died in Portand, Oregon,
1913. Butcher. Married. Children: Otto, William, and Jennie May.
G (2) Edwin Boyer, son of Jonas Boyer and wife Rosanna Moser,
was born near Liberty, Adams Co., 111., 1858. Farmer. Christian church.
Died in Rollo Co., Mo. Married Catherine Kuntz. Children: (i) Pro-
fessor Sylvester Boyer. Address (1915) LIuntington, Mo. Professor
of Chemistry, Purdue University, Lafayette, Luliana. Graduate of West-
minister College, llulton, I\Io. Post-Graduate work at ILirvard Uni-
versity. Highly trained man. IVesbyterian. Fine genealogist. (2)
Reverend Jonas W^iliiam Boyer. Graduate of Westminister College,
Hulton, Mo. Course in Louisville Theological Seminary. Pastor of
Presbyterian Church, Edenburg, Indiana. (3) Rev. Elmer Tinaothy
Boyer. Educated at Westminster, like brothers. Presbyterian minister,
Needham, Indiana. (4) Clarence Emmanuel Boyer. Address (1915)
Needham. Ind., (5) Leonard Boyer, (6) Raymond Boyer, both at liunt-
ington. Mo., (7) Adelia, wife of WaUer Courtney, Palmyra, ]\Io., (8)
Rosa, wife of Charles Gant. Address Huntington, Mo., (9) Etta I^oyer,
Huntington, Mo. College training.
G (3) William Boyer, son of Jonas Boyer and wife Rosanna
Moser, was born in Liberty, Adams Co., 111., 1861. Baptist. Farmer.
Married Mary Ehrig. No children.
G (4) Lafayette Boyer, son of Jonas Boyer and wife Rosanna
Moser, was born 1870 at Liberty, 111. Farmer. Methodist. Address
(1915) Liberty, 111. Married Lucy Hess. Children: Luella, Cora,
Eva, Elmer, Albert, Lawrence.
G (5-6) Amanda and Emma Boyer were daughters of Jonas Boyer
and wife Rosanna Moser.
G (i) Orlando Boyer, son of William Boyer and Caroline Ileydt.
G ( I ) Plarrison Boyer, son of Jonas Boyer and wife Rosanna Mos-
er, was born 1855.
G (2) Emma Jane Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Caroline
Heydt, married James G. Arner, of liowmanstown. Pa. Children.
G (3) Reverend James Lafayette Boyer, son of William Boyer and
Caroline Heydt, was born Dec. 4, 1863, at Big Creek, near Weissport,
Pa. Public school till 19 years of age. Academy at Weissport. Taught
school five years. Clerk for Robert Walp, Lehighton, Pa., and for Lehigh
A^alley Railroad, Packerton, Pa. Minister in United Evangelical Church.
Address (191 5) Brodheadsville, Pa. Married Emma J. Stemler. Born
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April 16, 1866. Children: (a) Eva J\Iay Boyer. Born July 20, 1887.
Taught school. Married Charles Aches. Address (1909) East 5th St.,.
Bethlehem, Pa. (b) Bertine James Boyer. Senior Keystone State Nor-
mal School, Kutztown, I'a.
G (4) Reverend J. Willett Boyer, son of William Boyer and Caro-
line Heydt, was born Aug. i, 1867. Public school and Weissport Aca-
demy. Teacher for seven years. Attended Schuylkill Seminary and
Aluhlenberg- College. Entered the ministry of the United Evangelical
Church. Served congregations at Orwigsburg and Terre Hill, Pa. Ad-
dress (1915) Bowmanstown, Pa. Married Mary Fredericka Danzei.
Born Sept. 15, 1867, at Hinderhof, Germany. Children : ( i ) Olive Idella
]3oyer. Born Nov. 21, 1899; (2) Willet Albright Boyer, (3) Esther
Catharine Boyer, (4) Guy Frederick Boyer.
G (5) Passowcll E. Boyer, son of William Boyer and Caroline
Heydt. Machinist. Address (1915) 58 Muyallen St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Married Romig. Children : Several.
G (6) Lefeannes S. Boyer, son of William Boyer and Caroline
Pleydt. Carpenter, Weissport, Pa. Married Graver. Children: Five
or more.
G (7) Joel H. Boyer, son of William Boyer and Caroline Heydt.
Justice of Peace and mail carrier, Lehighton, Pa. Married Markley.
Children : Eight or more.
G (8) William 11. Boyer, son of William Boyer and Caroline
Heydt. Farmer. Address ( 1909) Bowmanstown, Pa.
G (i) MilLon Boyer, son of George Boyer and Sabina Collins, died
at Big Creek, Pa. Married Sarah Fenstermacher. Children: ( i ) Flor-
ence Boyer. Mrs. Elvin Dreher, Siegfrieds, Pa. (2) Erma Boyer.
G (2) Robert R. Boyer, son of George Boyer and Sabina Collins.
G ( I ) Albert Boyer, son of Paul Boyer and Elizabeth Smith. Ad-
dress (1913) Weissport, Pa. Married Lillie Fink. Children: Harry,
Katie, Karl, Lucile, Dorothy; G (2) John R. Boyer. Address (1913)
Northampton, J'a. Married Mary Hardley. Children: Clarence Boyer
and Paul Boyer, both of Nortliampton, Pa.; G (3) ^yice Boyer, mar-
ried Eugene Markley, Weissport, Pa. Children: Eillie, Annie; G (4)
Martha lioyer, married John Schaeffer. Children: Frank, Robert, ana
Irene; G (5) Almeda lioyer, married William Hawk, Weissport, Pa.
Child: John; G (6) Robert R. Bo)'er, Weissport, Pa. Married Mabel
Walck. Children: Eugene, Mattie, Anna, Kenneth, Paul; G (7) Ed-
ward E. Boyer, Weissport, Pa. xAlarried. Child : Alda A. Boyer ; G (8)
Newton Boyer, Weissport, Pa. Married Alice Hepner. ' Children:
Pearl, Eva, May ; G (9) Mamie Boyer, married David Eeslie, Weissport,
Pa. Child : Asher W. Leslie.
G (i) Irene Augusta Kuntz, daughter of Elizabeth Boyer and
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llcnry Kuiitz, was born Feb. 27, 1866, Slatington, Pa. Graduate of Wy-
oming- Seminary, 1886. Studied in New England Conservatory of Music,
Boston, Mass. Lutb.eran. Marrieil Dr. Franeis O. Rilter. Ad<\v< :,
( 1913) 14th and riamiUon. Sts., Allentown, I'a. No children.
G (-2) Lillie May Kimtz, daughter of I^lizabeth ljO)'er and Flenry
Kuntz, was born July k;, 1S68. Attended Wyoming Seminary. Grad-
uate of National School of Elocution and Oratory, Phila., I'a., 1891.
Lutheran. Married S. 1). Costenbader. Children: Frances Elizabeth.
Born March 31, 1893; Menry Larkin, born Oct. 8, 1897; Elvin Benjamin,
born June 28, looi ; Waller 1\, born Sept 6, 1903.
G (1) Christiana Bo;er, daughter of Edwartl Boyer and Mary
Boycr, his cousin, married William Grill, Millport, Pa. Children: (a)
Frank Grill, Millport, Pa. Married Ilattie George. Child: Clarence,
(b) Ed. Grill, Bowmauslown, I'a., married Steierwalt. Children: How-
ard, Margaret, (c) Allen Grill, Millport, Pa.
Ci (2) Abbie Boyer, daughter of Fdward Boyer and Mary Boyer,
married William Strohl, Bethleh.cm, Pa. Children: (a) Martin Slrohl,
married Lucy Jones, (b) Ihjward Strohl, (c) Mitchell Strohl.
G (3) Agnes Boyer, daughter of Edward Boyer and Mary Boyer,
married Idenry P. Piauman, Allentown, Pa.
G (4) Lx'ne Boyer, daughter of Edward Boyer and Mary Boyei,
married William Stender, Bowmanstown, Pa. Children: Robert, Stin-
son, Agnes.
G (5) Edith Boyer, daughter of Edward Boyer and Mary Boyer,
married Lee 11. Beers. Address (1913) Palmerton, i'a. Children:
Goldie M., Ray F., Ada P., Arline E.
G (6) Edwin Andrew Boyer, son of Edward Boyer and Mary
Boyer, Iknvmanstown, I'a. Merchant. Married Emma Balliet. Child:
Frank Boyer, J>owmanstown, Pa. Graduate Lehigh University.
G (7) Emmett J. Boyer, son of Edward Boyer and Mary lioyer.
Merchant. Address (1913) Bowmanstown, Pa. Married Laura Arner.
Children: (a) Mary Boyer. Address (1913) Mrs. Oliver Fronhekser.
Child: Arline, I>owmanstown, Pa. (b) Ada Boyer, Bowmanstown, Pa.
G (8) William Boyer, son of Edward Boycr and Mary Boyer. Ad-
dress (1913) Aquashicola, Pa. jNLirrieil Sarah Kunkel. Child: Ellen.
G (i) Robert F. Muschlitz, son of Levina Boyer and Robert
Muschlitz. y\ddrcss (1913) Slatington, Pa.; G (2) Marry A. Mus-
chlitz; G (3) William A. Muschlitz; G (4) Lewis W. Muschlitz, Al-
lentown, Pa.; G (5) Mrs. Robert E. Hankee, Pittston, Pa.; G (6) Mrs.
Wesley C. Kraemer, Slatington, Pa.; G (7) Grant S. Muschlitz, Slat-
ington, Pa.
G ( I ) Oscar F. Boyer, son of Franklin Boyer and Elizabeth Christ-
man, was born Sept. 24, 1872. Evangelical. Engineer, Aquashicola, Pa.
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"Married Eli:-abctli Estclla. Children: Harold Oscar Boycr, born May
9. 1905; G (2) Franklin Ash Boyer, born Sept. 4, iSyy.
G (i) AJattic lU.yer, dau^-hter of .Alary j:;over and Stephen Boyer
married John Anderson, 113 \V. Pine St., Findlay, Ohio; G (2-3) mJ
tdda, and Koger Boyer — not reported.
G (I ) Faura Boyer, dau- liter of John F. Boycr and Annie Slierer
Graduate of State Normal School. Kutztown, Fa. Ili-hly cultured
woman. Missionary in Japan. Married Dr. Christoplier Noss Re-
formed Divine and Missionary to Japan. Children: Two boys.
G (2) Augusta BoNcr, daughter of John F. Hover and Annie Sherer
Address (1^13) Mrs. Augusta Santee. Married Dr. Herbert Sanlee
Died at Aquashicola, Pa.
G (3) Percie Boyer, daughter of John F. Boyer and Annie Sherer
married Charles Helmuth. Address (1913) Aquashicola, Pa.
G (1) Pansy May Boyer, daughter of Abel iioyer and Mar^^aret
Ayas born Oct. 2, 1888; G (2) Mabel Estclla Boyer, born An- 19 ^891 '
G (3) BessieMargaretBoyer, born May 12, 1892; G (4) Emda Louisa
Boycr, born June 9, 1894; G (5) Nettie Bowman Bovcr, born May
■19, 1903.
G (i) John Benjamin Boyer, son of Levi Bovcr and Lydia S'lrih
Smith. Address (1913) Palmcrton, I'a. MarriJd Elizabeth Corrall.
Children: Virginia Elizabeth.
G (i) Charles A. Bo}'er, son of Owen H. Boyer and Mary J Kolb
was born Oct. 12, 1868, Lehighton,- Pa. Reformed. Clerk, 133 S Jef-
ferson St., Allentown, Pa. Married Carrie E. Reed. Children: Norman
Earl, Anna Mary.
G (2) Pierce W. I^.oyer, son of Owen PL Boyer and Mary J Kolb
was born Aug. 12, 1S70. Reformed. Ice business, 3018 Chestnut St'
Phila., Pa. '
G (3) Emma L. Boyer, daughter of Owen FL Boyer and Mary J
Kolb, was born July 2, 1876. Reformed. Married Ralph E. .Morthiiner'
930 Jeflerson St., Allentown, F^a. Children: Mary E., Esther C
Vernon H. ' ''
G (i) Minnie E. Boyer, daughter of Lewis K. Boyer and Jane
Shupp. Graduate State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa. Teacher I e-
liighton, Pa. ; G (2) Daisy L.
G ( I ) L. Alvin Case, son of Elizabeth Boyer and James Case was
■born Oct. 18, 1868, Kresgeville, Pa. Reformed. Telegraph operator
Slatington, Pa. Married Daisy E. Dengler. Children: Ellwood G.'
Case, born June 2, 1895.
G (i) Flora Belle Boyer, daughter of John E. Boyer and Isabella
Fahlor, was born July 15, 1872. Address (1909) Lindsay, Ohio; G (2)
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jMyrtle E. Boyer, born Aug. 12, 1880; G (3) Blanche E. Boyer, born
Feb. 22, 1882.
G (1) Gertrude Boyer, daughter of Alfred Boyer and wife, Fre-
mont, Ohio; G (2) Mary Boyer.
G (i) Claude V. Boyer, son of Josiah Boyer and Anna Simms,
was born Dec. 13, 1875. Address (1913) Fremont, Ohio. Married
Florence Deadler. Children: Lila, Irvin.
G (2) Levine J. Boyer, son of Josiah Boyer and Anna Simms, was
born Sept. 22, 1877. Address (1909) Red Key, Indiana. INIarried Emma.
Children : Three or more.
G (3) Glenn R. Boyer, son of Josiah Boyer and Anna Simms,
was born Sept. 14, 1882, and died Feb. 13, 1909.
G (4) Clyde S. Boyer, son of Josiah Boyer and Mary Simms,
was born March 15, 18S4. Mail carrier, Fremont, Ohio. Married Lydia
Adam.
G (5) Clarence Boyer, son of Josiah Boyer and Anna Simms,
was born May 5, 1890. Address (1909) 132 Twelfth Si., Toledo, Ohio.
G (6) Mabel Boyer, daughter of Josiah B.oyer and Anna Simms,
was born Oct. 10, 1892. Address (1909) same as Clarence.
G (i) Levi Boyer, son of David Boyer and wife Straub. Address
(1913) Aquashicola, Pa. Married Rhoads. Children: (a) David Boy-
er, Aquashicola, Pa. Married Strohl. Children, (b) A brother.
G (1) Lottie Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Addie Ziegen-
fuss, married Samuel Ziegenfuss. Address (1913) Bethlehem, Pa.; G
,(2) Hattie Boyer; G (3) Samuel Boyer, Phila., Pa.; G (4) Howard
Boyer, Phila., Pa.; G (5) Harry Boyer. Died single; D (6) Clayton
Boyer, Philadelphia, F'a.
G (O Minnie Boyer, daughter of Frank Boyer and Sarah Wentz ;
G (2) Caroline Boyer ; G (3) Percy Boyer; G (4) Sister lioyer.
G (1) Robert Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and Amanda Ash, died
single; G (2) Jesse V. Boyer is a shipping clerk. Address (1913) 1030
Liberty St., AUentown, Pa.; G (3) Allen E. Boyer is a salesman, Al-
lentown, Pa.
Part HI ~
B (3) Philip Beyer, son of Andreas Beyer and wife, was born
1 718, Palatinate, Germany, and died about 1769, near St. Michael's
Church, Bern Township, Berks Co., Pa. He came with his father and
brothers, as already related, in 1738. The historian has not learned
the name of his wife, because the old church records of St. Michael's
have been lost and the inscriptions on the old gravestones of the cemev
tery are no longer decipherable. From tax lists at Reading, the historian
learns that his children were Michael, flenry, John, and Christopher.
There were no doubt others.
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C (i) Michael Beyer, son of Philip Beyer and wife, as we infer
from the Bern Township tax list in possession of the Berks County
Historical Society, was probably born in the neighborhood of St. Michael's
Church, Bern Twp., Berks Co., Pa., not far from Hamburg, Pa. His
name appears in the tax list in 1 767, as a property holder, whereas his
father Philip's name appeared as early as 1755. The loss of St. Michael's
church records makes it impossible for the present to find his wife's
name. Perhaps administration records at Reading, Pa., may be found
by and ])y. His name disappears from the Bern tax list in 1773, and tht
historian has not been able to find him in a neighboring township. IYt-
haps he died young, but judging from the appearance of his name in
1767 as a tax ])ayer he was probably born about 1740 or 1745. Thusi
far the historian has found only five of his sons — perhaps there were
no more. Names: Andrew, Philip, Michael, Henry, and George.
C (2j Henry Beyer, son of Philip Beyer and wife, as we infer from
the Bern Township tax list to which reference is made above, was prob-
ably also born in Bern Twp., Berks Co., Pa. His name appears in the
tax list in 1768 and only in that year. The historian can not figure out
any conclusion for the present.
^ (3) John Beyer, son of Philip Beyer and wife, as we infer from
the same Bern tax list, was prolialjly also born near St. Micliael's
Church. His name appears in 1768, 1769, and 1770. Perhaps both
brothers moved into Windsor Township, or into the neighborhood of
K.cading.
C (4) Christopher Beyer, son of Philip Beyer and wife, as wc
mfer frum the Bern tax list, was probably born in that township. Plis
name aj)pears as a tax payer in 1779 and disappears in 1785, when as we
know from his connection with Fricden's Church, near McKeansburg,
Pa., he had moved to that vicinit)-. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War for a brief service under Colonel Gehr, of Bern Township, as re-
corded in connection with the date May 4, 1784, on page 86, Vol. 3, Sixth
Series, Pennsylvania Archives. This fact makes all his descendants
eligible to membership in the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution.
In his history of Frieden's Church, Pastor Weller, quotes an interesting
article to which Christopher Beyer's name is signed, and on the back of
which is scribbled the date 1768 or 1786. The latter is undoubtedly
correct. Pastor Weller also says that Christopher Beyer's house wai, a
log structure put up against the foot of the hill back of Frieden's Church,
probably on church property. This would help us understand why his
name does not appear on the Brunswick Township tax list until 1791.
He may have been the teacher of the parish school connected with the
church. His house, as Pastor Weller reports from references in records
now lost, was the stopping place and his barn the auditorium of itinerary
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missionaries. In 1811 his name appears, I think, tor th.c hist limc, m th('
tax list, and the tradition is that he died in McKeansburi^-, I'a. hr.-i.i
all accounts, he must have been a man of importance and cliaraciei .
An old Bible now in possession of Mrs. Walhorn, mother of Claude D.
Walborn, gives his wife Catharine Reif Schneider. Orphans Court re-
cords, Reading, Pa., show that she was the daughter of -John Reif Schneider
and Dorothy Hottenstein (wife). See page 191. They are probaldv both
buried in Eoyers' Row, Frietlen's Church. The children as wc know
from the family Bible and living descendants were at least the lolk>\\-
ing: Christopher. Henry, Jacob. Cltristian. D.miel. Joseph, and i'.\o
sisters, one of whom was married to a man by the n:v.r.e o: O^o•.\^-\ch. I V.e
Administration Records at PcttsviwC. Pa., nled lune 4 :.nd lo. 1S17. p\o
u? Joseph's name, and apparently also Peter ar.d ^a•.■.■lv.e■l. Po;o r,;..v
be the "Cressona" line. Henry, second son. was the admiaisii.iu»r.
There must have been another son Stephen. This Stephen had a son
\\'illiam, born Dec. 12, 1812, and with his wife Idoyd moved to Fairheld
Co., Ohio, before the close of the year. This departure shows wh) his
name does not occur in tlie. Administration accounts.
D (ij Andrew Boyer, son of Alichael Beyer and wife, as we sur-
mise on local grounds, was born about 1764, probably near St. Michael's
Church, Bern Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. Carpenter. Pater a
farmer near what is now Bern Station — 200 acres. Papers showing
that his son Jacob was his administrator are in the hands of Ehas Boyer,
Plamburg, Pa. These papers give us the name of one brother of
Andrew, namely, Philip. Antlrew is buried at St. Alichael's Church.
jMarried twice — the second time to Kate Schlappig, who is also bu,ried
at St. Michael's. His children were Samuel, Jacol), John, Sarah, Lydia,'
Polly, Rebecca, Susan, Lovina, and Andrew.
D (2) Philip Boyer, son of IMichael Beyer anil wife.
D (3) Michael Boyer, son of Michael 'Beyer and wife, if Anilrew
and Philip were sons, for Andrew Boyer son of Andrew names Michael
as an uncle. This Michael Boyer lived in Reading, Pa., near
what is now known as Farmers Bank, between Fifth and Sixth Sts., on
Penn. Plis nephew Andrew says that Michael died about 1844. D (4)
Plenry Boyer.
E (i) Samuel Boyer, son of Andrew Boyer and first wife, went
West young and never returned to his relatives. His fate is unknown.
E (2) Jacob Boyer, son of Andrew Boyer and first wife, was born
July II, 1795, and died July 3, 1886. Buried at St. Paul's Church, Wind-
sor Twp., Berks Co., Pa., near Hamburg. Lutheran. Farmer. Lived
about a mile east of Hamburg, Pa. Married (March 2, 1822) Sarah
Balthaser. Children : Daniel, Jacob, Sarah, George B., IMatilda.
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E (3) John iJoyer, son of Andrew BoytT and iirst wife. Buried at
Bernville, i'a. Widow lived in Marietta, Pa. ChiKlren: Two girls.
E (4) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Andrew Bo^xt and first wife, mar-
ried George Wagner. Children: Sarah, perhaps others.
E (5) Lydia lioyer, daughter of Andrew lioyer and first wife.
Buried at St. IMichael's. Married iHenjamin Wagner. Children.
E (6) Polly Boyer, daughter of Andrew lioyer and first wife, mar-
ried George Kauffman, merchant, of Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Children:
George Kaufman. Head. Perhaps others.
E (7) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of Andrev>- Boyer and first wife,
was born Dec. 17, 1826. liuricd in Union llill Cemetery, Weissport,
I'a. Married George xA. Wagner, born May 10, 1816. Children: (a)
Alfred B. Wagner, Mahanoy City, Pa., born Aug. 11, 1849. Musician.
Married Susan Foust. (b) Lovina Wagner. Born April 29, 1851. Mar-
ried J. Z. Bagenstose, Alahanoy City, Pa. (c) Kate Wagner. Born
Nov. 28, 1855. Married Thomas Wcsner, Mahanoy City, Pa. (d) Sallie
Alma Wagner. ]>orn May 14, i860, (e) Landon B. Wagner. Born
May 21, 1862, Weissport, Pa. Married Susan Heisler, of Lewistown
"V^alley, near Tamaqua, Pa. (f) Susanna Wagner. Born March 11,
■1S66. Married William D. Phifer, Weissport, Pa. (g) George A. Wag-
ner. Born March 15, 1870. Teacher. Married Lillie-Reber.
E (8) Susan Boyer, daughter of Andrew Boyer ami first wife, was
born Jan. 17, 1828. AcUlress (1908) 26 N. 6th St., Allentown, Pa. Mar-
ried Josiah J, indenmulh. Born March 18, 1830. Died. Child: Arling-
ton N. Lindcnmuth. Born Nov. 16, 1856. Fine photographer, 24 N.
■6tli St., Allentown, Pa. I\[arried llattie Plelfrich.
E (9) Lovina iioyer, daughter of Andrew Boyer and first wife,
w;is born 1831. Address (1908) Mrs. Lovina Nies, Berks, Pa. Luther-
an. Married Reul)en Nies. Children: (a) Ellen Nies. Address (1908)
J.^/erks, Pa. (b) Kate Nies Mrs. J. P. Zimmerman, AVilliamstown, N. J.
(c) Helena Nies, Mrs. Lloyd Tryon, Hamburg, Pa. (d) Frank Nies,
Berks, Pa. Son Ralph, graduate of State Normal vSchool, Kutztown Pa.
(e) Reuben Nies, l]erks^ Pn. ( f ) W. B. Nies, Berks, Pa. (g) Sallie
Nies. Mrs. \V. B. Klin.e, Berks, i»a. (h) Lilhe Nies, Berks, Pa.
E ( 10) Andrew Bo\er, son of Andrew Boyer and Catharine Schlap-
fjig, was born April 3, 1S32, in Upper Bern, three miles from St. Mich-
ael's. Soldier of Civil War. Drafted Oct. 20, 1862, Company I, Colonel
Yost, Montg. Co., Pa. Honorably discharged July 27, 1863. Evangelical
church. Merchant. Address ( 1908) 819 Elm St., Reading, Pa. Married
Matilda Ludwig. Born Aug. 28, 1834. Children: (a) Sarah Ann Boy-
tr. Died about 1906. Married J. H. Bidler. Address (1908) 820 Elm
•St., Reading, Pa. Children: Matilda Ella, Helen B., and Sarah N.
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(b) Matilda Ellen Boyer, Mrs. I\Iatilda Myers, 13th St., Reading", Pa,
Married Harvey Myers. Dead. No children, (c) Frank J. Boyer, iii
N. 6th St., Reading, Pa. President Penn-.>lvauiii Coal Company. Evan-
gelicah Children: (i) Ellen P. Boyer. Married Andrew Seyvert,
Walnut St., Reading, Pa. (2) Howard Boyer. Draughtsman, iii N.
6th St., Reading, Pa. (3) James Boyer, Phila., Pa. Letter carrier.
Married Miss Brown. (4) Irvin Bo)er, Leesport, Pa. Married Misa
Schade., Children: One or more. (5) William Boyer, N. loth St.,
Reading, Pa. (6) Flora Boyer. (d) Thomas W. Boyer, Bangor, Pa.
Alarried. No children in 1909. (e) Katie Alice Boyer. Married Plenry
Pauenson, Elm and Pear Sts., Reading, Pa. Children : Three or more.
F (i) Daniel Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Balthaser, was
born Dec. 14, 1822, and died Feb. i, 1904. Buried at St. Paul's, Windsor
Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. Married jMary Aliller. Chil-
dren: Elias, John, William H., and sister.
F (2) Jacob Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Balthasci.
Buried at St. Paul's. Lutheran. Married. Children : Franklin W.,
John Alfred, Ella, and Emma.
F (3) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Balthaser,
died unmarried.
F (4) George B. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Balthaser,
was born Feb. 4, 1828, and died Sept. 14, 1890. liuried at Zions, I'erry
Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. ]\Ierchant. Married Mary N. Bauscli-
er, Hamburg, Pa. Children: Washington F., Jacob S., Andrew W., and
Elenora.
F (5) Matilda Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Sarah Balt-
haser, married Samuel Zimmerman. Children: Albert Zimmerman, Ham-
burg, Pa. Perhaps others.
G (i) Elias Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Mary Miller, was born
Aug. 25, 1857. Address 254 S. 4th St., Hamburg, Pa. Lutheran. Car-
riage maker. Married Emma S. F'^ocht. Children: (a) Milton H.
Boyer, Hamburg, Pa. (b) Warren D. Boyer, Hamburg, Pa. (c) Laura
B. Boyer, Mrs. Wm. H. Albert, Hamburg, Pa., R. F. D. 3.
G (2) John Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Mary Miller. Ad-
dress (1909) Hamburg, Pa.
G (3) William H. Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Mary Miller.
Address (1909) Hamburg, Pa., R. F. D. 2.
G (4) A daughter of Daniel Boyer and Mary Miller, married
Alfred Baver, Klinesville, Pa.
G (i) Franklin W. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife. Ad-
dress (1909) Hamburg, Pa..
G (2) Jolm Alfred Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife, was born
June 24, 1850, and died Dec. 11, 1890. Lutheran. Married Mary S.
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Smith. Children: (a) Cora A. lioycr, (b) Laura A. Boyer, (c) Mamie
A. Boyer, (d) Mary L. Boyer, (e) Herbert, A. iioyer, (f) Mathias J.
Boyer. Address (1909) Shoemakersville, Pa.
G (3) Ella Boyer, dauglitcr of Jacob Boyer and wife, married Lewis
Bitner, Llamburg, Pa.
G (4) Emma Boyer, daughter of Jacob lioyer and wife. Address
{1909) Plamburg, Pa.
G ( I ) Washington F. Boyer, son of George B. Boyer and Mary
Ann ]3auscher, was born June 4, 185S. Graduate of Poughkeepsie Bu;^-
iness College. Merchant, Hamburg, Pa.
G (2) Jacob S. Boyer, son of George B. Boyer and Ivlary Ann
Bauscher, was born June 5, 1862. Lutheran. Farmer, Bern, Pa. Mar-
ried Amanda L. Kershner. Child : Esbie A. Boyer. Married and living
Vv'ith husband and child at home.
G (3) Andrew William Boyer, son of George B. Boyer and Mary
Ann Bauscher, was born Aug. 24, 1871. Lutheran. Clerk, Hamburg, Pa.
G (4) Elenora Boyer, daughter of George B. Boyer and Mary Ann
Bauscher, was born Oct. 22, 1854. Married Benjamin B. Sunday. Chil-
dren: (i) William R. Sunday, Hamburg, Pa. (2) George W. Sunday,
Llamburg, Pa.
D ( I ) Christopher Beyer, son of Christopher Beyer and Catharine
Reifsdineider, was born about 1770, very probably in Bern Twp., Berks
Co., Pa., and is most likely interred in Boyer's Row, Frieden's Church,
McKeansburg, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer east of New Ringgold, Pa. Mar-
ried twice. Children: John, David, Christopher, Rosina, Savina, Rile.
D (2) Jacob Beyer, son of Christopher lieyer and Catharine Reif-
schneider, was born January 14, 17(>7, in liern Township, ] jerks
Co., Pa., and died April i, 1829, on his farm home in what is now Walker
Twp, Schuylkill County, Pa. He is buried at Frieden's Church, with
his ancestors. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Susanna Schaeffer, whose
name is on her husband's gravestone. After the settling up of estates,
she moved with several of her children to East Germantown, Ohio, and
is buried there. Children : Samuel, Jacob, Joseph, Daniel, Mary, Eliza-
beth, Susan, Kate, Esther (Hetty), and George (who died young, leav-
ing no children). The estate of the father was administered. Records
at Pottsville, Pa.
D (3) Henry Beyer, son of Christopher Beyer and Catharine Reif-
schneider, was born about 1766. He is buried at Frieden's Church, with
Lis people. Lutheran. T,ived in McKean.sburg, Pa. Married Bar'oary
Bensinger. Children: Daniel, Joshua, Isaac, Jonathan, Jacob, Samuel,
Lucetta, Lucina, Louisa, Rebecca, Caroline, and Lavina.
D (4) Stephen Beyer, son of Christopher Beyer and Catharine
Heifschneider, was born about 1771. Married a woman named Lloyd,
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and became a Moravian probably in boyhood through missionaries.
Moved just before close of 1812 to Fairfield County, Ohio, and between
1844 and 1849 to Bartholomew Co., Indiana. Buried in Moravian Ceme-
tery, called "Enon," south of Hope, Indiana. Children: Levi, John,
Joseph, William, Eliza, Polly, Mrs. Alsbach, Mrs. Alfred Blessing".
D (5) Christian Beyer, son of Christoi)her Beyer and Catharine
Reifschneider, was born Oct. 3, 1781, died' about 1869; and is buried at
the old Red Church, south of Orwigsburg, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer at
Pinedale, Pa. Married Catherine Levan, March 25, 180:'). P.nrn Mav
15, 1783. She was the daughter of John Levan and Rose Koliii,r. Chil-
dren: Samuel, Charles L., John S., Katherine, and Daniel L.
D (6) Daniel Beyer, son of Christopher Beyer and Catharine Reif-
schneider, was born about 1784, in the Bern home, died in Pinedale,
and is buried at the White Church, on the outskirts of Orwigsburg, Pa.
I,utheran. A miller 1)}' trade Ro'dd master of the pike on which he
lived. Married Elnora Davis. Children : William, George, Charles
Davis, Daniel, Katherine, Sarah, Mary, Hannah, and Ellen.
D (7-S) There were several daughters of Christopher Beyer and
Catherine Reifschneider, but the historian has not found it possible to
find the descendants.
D (9) Joseph IJoyer, son of Christopher Bc^er and Catharine Reif-
schneider, was born about 1779. Lutheran. Lived at McKcansburg, Pa.
Probably buried in Boyer's Row, Frieden'.s Church, ]''a. Farmer. Mar-
ried Rebecca. Children : William, 1^*1 onroc, Joseph, Sarah.
D (10) Peter Bo}er may have lived near Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
D (11) vSamuel Bo)er. William Monroe Boyer, 202 Peacock St.,
Pottsville, Pa., says that one of his grandfather's, Joseph ]-5oyer'.s, brothers
went to Cincinnati, Ohio, to start a distillery. It may have been this
Samuel, said to have started from Reading, i'a.
E (i) Jeihn Boyer, son of Christojjher Be^-er and first wife, waj>
born about 1790-1795. Lutheran. Moved to C)hio with brothers and
sisters. Well to do. Married. Children: Williaiu, Benjamin, Daniel,.
Charles, several daughters.
E (2) David Boyer, son of Christopher Beyer and second wife,.
was born about 1797, died in Schuylkill County, Pa. Went )with
parents to Ohio, lived in Indiana imtil his first wife died in 1854, and
then returned to Pennsylvania where he married the sister of his first
wife, and lived on the farm owned by .\manda Bear (1910). He is prob-
ably buried at the old Frieden's Church. Lutheran. Married first to
Magdalena Kleckner, who died Sept. 9, 1854, and then to her sister.
Children of first marriage: Amandus, Franklin, Clara, and Flora Ann.
The historian does not know the children of the second marriage if there
were any.
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E (3) Christopher Columhus Boyer, son of Christopher Beyer and
second wife, was born March i, 1799, in Schuylkill 'County, Pa.,
on his father's New Ringgold homestead, died T^Iay 8, 1852, and is buried
at Buc} rus, Ohio. Lutheran. C)nce sheritt of Schuylkill County. Won-
derfully strong man. Moved to Ohio with his father, brothers and sis-
ters, about 1840 or 1842. Married Elizabeth Gottshall, daughter of John
Gottshall. She died about 1863. Children: Christian C, Daniel C,
Eli, Rachel, Jeremiah C, Sevilla, Joshua P., Maria, Edward R., and
Rosilla. E (4-6) Sisters were Rosina, Savina, and Rile.
E (i) Samuel Boyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Susannah Schaeifer,
was born Feb. 12, 1801, probably in East Brunswick Twp., Berks Co.,
Pa., but now Schuylkill Co., Pa., and died about Feb. 1873. Buried ai
2;ion's Church, Walker Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa. Lutheran. Black-
smith and farmer. Greatly interested in church work. Married Eydia
Bensingcr. Born Feb. 29, 180S. Died i8<)4. liuried near husband.
Children: Israel, Emmanuel, Joseph, Tienjamin, William, Jacob, Daniel,
John, Kate, F,li/:abeth, Sannuel, Caroline.
E (2) Jacob Boyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Susannah SchaefTer,
was born Alay 16, 180;^, died April 18, 1874, and is buried in ]",ast Ger-
mantown, Ohio. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Catharine lioughner.
She dieil April 12, 1S13. Children: William, Racliel, Jacoij, Samuel,
IvicharJ, John, Mary, Catherine, llenriett:i, and Daniel.
^'' (3) Josei)h Pjoyer, son of Jacob Be}er and Susannah Schaeffer,
d'ed ab'Mit 1833. Lutheran. Estate administered by Henry Boyer,
IMcKcan.-Jiurg, ]*a. Pa])ers filed June 21, 1833. Married Margaret.
Children: Jose|.>h, George, Rosetta.
E ( :]) Daniel Boyer, son of Jiicob Beyer and Susannah SchaeiTer,
was ])orn June 2, 1813, and died March o, 1877. Duried at East Ger-
mantown, Ohio. Evangelical church. Married Elizaljelh B.aer. Only
child, Daniel Bo)er, died Nov. 10, 1857, without children.
E (5) Mary l>o}er, ckuiiditer of Jacob lieyer and Susannah Schaef-
fer, v.'as born FJec. 16, 1795, East Brunswick Twp., Berks Co., Pa., and
died June 25, 1877, East Germantown. Ohio. ATarried John l>ough-
ner. Children : Catherine, Charles, Mahlon, Harriet.
E (6) Elizabeth Pjoyer, daughter of Jacob Beyer and vSusannah
SchaefTer, died 1850. Buried near Pendleton, Ind. Lutheran. Married
Peter Waltz. Children : Thirteen.
E (7) Susan Boyer, daughter of Jacob Beyer and Susannah Schaef-
fer. Married John Womer. Children: Abner, Alelinda, Alaria, Kate,
Susannah, Ossaul, Caroline, Amanda, Sarah E., and Annette.
E (8) Kate Boyer, daughter of Jacob Beyer and Susannah Schaef-
fer. Lutheran. Married Michael Bensinger. Children: Daniel, Ed-
ward, William, Priscilla, Frank, Benneville, and Frederick.
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E (9 ) licttie Boyer, daughter of Jacob Beyer and Susannah Schaef-
fcr, was born July 6, 1815, and died June 14, 1877. Married Hdward
Stomm. No children.
E (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Henry Beyer and P^arbary llensinger,
was born about 1800, died about 1876, at age of 76, and is buried at
Job's Church, Violet Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio. Lutheran. Farmer.
Married Mary Weint. Children: Henry, Andrew, David, John, Mary,
William, and Jesse.
E (2) Samuel Boyer, son of Henry Beyer and Barbary Bensinger,
was born about 1802, and died October 1868. Lutheran. Fanner.
Married Salome Lutz. Children: Flenry, Samuel, Jacob, Louisa, Mary.
E (3) Isaac Boyer, son of Henry Beyer and Barbary Bensinger,
was born in McKeansburg, and is buried at Jol)'s Church, Fairfield Co.,
Ohio. Moved from IMcKeansburg to Ohio, and died at the age of 52.
Lutheran. Married Miss Minehart. No children.
E (4) Jonathan Boyer, son of Ilenry Beyer and Barbary Bensinger,
was born about 1806, and died Nov. 1879. Lutheran. Shoemaker and
farmer. iMovcd from Fennsjlvania to Lockville, Ohi(j, where he is
buried. Married Nancy Carter. Children: Benvill, Mary, and Reljccca.
E (5) Joshua Boyer, son of Henry Beyer and Barbary liensinger,
was born May 25, 181 2, in McKeansburg, Pa., and died there Jan. 7,
1890. Buried at Frieden's. Lutheran. }^Ierchant. Legislator. -Mar-
ried Susannah Shoener. She died June 10, 1876. Children: .Amanda,
Rebecca, Susannah, Lucina, Mary, Louisa, J. Monroe, and I^ewis \V.
E (6) Daniel Boyer, son of Flenry Beyer and Barbary Bensinger,
was born Nov. 20, 1S20, died ALarch 21, 1898, and is buried in the
Lutheran Cemetery, Orwigsburg, Pa. laitheran. County Commissioner.
Steward of Almshouse. Married Fannie Houser. Address (1910) Or-
wigsburg, Pa. Children: Daniel Edward' and Lavina.
E (7) Lucina Boyer, daughter of Henry Beyer and Barbary Ben-
singer, was born April 29, 1823, in McKeansburg, Pa., and died Oct. 25,
1892, at Lockville, Ohio. Lutheran. Married Henry Wernert. Chil-
dren: Mary M., Oscar, Charles, and Alonzo.
E (8) Lucetta Boyer, daughter of Henry Beyer and Barbary Ben-
singer, married Samuel Pierson. Lived in Fairfield Co., Ohio.
E (9) Louisa Boyer, daughter of Henry Beyer and Barbary Ben-
singer, was born in McKeansburg, Pa., Sept. 1809, and died Ot^t. 27,
1889, in Ohio. Lutheran. She married Henry Yeager. Children: Rosu
Ann, Daniel, Louisa, Rebecca, ?^Iary, Elizabeth, John, Henry, and Perry.
E (10 ) Caroline Boyer, dauglUer of Henry Beyer and Barlr.r/
iicn singer, ..'-. Lorn in McKean;Lurg', Fa., and -lied there. Married a
rnan by the name of Medlar. Note. vSisters Lavina and R.ebecca.
E (i) William Boyer, son of Stephen Boyer and wife Lloyd, was
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"born December 12, 1812, in McKeansburg, Pa., died 1864, and buried
on the "Enon" Moravian Cemetery, four miles south of l[o]:)e, Indiana.
Moravian. Married (Jan. 5, 1834) Maria Allspaeh, of Oliio, who (Ued
a year and a half after marriage. On Dec. 16, 1837, he married Eliza-
beth Lytle, daughter of George and Ruth Lytle. Children: Lorenzo D.,
Noah, Katharine Maria, Joseph I,uther, Harriet Jane, William Henry,
Byron Jefferson, and Adam E.
E (2) John Hoyer, son of Stephen Beyer and wife Lloyd, moved
from Fairfield County, Ohio, to Missouri. Married. Children : Perhaps
Byron Boyer (i(;r3) Tipton, Iowa, is a son.
E (3) Joseph Boyer, son of Stei)hen Beyer and wife Lloyd, moved
frc^ni Fairfield County, O^hio, further West. Married Mamie Click.
Children.
E (4) Levi Boyer, son of Stephen Beyer and wife Lloyd, was born
-about 1S20. Married Elizabeth Click. Children: (Born between 1840-
1860) Lyman. Stephen, Eve Ann, Mattie, Charles, Joseph, and Edward.
E (S-C)) Sarah Boyer, and Polly, who marrietl Ih-andt.
E (7) Kate Boyer. daugliter of Stephen Ijcyer and wife Llo}'d, mar-
ried Alfred Plessing. Children: Kate. Address (lyio) Mrs. Andrew
Flanigan. Perhaps others. Columbus, Indiana.
E (8) Eliza Boyer, daughter of Ste];hen Beyer and wife Lloyd,
married Elii;d\ Jett. Children: (' i ) William Jett. Address (lyio)
Columbus, Ind. (2) Levi Jett, (3) ]'erhai)s others.
E (i) William Boyer, son of Jose])h. Boyer and wife Rebecca,
horn about 1830. 1 Juried at Presb)'terian Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
Lutheran. Plumber. Very powerful man. Lived on Market street.
Soldier. I'attery 5-j, Heavy Artillery, Civil War of 1861. Served three
years. Died after coming home' from h^ortress Monroe Hospital. Mar-
ried Catharine Maderia. Children: (a) William Monroe Boyer, 202
Peacock St., Pottsville, Pa. Born May 20, 1853, Pottsville, Pa. Luth-
eran. Machinist for 31 )'ears. Married Angelina Bean, born Feb. 28,
1859. Children: (1) Peter Elias Boyer, 521 North 3rd St., Pottsville,
Pa. Frescoer and decorator. Born Jan. 18, 1881. Married Agnes Kess-
ler. Child: Elizabeth Minnie. (2) Laura Ethel Boyer, born 1S85. At
home. (3) Earle William Boyer, born May 18, 1880. Milk dealer, 202
Peacock St., Pottsville, Pa. ^Married Annie Marie Wanamaker. Child:
Ruth Elizabeth, born July, i<)i3. (4) Henry Webster Boyer, 202 Pea-
cock St., Pottsville, Pa. Born July 19, 1894. Boiler maker. Single in
1913. (b) Emma Boyer, sister of William Aloiiroe Boyer, is dead. She
married S. R. Davis, of Phila., Pa. Children: Bert, George, William,
Laura, Clyde, Charles, Russell, (e) Hannah Rei:)ecca Boyer, sister of
William Monroe Boyer, married Henry Walbridge, of Phila., Pa. Chil-
dren: William, Garfield, Florie, Ilattie, Sophie, (d) Caroline Boyer.
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Married Harry Hess, Reading, Pa. Child: Annie, (c) Joseph Boyer,
Died single. ( f ) Kate Boyer. Married Reuben Lewis. No descendants.
E (2) Monroe Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife Rebecca, was-
killed in great battle, Mexican War. Single.
E (3) Joseph Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and Rebecca, died single,
in Pottsville, Pa. Miner.
E (4) Sarah Bo3er, daughter of Joseph Bo^'er and Rebecca, mar-
ried Washington Garrett. Children: William, sister.
E (i) Samuel Boyer, son oi Christian r>eyer and Catherine Levan,
was born Dec. 15, 1806, in Windsor Twp., Berks Co., Pa., died Dec.
15, 1881. Lutheran. Merchant at Port Clinton, Pa. Married Elizabeth
Fryer. Children: Hannah, Henry. Samuel C, Elizabeth, Edward, Sarah
Ann, and Haimah, who died an infant.
E (2) Charles L. Boyer, son of Christian Beyer and Catherine
Levan, was born 1808, and is buried at the Red Church, below Orwigs-
burg, Pa. Married Salome Ebling. Children: Charles L., Susan,
Sybilla, Sarah, Ellen, Mary, Catherine, Thomas B., and George.
E (3) John S. Boyer, son of Christian Beyer and Catherine Levan,
was born May 4, 1810, in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa.,
died June 14, 1882, and is buried at Tamaqua, Pa. Lutheran. Christo-
pher r>eyer and Catherine Reifschneider were sponsors at his baptism.
This shows that the aged couple was still living. Congressman. Mar-
ried Sarah Moyer. Children: Daniel M., John W., Samuel F., Henry
C, George AL, Amanda, Susan, Annie, Emma, Eliza M., and Louise.
E (4) Catherine Boyer, daughter of Christian Beyer and Catherine
Levan, was born Feb. 11, 1812. Married Jacob ALitz. No children.
E (5) Daniel L. Bioyer, son of Christian Beyer and Catherine Levan,
vv'as born June 3, 18 14, in West l',runswick Township, Schuylkill Coun-
ty, Pa., and is buried at the Red Church. Lutheran. Farmer.
Married Anne Eveland. Children : Daniel Christian, David Rittenhousc,
John Henry, Sarah Elizabeth, Marie Matilda, George Washington and
Sarah Lydia.
E (1) William Boyer, son of Daniel Beyer and Elnora Davis, was
born near Pottsville, Pa., about 181 5, and died at the age of 82 years in
Columbus. Ohio, where he and his wife are buried in Green Lawn Ceme-
tery. Lived in Adelphi, Ohio. Lutheran. Married Mary Reiflinger.
Children: Ellen, Hannah, and Anna.
E (2) George D. Boyer, son of Daniel Beyer and Elnora Davis,
was born Dec. 1817, died Feb. 29, 1864, at Orwigsburg, Pa. Lutheran.
Resided at I'ottsville, Pa. Treasurer of Schuylkill County. Prominent
man. Married Colletta Orwig. Children: Elizabeth V., Irwin E.,
Zelia, Edrig A., Frank Jerome, George A., Albert, and Daniel.
E (3) Charles D. Boyer, son of Daniel Beyer and Elnora Davis,
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was lx)rn October 17, 1833, '^^ Orwigsburg', Pa., died December 2,
1909, at Pottsville, Pa., where he is buried. Lutheran. Soldier
of Civil War. Enlisted in Company K, 48th Regiment, Pa. Volunteers.
Present in number of battles. Honorably discharged at close of war.
Tipstaf in Pottsville Court House more than 30 years up to time of death.
Married Amanda Hofnian, of C)rvvigsburg, Pa. She died about 1895"
Children: Howard and Asken. Died small. Historian saw this veteran.
in IQ08.
E (4) Daniel Boycr, son of Daniel Boyer and Elnora Davis.
E (5) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and Elnora Davis^
died about 1900. Lutheran. . A splendid woman. Historian lived in'
her home three years. Alarried PIcnry Krebs, one of the finest men of his
day. No children. They adopted Louisa Yeager, a niece.
E (6) Mary Boyer, daughter of Daniel Beyer and Elnora Davis,
married Thomas Reed, of Pottsville, Pa.
E (7) Ellen Boyer, daughter of Daniel Beyer and Ehiora Davis,
married Daniel Kline, of New Brunswick, N. J.
F (i) William Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife lluntzinger,
v^'as Ixirn iSiT), and dieil 1878, at Bucyrus, Ohio. Married. Children:
(i) Kate, (2) Mary, (3) Joim, (4) Nettie. All dead in 1913.
F (2) Benjamin P>oyer, son of Jt>hn Bo)-er and wife Huntzinger,
died 190C9 at Bucyrus, Ohio. Married Rachel Boyer, his cousin, daugh-
ter of Christopher Columbus Boyer. Children: Lorian D., Sula, and
Rosanna. Note. W. W. Bo)er, .ArchboKl, Ohio, may l)e son.
F (3) John Boyer, son of John Boycr and wife Iluntzinger, li^'ed
and died in California.
1'" (4) h)sei)h B. Bo)-er, son of John Boyer and wife Huntzingcr,
died unmarried at Bucyrus, Ohio; F (5) Daniel B. I'oyer, lived and died
at Hucyrus, (3hio ; F (6) Charles Boyer, lived and died in St. Louis,
^lo. ; F (7) George Boyer, lived and died in St. Louis, Mo.; F (8)
Phoebe Boyer, married Daniel Boyer, her cousin, and died in Bucyrus,
Ohio; F (9) Elizabeth Boyer, married Marfit, Bucyrus, Ohio; F (10)
Eliza Boyer, married McCreasy, Bucyrus, Ohio; F (11) Kate Boycr,
married Ziegler, and died in the West; F (12) Violet Boyer, lived and
died in State of New York.
F (i) Amandus Boyer, son of David Boyer and Magdalena Kleck-
ner, born 1834, died Aug. 3, 1907, at Marion Soldiers' Home, Indiana.
Soldier of Civil War. Lived in Indiana. Married Caroline Shappell.
Children : Son who died unmarried ; and one daughter. She married
George DuGranrut in 18S0. The DuGranrut children are Frank, John,
Robert, Carrie, and Lillian. All liye in Milton, Indiana, except Robert,
who resides at Greensburg, Ind.
F (2) Franklin Boyer, son of David Boyer and INIagdalena Kleck-
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ner, lived in Ohio and Indiana. Soldier of the Civil War. He died 1908
•at Marshalho\vn,'Iowa. Married three times, but left only one child.
F (3) Clara Boyer, daughter of David lioyer and Magdalcna .Kleck-
ner, married Charles Leibhardt. Children: David P., George, Joseph,
Frank, Mary, Caroline. David P. is dead, leaving one daughter Ina.
Address (1913) Juneau, ^Vlaska. Caroline is dead, leaving son, Paul
IMerrill, Vancouver, 15. C. Mary left no children. George and I'rank are
bachelors. Joscj)!! resides in Indianapolis, Ind. lie has two sons and one
-daughter: Charles, Glenn, and Nellie. Charles lives in Indianapolis.
F (4) Flora Ann Boyer, daughter of David Boyer and Magdalcna
Kleckner, niarricd Joshua Morris. Children: A son who died unmar-
ried, and a daughter who married Thomas B. Lantz in 1881. Address
(1913) Box 64, , Milton, Indiana. Children: Ralph B., Shclbyville, 111.,
and I<ewis T., Milton, Indiana.
F (i) Christian C. Boyer, son of Christopher Columbus Beyer and
Elizabeth Gottshall, was born June 2, 1827, died April 10, 1903, Ijuried at
Marion, Ohio. Methodist. B.lacksmith. Married Catherine Brehman,
born Jan. 8, i82!--, near Bucyrus, Ohio, died March 12, 1895, buried at
Marion, Ohio. Children: Adeline, Eusebia, Aresta Lucinda, Elizabeth
Frances, Mary Ann, John Urden, Agnes Rebecca, and Matilda Luella.
F (2) Daniel C. Boyer, son of Christopher C\)himbus Beyer and
Elizabeth Gottshall, died at l^ucyrus, Ohio. Lutheran. Farmer in Whet-
stone Twp., Crawford Co., Ohio. Married. Children: (i) Andrew
Boyer. Address (1910) Bucyrus, Ohio, (b) Perhaps others.
F (3) Rachel Boyer, daughter of Christo])her Columbus Beyer and
Elizabeth Gottshall, married Benjamin Boyer, a cousin, son of John
Boyer. Children : Lorian D., Sula, and Rosanna.
F (4) Sevilla Boyer, daughter of Christopher Columbus Beyer and
Elizabeth Gottshall, died at iUicyrus, Ohio. Married William Seligman.
Children: (A number) Lewis Seligman, LIpper Sandusky, Ohio.
F (5) Joshua P. lioycr, son of Christopher Columbus Beyer and
Elizabeth Gottshall, was born Feb. 2, 1831, in Schuylkill Co., Pa., and
(1915) resides at Parker, Kansas. Lutheran. Farmer. Taught music
.40 years, and still leads choir in Methodist church. Historian has photo.
Married Charlotte Stough, born Oct. 4, 1833, died May 1901, buried at
Bucyrus, ( )hio. Children : Nettie, Emma, Delia, Lulu.
F (6) Maria Boyer, daughter of ChristO|)lier Columbus l^eyer and
Elizabeth Gottshall, married Aaron Kitchell. Lived at Marseilles, Ohio.
. Family all dead.
F (7) Edward R. Boyer, son of Christopher Columbus Beyer and
Elizabeth Gottshall. was born Sept. 27, 1838, in Schuylkill Co., Pa. Ad-
dress (1910) 229 Gill Ave., Gallion, Ohio. Lutheran. Civil War vet-
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eran. Ex-postmaster, Gallion, Ohio. Alarried Jennie Carter, born 1843.
Child : Melvin Boyer, only child.
F (8) Jeremiah Bo^-er, son of Christopher Columbus Beyer and"
Elizabeth Gottshall, died at Waterloo, Indiana. Married.
F (i) Israel Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Lydia Bensinger,.
was born about 1825, and died ]\Iarch 2, 1846, of typhoid fever. Married
Kate Fey. Child: Israel Boyer, born Feb. 23, 1846, Lewistown Valley,,
Walker Twp., Pa. Lutheran. Carpenter. Married Kate Gerhard, Quak-
ake. Pa. Children: (a) Henrietta S. Boyer. Mrs. Frank P. Kuyler, 56
South Cedar St., Hazelton, l^a. Children: None, (b) Albert I. Boyer,
born Nov. 17, 1880, married Kate ]\I. Eveland, Quakake, Pa. ChiUlren :
Myrtle, Melvin, Leona, Elhvooil.
F (2) Emmanuel Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Lydia Bensing-
er, was born Jan. 23, 1829. Lutheran. Pioneer settler of IMahanoy
City, Pa. Alerchant. Once burgess of city. Died Oct. 10, 1913. Mar-
ried Elizabeth llorne. Children: Benjamin, William 11. Robert E.
F (3) Joseph Hoyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Lydia liensinger,.
was born Jan. 27, 1831. Address (1913) Tam^qua, Pa., R. F. D. I.
Lutheran. Farmer. Often supervisor of roads. Alarried Magdalena
Gunsette, daughter of Christian Gunsette, an Alsatian, of Weitersweilei,
who came to Penns3'lvania with his father Philip Henry and his mother
Margaret llauser Gunsette in 1S28. She was born in MitldIe[)ort, Pa.,
1835, 'iii^^ ^^^^^^ iy09 i" Lewistown Valley, near Tuscarora, Pa. .\ noble
Christian woman. Children: Charles Clinton, .Mice Minerva, George
Harris, and Frank Samuel.
F (4) Benjamin Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Lydia Bcnsinger,
was born Nov. 14, 1S32, died in Mahanoy City, Pa. Reformed. Coal
dealer. A model Christian man. Married Susannah Home. No children.
F (5) William Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Lydia Bensinger,
v/as born Oct. 29, 1834. Address (19L3) hock Haven, Pa. Methodist.
Lumber merchant. A noble Christian man. Class leader and exhorter
for many years. Married Susannah Shoener. Children: Amelia, 'Israel,
Missouri, Anna, Mary, and William.
F (6) Jacob P)Oyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Lydia Bensinger,
was born March 4, 1843. Address (1913) Tamaqua, Pa., R. F. D. i..
Evangelical church. Farmer. A noble Christian man, most active in
church. I\larried Kate Bund. Children: Samuel, Amanda M., Mary
Rebecca, Katherine, Annie L-, Isaiah C, George O., Almeda, Nora,
Claude W., and Earl.
F (y) Daniel Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Lydia Bensinger,
was born Aug. 23, 1846. Address (1913) Tamaqua, Pa. Reformed.
Salesman. One of the honored organizers of the Lewistown IJterarv
Society, which sent out so many fine public men. President of Boyer
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Reunic.n in 1913. Man-icd Alary Rino-er. Children: Adeline, Emma,
Gertrude, Robert S.
F (8) John F. F.oyer, son of Samuel iJoyer and Lydia Bensinger,
was born Sept. 8, 1850. Address (1913) Tamaqua, I'a. Evangelical
church. Docking boss for Eehigh Coal and Navigation Company. Mar-
ried Sarah lline. Children: Alilton, Samuel, Enniia, Ida, Willian.
Bertha, Elizabeth, Pearl, and James E.
F (9) Kate Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Lvdia Bensinf-er
was born Aug. 9, 1S38, died Dec. 5, i883. Fvangelical" church. Uar-
ried Eli Wertman. Cliild: Etta, married photographer William JJailey
of Columbia, Pa. Children..
P (loj Elizabeth JJoyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Lydia Ben-
singer, was born Nov. 28, 1840, and died April 3, 1906, in Allentown Pa
Evangelical church. Married James Diener. Children: Kate, Cora
and Alary. ' '
F (I) William Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Catharine Boughner
was born about i8.r.. Died about 1871, Wabash Co., Ind. Ahirried
Mary Heist. After lier death he married Susan Becht. Children: Four
Frank Boyer, Castalia, Ohio. Others.
F (2) Rachel Ho3'er, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Catharine Bough-
ner, was born before 1831. Address (1910) Mrs. William Spragues.
Cnddren: Alary, Armita, Austin, William.
F (3) Jacob Poyer, sun of Jacob Boyer and Catharine Boughner
%vas born June i, 1829. Address (1909) Urbana, Ohio. Alarried. '^Chil-
dren: (1) Airs. Kelly, with ^vhom parents live. (2) William Boyer
Address (19^10) Cable, Ohio. (3) Another son lives with parents. '
F (4) Samuel Pxjyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Catharine Bou<di-
ncr, died at Tiptun, Jnd.iana. Alarried Eli;^abeth Laudig. Cliildren-
Four or more. J'erl.aps Byron, and (xhers.
F (5) Richard P,,yer, son of Jaojb Boyer and Catharine Bough-
Ti^or, died about 1870, in Ilamiltun Co., Indiana. Alarried Mary Paul.
Children : Samuel, Harriet, and others.
F (6) John Jloyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Catharine Boughner
was born Aug. 12, 1841. Address (1909) Cambridge City, Ind ""j^ f'
D. 15. Alarried. Children: (a) Charles ]5oyer, of Lafayette', Ind •
(b) Daniel P.oyer, of Aluncie, Ind.; (c) Bert Bover, of Peoria 111 - (d)'
P:tta Boyer, Airs. Alonroc Young. ' ' > ^ J
F (7) Alary Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Catharine Bough-
ner, was born Alay 2O, 1841. Alarried Rodenbeck and later Rev A \'
House. Children: William, Louise.
F (8) Catherine Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Catharhie
Boughner, was born May 25, 1839. Alarried Henry AI. Sowers Chil-
dren: Mary, Frank, Harry, Nellie, Ross.
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F (9) Her.rictta Boyer, daug-hter of Jacob Boycr and Catharine
Boughncr. .VcUIrcss (1910) }drs. iJenriclta Sliissler, 2S16 Kenwood Ave.,
Indianapolis, Ind. Fine genealogist.
F (10) Daniel Bo}er, son of Jacob Boyer and Catharine Bough-
ner. Address (i(j[o) Ivichniond, Ind.
F ( 1 ) Joseph lioyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife, died at age of
75 years. ?\iarried Polly. Children: Charlotte. Address (1909) Mrs.
Cliarlotte Hunter, Pern, Ind. Route il.
1'' (2) George Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife, died about
18.70. Married. Children: (1) Joseph C. Boyer. Adilress ( 1910J
Mishawaka, Ind. (2) Docia Boyer, Wabash, Ind.
F (3) Rosetta Boyer, daughter of Joseph Boyer and wife, died Feb.
1899. Married Ezra Bentley. Both died in Iowa. Children : Samuel,
Mary, Rose, Effie.
F ( I ) Catherine Boughner, daugliter of ^lary Boyer and John
Boughner, was born about 1818. Married Swope. No children.
F (2) Charles Boughner, son of Mary Boyer and John Boughner,
was born Jan. 26, 1819, died Nov. 13, 1898. Married Mary Waltz. Chil-
dren: Minerva, Flarriet, William, Emma, Sarah, Frank, Stella.
' F (3) Mahlon Boughner, son of Mary ]5oyer and John Boughner,
was born March 17, 1821, died June 10, 1900. Married Lucy Kaley.
Children: (a) Ella E. Boughner. Address (1909) East Germantown,
C)hio, and also (b) Mary E. Boughner, same address.
F (4 ) Harriet Boughner, daughter of Mary Boyer and John Bough-
ner, married Tolbort Carpenter, East Gennantown, Ohio. Children:
Pauline, Mary, William, Ennna.
F (1) Daniel iJensinger, son of Kate Boyer and Michael Ben-
singer; F (2) Ivdward Hensing-er; F (3) Wilham Pensinger. Luth-
eran minister. Book store, Tamaqua, Pa.; F (4) Priscilla Bensinger;
V (5) I'rank Bensinger, married. Children: Charles Bensinger. Ad-
dress (191 3) New Ringgold, Pa.; F (6) PennCville Bensinger; F (7)
Frederick liensinger. Address (1912) McKeansburg, Pa.
F (i) Abner Womer, son of Susan Boyer and John Womer, never
married ; F (2) Melinda Womer, married Unius Werner ; F (3) Maria
Womer, married Solomon Shoener; F (4) Kate Womer, married Solo-
mon Shoener, after her sister's death. Among the children Frank
Shoener, of Mt. Carmel. Pa.; F (5) Susannah Womer, married Charles
Bausman; F (6) Caroline Womer, married Henry Wooden; F (7)
Amanda Woijier; F (8) Sarah E. Womer, married David Dress; F (9)
Anetta Womer, daughter of Susan Boyer and John Womer, married
Amandus Womer, a cousin.
F (i) Henry Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Mary Weint, lived
in Fairfield Co., Ohio. Married Barbara Detweiler. Children: Alice,
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Welcla, Laura, Ella, John J. ; F (2) Andrew Boyer, married Jane Fish-
paiigh. Children: Ida, Cora, Adena, John, Frank, WaUer; F (3) David.
Boyer, married Anna Mary King. Children : Minerva, Mary A., Lydia
'Ellen, Charles L., and William D. ; F (4) Mary Boyer; F (5) William
Boyer, married JNIary Knepper. Children: Four. George Boyer. Ad-
dress (1913) Pickerington, Ohio ; F (6) Jesse Boyer. Married. Child:
Laura Boyer.
F (i) Samuel Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Salome Lutz, was
born Jan. 13, 1838. Farmer. Address (1910) Reed City, Mich.. R.
F. D. 3, Box 33. Married Margaret Etters. Children : George William,
Ida Elizabeth, Dora M., Harris E., Oscar D., Samuel C, John P., Daniel,
Pearl, and Elsie.
F (2) Henry Boyer, son of Samuel ]joyer and Salome Lui/, bin
June 16, 1836, married Mollie Lawrence: Children: William, ChurL.-,.
F (3) Jacob Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Salome Lutz, died
near McKeansburg, Pa. Lived on a little farm. Married Anna Mo}er.
Children : Lewis and Mary.
F (4) Louisa Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Salome Lutz,
married Jacob F. Petery. Cliiklren : Prof. Oscar Petery, Orwigsburg,
Pa. Others.
F (5) Mary Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Salome. Lutz,
married Frederick Pflueger. Address (1910) West Norwegian St.,
Pottsville, Pa. Children.
F (i) Benvill Boyer, son of Jonathan Boyer and Nancy Carter,
was born April 22, 1833. Address (1910) Lockville, Ohio. Married.
Children: (a) Irvin I joyer, of Lockville, Ohio, (b) Lizzie Boyer. Ad-
dress (1910) Mrs. A. J. Dunlap, Lockville, Ohio, (c) Mary A. Boyer.
]\Irs. M. M. Werner. Both dead. Son Earl L. Werner, Lockville, Ohio.
F (2) Mary Boyer, daughter of Jonathan Boyer and Nancy Carter.
Address (1910) Mrs. Mary Kistler, Carroll, Ohio. Married Kistler.
Children: Mrs. Alex Jeffries, Los Angeles, Cal., and others.
F (3) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of Jonathan Boyer and Nancy
Carter.
F (i) Amanda Boyer, daughter of Joshua Boyer and Susannah
Shoener, married Coleman; F (2) Rebecca Boyer, marrie<l Wicklein.
Address (1910) Mrs. Rebecca Wicklein, Tamaqua, Pa.; F (3) Susan-
nah Boyer, married Francis Mover, of Ilccla, Pa. Children; F (4)
Lucina Boyer, married Leiser. Children: C. F. Leiser. Adiiress (1909)
TWnaqua, Pa., and others; F (5) Mary Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs.
Mary Shepp, Tamaqua, Pa. Married Daniel Shepp. Children: Sons
and daughters; F (6) Louisa Boyer, married ilouser. Children.
F (7) J. Monroe Boyer, son of Joshua Boyer and Susannah Shoener,
was born Oct. 8, 1852. Address (1910) Pottsville, Pa. Sheriff of
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Schuylkill County. Married Martha V. Desh. Children: (a) Clarence
Boyer, Pottsville, Pa.; (b) Herbert A. Boyer, Pottsville, Pa.
F (8) Lewis W. Boyer, son of Joshua Boyer and Susannah Shoener,
was born Sept. 13, 1863. Address (1910) Columbus, Ohio. Married
Mary Rhinehart. Children: (a) Cora Boyer. Address (1909) Mrs.
Max Schlichting-, Catasauqua, Pa. (b) Lillian Boyer. Mrs. George
W. Miller, Canal Winchester, Ohio, (c) Robert Boyer. Soldier. Died
unmarried, (d) Morgan Boyer, Columbus, Ohio, (e) Frank Boyer,
Lancaster, Ohio.
F (i) Daniel Edward Bo)er, son of Daniel Boyer and Fannie Hous-
er, was born Oct. 24, ^842. Lutheran. Horse dealer. Married Maria
Kimmel. After 'her death he married again. Children : Mary Boyer.
Address (1910) Orwigsburg, Pa., and perhaps others.
F (2) Lavina Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and Fannie Plouser,
was born March 8, 1814. Married Jacob Kimmel. Left no children.
F (i) Mary M. Wernert, daughter of Lucina Boyer and Henry
Wernert ; F (2) Oscar Wernert; F (3) Alonzo Wernert; F (4)
Charles Wernert.
F (i) Rose Ann Yeager, daughter of Louisa Boyer and Henry
Yeager ; F (2) Daniel Yeager; F (3) Louisa Yeager was born i860.
Address (1913) Orwigsburg, Pa. Adopted by her aunt, Mrs. Henry
Krebs, Orwigsburg, Pa.; F (4) Rebecca Yeager; F (5) Mary Yeag-
er; F (6) Elizabeth Yeager; F (7) Jolni Yeager; F (8) Henry Yeag-
er; F (9) Percy Yeager.
F ( I ) Lorenzo D. Boyer, son of William Boyer and Maria Als-
pach, was born Dec. 13, 1834, in Fairfield Co., Ohio. Address (1910)
Breckenridge, Mo. Married Harriet Everard. Children: (i) Noah
Boyer, of Chicago, 111. (2) Sister Boyer, Breckenridge, Ji'Io.
F (2) Noah Boyer, son of William P>oyer and Elizabeth Lytle,
second wife, was born March 8, 1841. Lived at Quincy, Bl. Died there
■Jan. I, 1888. Auctioneer. AL'irried Ellen McCullough. Children: (a)
Letha Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. John T. Bottom, Denver, Col. (b)
Sister, (c) Harry Boyer, Kansas City, Mo. Perhaps others.
F (3) Katharine Maria Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and
Elizabeth Lytle, was born May 15, 1843, died Oct. 15, 1901. Married
(March 11, 1873) Henry H. Kocher, a Moravian. Address (1910) Co-
lumbus, Ohio. Care of Mrs. Gruhl, Contractor. Children: (a) Byron
Bert, of Columbus, Ohio, (b) Kathryn E. Boyer. Address (1910)
Mrs. Kate E. Gruhl, Hope, Indiana.
F (4) Joseph Luther Boyer, son of William Boyer and Elizabeth
Lytle, was born Dec. 18, 1847, ^^i^d in Kansas, March 20, 1889. Lived
at Parsons, Kansas, many years. Married Mollie Trotter. Children :
(a) Irma S. Boyer. Address (1910) Morrison, Oklahoma, (b) David
242 AMERICAN BOYERS
Boyer, Garland, Kansas, (c) Elda Boyer, 26 W. Kenney St., Newark,
N. J. (e) Elizabeth Boyer. (f) Ethel Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. W,
A. Gallt, Attica, N. Y.
F (5) Harriet Jane Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Eliza-
beth Lytle, was born June 4, 1851. Married (1876) Jacob Wilson, a
very wealthy man. Children.
F (6) William Henry Boyer, son of William lioyer and Elizabeth
Lytle, was born Jan. 17, 1854, died 1907 in Indianapolis, Ind. Mar-
ried (1873) Julia Yealy. Children: (a) Adam Boyer. Address (1910)
Peoria, 111. (b) Bern V. Hoyer. Address (1910) Kansas City, Mo.
(c) Carrie Boyer. Mrs. Orville Vansandt, Indianapolis, Bui. (tl) Carl
Boyer. Address (1910) Chicago, 111.
F (7) B\ron Jefferson Boyer, son of William IjOj'er and Elizabeth
Lytle, was born Feb. 23, 1855. AcUlress (1910) 1830 Ludlow Ave,
Indianapolis, Ind. ]\Iarrieil .Mice Kemp. Children: (a) Ceorge Boyer,
(b) Hayes Boyer, and (c) Gladys Boyer, all of 1704 Sheldon Ave., In-
dianapolis, Ind.
F (8) Adam E. Boyer, son of William Boyer and Elizabeth Lytle,
was born June 26, i860. Address (1910), Kansas City, Mo. Married
(1886) Turie Price. Children: Ray, Voris.
F (i) Lyman Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Glick, was
born after 1840. Address (1910) Columbus, Indiana. Married. Chil-
dren; F (2) Stephen Boyer is married. Address (1910) Newbourn,
Ind. Children: Perhaps one son is Prof. Odo I'oyer, Newbourn, Ind.;
F (3) Eve Ann Boyer married Robertson. Address (1910) between
Columbus and Burnville, Ind. ; F (4) Mattie Boyer married John Petree.
Children: Two daughters; F'(5) Charles Boyer. Farmer; F ((>)
Joseph Boyer; F (7) Edward Ijoyer. Farmer.
F (i) Hannah Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth
Fryer, was born Sept. 10, 1827. Address (1910) Mrs. J. R. Perry, 33
West Jackson St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Married J. R. Perry. Children :
Samuel, Elizabeth, Lycus, Lenore, Venus, Lillian.
F (2) lienry Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth Fryer,
was born 1834, Middleport, Pa. Address (1910) 398 E. Main St.,
Bradford, Pa. Enlisted in 48th Regiment, Pa. Volunteers. Lieutenant
and then captain. Served over three years. After war located in the
oil region. Merchant. Married Martha Giddings. She died. He mar-
ried again. Children: (a) George Boyer. Dead, (b) Emma Boyer.
Address (1910) Mrs. Rev. George Storner, of 4224 Irving Park Bldg.,
Chicago, 111. (c) Lena Boyer. At home, (d) Adelaide E. Boyer, of
398 East Main St., Bradford, Pa. (e) Francis D. Boyer, of 4224 Irving
Park Bldg., Chicago, 111. (191 5) 86 Corneu St., Bradford, Pa. Mar-
ried. Child: Ruth Ellen, born June 24, 191 5.
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F (3) Samuel C. Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth Fryer,
was born Nov. 18, 1829, died Nov. 17, 1902, buried at Port Clinton, Pa.
]\Ierchant. Great reader. Schooled in Kingston Seminary. Married
Rebecca Dewald, Port Clinton, Pa. Children: (a) Alary O. Boyer,
Port Clinton, Pa. (b) William D. Boyer, of 1560 Monroe Ave., Scran-
ton, Pa. (c) Samuel C. Boyer, of 196 E. State St., Athens, Ohio, (d)
Archibald Boyer, of 196 E. State St., Athens, Ohio.
F (4) Elizabeth C. Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth
Fryer, married Abraham D. Savage, lloth buried at Port Clinton, Pa.
Children: Samuel J., Abraham E., Clara M., Mary E., and Albert,
F (5) Edward Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth Fryer,
was born May 6, 1836, and died about 1905, Port Clinton, Pa. Married
twice, (i) Sarah Steely; (2) Anna lloyt (living 1913). Children: (a)
Belle. Address (1913) Mrs. Claude llartman, 521 Robeson St., Read-
ing, Pa. (b) Florence l^oyer. Address (1913) 1732 North Warnoek
St., Phila., Pa. (c) Samuel Boyer. Address (1913) 2213 Oxford St.,
I'liila., Pa. (d) George Boyer, 4505 Paul St., Frankford, Phila., Pa.
Instrument maker, (e) Lillie (Mrs. Joseph Hazel). Child: Ruth Hazel.
Address (1913J 1436 W. Toronto St., Phila., Pa. (f) Grace (Mrs. Dr.
Harry Kirby) 3419 N. Whipple St., Chicago, 111. Son: Harry, (g)
Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Weston) 2219 N. Mole St., Phila., Pa. (h)
Mary (Mrs. George Stewart). Children: George, Beatrice, Florence
(Mrs. Jessie Douglass) 2313 N. Lambert St., Phila., Pa. (i) Sarah
(Mrs. William Tilford and then Mrs. Joseph Bauman. Children: Ad-
dress 7 Kate Ave., Baltimore, j\Id.
F (6) Sarah Ann Hoyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth
Fryer, married Henry Weikel. Children: Charlotte, Efiie.
F(i) Charles L. Hoyer, son of Charles E. Boyer and Salome Eb-
ling, was born Sept. 13, 1835, ^t Orwigsburg, Pa., died Aug. 18, 1899.
Buried at IJethleh.em, Pa. Lutheran. Engineer. Married Sarah Ann
Fox. Children: Charles L- Boyer, of 414 Washington Ave., Bethle-
hem, Pa. (b) Minnie Esther Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. Samuel
Klotz, Jeter Ave., S. Bethlehem, Pa. (c) William W. Boyer, of 1025
Jeter Ave., S. Bethlehem, Pa. (d) Sarah Boyer. (e) Catharine Boyer.
F (2) Susan Boyer, daughter of Charles L. Boyer and Salome
Ebling, married Lindenmuth, of 925 Cotton St., Reading, Pa. Children
F (3) Sybilla Boyer, daughter of Charles L. Boyer and Salome
Ebling, married Elliott; F (4) Sarah Boyer married Diefenderfer ; F (5)
Ellen Boyer, married Jackson Seiders. Address (1910) Tamaqua, Pa.;
F (6) Mary Boyer, married Jno. Fink, of Tamaqua, Pa. F (7) Cath-
arine Boyer, married Charles Breisch. Children : Thomas, others. F
(8) Thomas B. Boyer, was a soldier. Married. Children: Two daugh-
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ters, Mrs. Frank IMarsteller, South Bcthk-hem, Pa. ; F (9) George lioyer,
Pittston, Pa. No children.
F (i) Daniel M. Boyer, son of John S. Boyer and Sarah Moyer,
was born Ap'ril i, 1833. Died at Reading, Pa., 1904. Methodist. Mar-
ried. Children: (a) William F. Boyer, of Philadelphia, Pa., married
Sarah Hardman. (b) Howard H. Boyer, died at Reading-, Pa. (c)
Thomas C. Boyer, died at Ilerwick, Pa. (dj Charles E. Boyer, 1142
N. 9th St., Readings Pa. Married Ida Frey. (e) Geort^e W. Boyer.
His widow Emma F. Boyer, 1640 Perkiomen Ave., ReadTng, Va. ({)
John S. Boyer, Easton, Pa. Alarried Charlotte Johns. Four children,
(g) Dan. Boyer, ^3 Orange St., Reading", Pa. (h") Kate Boyer (Meek)
Bethlehem, Pa. (i) Ida Boyer Ouimby, New Castle, Pa (j) \nnie
Boyer, 828 N 2nd St., Reading", Pa.
F (2) John W. Boyer, son of John S. Boyer and Sarah Aloyer
was born Oct. 17, 1834. Address (19a)) New Harmonv. Ind. Metho-
dist. Locomotive engineer. iAlarried Sarah Bauscher. jjorn 3d arch 11
1837. Died Oct. 17, 1899. Children: (a) Ada Bover. Address (irjio)
Mrs. Ada Shuman, Catawissa, Pa. (b) Alice Bover. Address (1910;
IVIrs. Alice Knelpke, 304 Edgar St., Evansville, Ind. (c) Laura Boyer
(d) John Sanford Boyer, of Kokomo, Ind. (e) Charles W Boyer of
Peoria, 111. (f) Edwin E. Boyer, of New Harmony, Ind (cj Kate
Boyer, of New Harmony, Ind. (h) Anne Boyer, of New Harmo^iy, Ind.
F (3) Samuel F. Boyer, son of John S. Buyer and Sarah Mover
was born Nov. 7, 1838. Died at Pawtucket, R. I. Printer.
F (4) Henry C. Boyer, son of John S. Boyer and Sarah Moyer
was born Aug. 30, 1843. Hamburg, Pa. Address (1910) Scranton, Pa' '
Presbyterian. Postmaster at Shenandoah, Pa., under Grant. Railway
mail agent under Garfield and Arthur and Harrison. Chief of Mailin-
Department International, Correspondence School, Scranton, Pa Fine
M., of M . Clen.ens, Mich. (b) Mary B. Boyer. Address (1913 Ms
Fred J. Benner, 828 N. 2nd St., Reading, Pa.
F (5) George M. ]3oyer, son of John S. Boyer and Sarah Moyer
was born Nov. 19, 1849. Printer, Pottsville, Pa. Married Emma Dusio. '
F (6) S. Amanda Boyer, daughter of John S. Boyer and Sarah
Moyer, born Sept. 19. 1845. Married William Fox, of Tamacuia Pa
Children: Annie L., Jamella, John C, William, Emma E., C^eor-e' Ed-
ward, and Leroy C. > ^ > ^ ^
F (7) Susan Boyer, daughter of John S. Boyer and Sarah Aloyer
born Fek 11 1852. Married Samuel R. Miner, of 419 -Pushkin St.,'
Easton, Pa. Children : Albert, Mary, Robert, George.
. F (8) Emma C. Boyer, daughter of John S. Boyer and Sarah
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Moyer, born Jan. 11, 1848. Married George Hirst. Children: Lettie
R., Amiie E., Georg:e S., James F., Gertrude, Kate T., John R.
F (9) Ehza M. Boyer, daughter of John S. Boyer and Sarah Moyer,
born Feb. 3, 1854. Married James W. Hofman, 185 Winfield Ave.,
Jersey City, N. J. Children: Mary B., Sarah M., Margaret N., Eliza
M., Gertrude B., Harry E., Florence L., John D., Nellie B., and William J.
F (10) Louise Boyer, daughter of John S. Buyer and Sarah Moyer,
born Jan. 8, 1857. Married Amaudus Greenawalt, 540. Centre St., Potts-
ville, I'a. Cliildren: George C, Claude H., Alfred A., and Florence J.
F (i) Daniel Christian Boyer, son of Daniel E. Boyer and Anna
Eveland, was born Feb. 3, 1839, and died May ly, 1870. Married. Chil-
dren: Maggie E., Mrs. J. H. Silliman. Address (1909) Cleveland,
Ohio. Sarah, Mrs. Sarah Walborn, Findale, Pa. Jennie.
F (2) David Rittenhouse Boyer, son of Daniel L. Boyer and Anna
Eveland, was born March i, 1842. Williamsport, Pa. Married Matilda
Kaup. Children: Daniel. H., 19 Bennett St., Williamsport, Pa. Harri-
son D., 1 108 Elmira St., Williamsport, Pa. Mary, Mabel.
F (3). John Henry iSoyer, son of Daniel E. Boyer and Anna Eve-
land, was born Oct. 17, 1847, ^^ ^^'■'^^^ Clinton, Pa., and died at Wihiams-
port, Pa. Attended Kutztown Normal School. Cashier of National
.Bank, Williamsport, Pa. Marrietl Adelia Tyson. Children : Clarence
Stanley, 30 S. 13th St., Plarri.sburg, Pa. Marion Adelia, ]\Irs. George
W. Clinger, 619 N. Front St., Milton, Pa.
F (4) Sarah Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Daniel E. Boyer and
Anna Eveland, born Aug. 9, 1859, married Joseph A. Walborn. Ad-
dress (1910) Auburn, Pa., R. F. D. Children: Claude, others. This
family has the old Bible that helped us so much.
F (5) George Washington Boyer, son of Daniel E. Boyer and Anna
Eveland, was born Feb. 28, 1856. Address (1913) 438 Market St., Wil-
liams])ort, Pa. Married. Children: (a) Archie, (b) Roy (c) Florence
Boyer, married Judge W. S. Godbee, Millen, Ga., April 14, 1913. Her
husband was shot at Millen, Ga., Aug'. 18, 1913.
F (6) Sarah Lydia Boyer, daughter of Daniel E. Boyer and Anna
Eveland, born 1850, married Focht, of Adamsdale, Pa. Children.
F (i) Ellen Boyer, daughter of .William Ijoyer and Margaret
Reiflinger, born March 21, 1838, near Pottsville, Pa. Married Thomas
Acord. Address (J912) Mrs. Ellen Acord, Adelphi, Ohio. Children:
Mrs. Maude Dent, Adelphi, Ohio. F (2) Hannah l^oyer married Mc-
Alains, of Columbus, C;hio; F (3) Anna Boyer married Nelson, of Co-
lumbus, Ohio.
F (i) Elizabeth V. Boyer, daughter of George D. Boyer and
•Coletta Orwig, born about 1834, married W. T. Reed, 1169 E. Jersey St.,
Elizabeth, N. J. Children: (i) Stanley E. Reed, 1169 E. Jersey St.,
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Elizabeth, N. J. (2) George A. Reed. Address (1910) 63 Lockhart
St., VVilkes-Barre, Pa. (3) Katheriiie V. Reed.
F (2) Irwin E. Boyer, was born Oct. 21, 1845. He died 1895.
Married Rose S. Stimbel, 93 Fairview Ave., Rlainiield, N. J. Child: Ea-
win S. Boyer, 93 Fairview Ave., Plainfield, N. J.; F (3) Zelia Boyer
was born March 7, i8.;8, married John I'eard, of 422 Tremont St., Norih
Tonawanda, N. Y. Cluldren: (1) Irvin M. B.eard. Address (1910)
3826 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, Md. (2 ) Coletta O. Beard, at home ;
F (4) Edrig A. Boyer was born Jan. 18, 1850. Address (1910) Tama-
qua, Pa. Merchant. Reformed. Married Annie Kintzel. Ileli)cd hi.s-
torian record his people; F (5) Frank Jerome Boyer was born March
15, 1852. Address, 819 ATaryland Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. IMarried Mary
E. Fowler. Children : Ernst, Pierce, Jerome.
F (i) C. H. Gulp, son of Katherine Boyer and Plelfrick Culp.
Address (1910) Topeka, Kansas; F (2) D. B. Culp; Address (1910)
Decatur, PL; F (3) Ellen C. Culp, married Nichols. Address (1910)
Decatur, PI., R. F. D. No. 3.
G ( I ) Charles Boyer, son of John Boyer and Catherine Lutherland,
was born Nov. 13, i8()6. Address (1910) 717 Jefferson St., Lafayette,
Ind. Lutheran. Became Catholic. Laborer. Married Alamie. Child:
Charles A. Boyer, born Sept. 25, 1895; G (2) Daniel Boyer, of ]\Iuncie,
Lul. ; G (3) Bert Boyer, of Peoria, PI.
G ( I ) Mary Ann Sowers, daughter of Catherine Boyer and Plenry
M. Sowers, was born June 22, 1862. Married Thomas Kirlin. Address
(1909) Ingalls, Indiana. Children: Flora, Floyd ; G (2) Frank Sowers
was born March 22, 1869. Address (1909) East Germantown, CMiio.
Married Elizabeth House. Children: Ralson, Verne, Fay; G (3) Harry
Sowers, born Sept. 7, 1871. Married Harriet Gephart; G (4) Nellie
Sowers, born July 12, 1874. Married Lou Gordon. Children: Paul,
George, Merle; G (5) Ross Sowers married Lena Eliason.
G ( I ) ALarcus F. Wysong, sou of Plenrietta Boyer and Cyrenius
Wysong, was born Oct. 6, 1873. Address (1910) Lidianapolis, Lid.; G
(2) Edna Wysong, born Dec. 12, 1874. Married Clarence F. Greenough,
of Lidianapolis, Lid.; G (3) Elida Wysong, born Feb. 9, 1880. Married
Walter E. Asbaugh, Lidianapolis, Lid.; G (4) Ella R. Shissler, daugh-
ter of Henrietta I>oyer and second husl)and Joseph Shissler, born April
18, 1885; G (5)' Sherrill Samuel Shissler, born 1891.
G (i) Binuni Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Belle Wharton.
Lives at Richmond, Ind.
G (i) Lorian D. Boyer, son of Benjamin Boyer and Rachel Boyer,
his cousin. Address (1910) Swanton, Ohio; G (2) Sula Boyer. Ad-
dress (1910) Bucyrus, Ohio; G (3) Rosanna Boyer. Address (1910)
Mrs. Rosanna McCormick, 925 Beech Ave., Allegheny, Pa.
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O (i) Adeline Boyer, daughter of Christian C. Boyer and Catlierine
Brehman, married Thomas Ash. Adch-ess (1910) Mrs. Thomas Ash,
Newark, Arkansas ; G (2) Eusebia lk)yer married WiUiam Montgomery.'
Address (1910) Mrs. Wilham Montgomery, Houston, Mo.; G (3)
Aresta LneiiKki Boyer, married George E. Finney. Address (1910)
' Mrs. George E. Finney, Kewaniia, Ind., R. F. D. i ; G (4) EHzabeth
Frances Boyer, married John Leij)]). Achlress (1910) Mrs. John Leipp,
Ckn'ekmd. Ohio; G (5) John Urden Boyer, was born May 6, 1864. Ad-
dress (1910J 331 ik'llefontaine Ave., Marion, Ohio; G (6) Agnes Re-
becca ]!oyer, married WaUer W. Scott, vSuttgart, Arkansas, R. V. D. i;
G (7) Matilda Fuella Boyer married Ricliard Cosgrove. Address (1910)
Airs, ]^;ichar'.l Co^grove, Bucyrus, Oliio.
G (1) Andrew Boyer. Address (T910) Bucyrus, R. F. D.
G (1) Andrew B(jyer, son of Daniel C. Bo3'er and wife, lived at
Bucyrus, (Jhio, R. F. 1).
G ,( O Fowis Seligman, son of Sevilla Boyer and William v^eligman,
lived at Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
Gm, 1) Nettie lioyer, daughter of Joshua P. Boyer and Charlotte
Stough, married William A. Monnett, of Martel, Ohio; G (2) Emma
Boyer married Grove, of J'arker, Kansas ; G (3) Delia iSoyer married
Failor, of Carthage, Oklahoma; G (4) Lulu Boyer married '.Mr. Dawly.
Address ( 1910) Mrs. Lulu Dawly, Box 394 Delaware, Ohio.
G ( 1 ) Melvin IF Boyer, son of Edward R. lioyer and Phoebe
Jennie Carter, was born about 1864. Achlress (1910) 229 Gill Ave.,
Gallion, Ohio. Married. Child: James Melvin.
(i (1) Benjamin Boyer, son of Emmanuel Boyer and Elizabeth
Home, was born April i, 1853. Address (1910) .428 \V. Spruce St.,
Mahanoy City, Pa. Reformed. Carpenter. Died at 206 Wood St.,
Norristown, i'a., Oct. 22, 1914. Married Alvena Smith. Children: (a)
Mary E. Boyer, born J )ec. 9, 1883, married p:hner G. Thomas. Dead.
Address (1913) Mrs. Mary E. Thomas, Norristown, Pa.; (b) Irma Flor-
ence Boyer. Married. Address (T914) 1034 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City,
Pa.; G (2) William H. I!oyer, born Feb. 17, 1858. Huckster, Mahanoy
City. Reformed Church. Married Flenrietta Hughes. Children:
Harold Emmanuuel, Charles Henry, Leroy Albright, IVLary Elizabeth,
William fames; G (3) Ro!)ert E. Boyer was born about i860. Address
(1915) Hotel Rand, St. Louis, Mo. Photographer.
G (i) Dr. Charles C. Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and Magdalena
Gunsette, was born Aug. 6, 1860. Address (1913) State Normal School,
Kutztown, Pa. Lutheran minister. Vice-Principal of State Normal
School. Institute lecturer. Author of books for teachers. Flistorian
of the American Boyers. Married Margie Wright, daughter of Calvin
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Wright, Cavalry Captain of Civil War. Only child : Karl Wrig-ht Boyer,
born Nov. 26, 1897, at Mt. Carmel, Pa.
G (2) Alice Minerva Hoyer, daughter of Joseph Boyer and Mag-
dalena Gunsette, was born Sept. 17, 1862. Married William Merkel, of
Tamaqua, R. F. D. i. No children.
G (3) Dr. George H. Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and Magdalena
Gunsette, was born Sept. 6, 1866. Address ( 1915) 528 N. r)th St., Allen-
town, Pa. Physician of high reputation. Second ] 'resident of Ass(jcia-
tion of American Boyers. Married Jennie h. Houser. Children : ]\Iiriam,
Ruth, John, Grace, Gladys, Dorothy.
G (4) Dr. Frank S. Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and ATagilalena
Gunsette, was born Sept'. 7, 1875. Address (1913) 16 N. Second St., Al-
lentown. Pa. Physician. , Examjining Physician Allentown Schools.
President of Board of Directors of Association of American Boyer;,.
Alarried Carrie Belzner. No children.
G (i) Amelia Jioyer, daughter of William Boyer and Susannah
Shoeuer, born May 28, 1858. Married Levi Stegmeier, of Tamaqua, I'a.
Children : George, William, Fred, Clayton, Frank, Susan, Marry L.,
and Anna.
G (2) Lsrael Boyer, son of William Boyer and Susannah Shoener,
was born Oct. 30, 18G0. iVlethodist. Grocer, of Lock Haven, Pa. Alar-
ried Maggie Beynon. Children: Richard, Earle, Tola.
G (3) Missouri Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Susannah
Shoener, born Aug. 30, 1862. Married John P. Freed, of 711 Franklin
St., Williamsport, Pa. Children: William, Samuel, Anna, Laura, Robert.
G (4) Anna E. Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Susannah
Shoener, born June, 1S68. Married Harry iV. Stevenson, of Lock
Haven, Pa.
G (5) Mary Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Susannah
Shoener, born April 4, 1873. Married Trexler, of Lock Haven, Pa.
Children : Leroy, Malcom, Elizabeth, William.
G (6) William Boyer, son of William Boyer and Susannah Shoener,
■was born May 9, 1875. Lumberman. Lock PLiven, Pa. Married Nellie
Young. Children: William, Anna.
G ( I ) Samuel O. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Kate Bond, was
an Evangelical minister of rare beauty of character. J le died unmarried.
G (2) Amanda M. P.oyer, daugiiter of Jacol) I^oyer and Kate Bond,
born Nov. 19, 1865. Married Charles Wagner, of 500 Sanderson St.,
Pottsville, Pa. Children: Mamie, Samuel, Norman, Stella."
G (3) Mary Rebecca Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Kate
Bond, born Dec. 30, 1867. Married Abraham PRMsler, of Tamaqua, Pa.
Ciiildren: Arthur S., Eilna Iv., Leon, Warren, Sadie D., Florence.
G (4) Catherine Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Kate Bond,
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iDorn April 16, 1873. ^farried Jacob Koch, of Taniaqua, Pa., R. F. D.
Children: Maria L., Claude F., Atwoocl, llertha, lola R., Paul.
G (5) Annie L. Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Kate Bond,
born April 13, 1874. Married John \\'agner, of Pottsville, Pa. Chil-
dren : Hobart, I. Foster.
G (6) Isaiah C. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Kate Bond, was
born Aug". 10, 1879. Evangelical Church. Farmer. Tamaqua, Pa., R.
F. D. I. Married Mag"g'ie Wagner. Children: Plonier, Floyd.
G (7) Georg'e O. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Kate Bond, was
born March 27, 18S0. Evang'elical Church. Farmer, Tamaqua, Pa., R.
F. D. I.
G (8) Almeda Boyer, daug'hter of Jacob Boyer and Kate Bond,
born Oct. 2, 1S82. iMarried Walter Bensinger, June 30, 1906.
G (9) Nora A. IJoyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Kate Bond,
born Aug. 24, 18S4.
G ( 10) Claude W. Bo\cr, son of Jacob Boyer and Kate F5ond, was
born March 15, 1886. Address (1913) Tamaqua, Pa. Evangelical
Church. TcacliL-r. \'ery 'ine man. Afarried. Children: Ruth, Charles.
G (11) Earl Boyer, son of Jacob Hoyer and Kate Bond, was born
IMarch 7, 1890. Evangelical Church. Farmer. Tamaqua, Pa., R. F. D.
Married. Children : Wilbur, Elizabeth.
G ( I ) Adeline J. Boyer, daug"htcr of Daniel B. Boyer and Mary
Ringer, born Aug. 10, 1869. Married Charles Z. Hoppes, of Harrisburg,
Pa. Children : Raymond I\Ielvin, Lea May, Flarrisburg, Pa. ; G (2)
Emma M. Boyer, born June 3, 1873; G (3) Nora Gertrude Boyer, born
June 16, 1881 ; G (4) Robert S. Boyer, was born Oct. i, 1885. Address
(1913) 117 N. Franklin St., Allentown, Pa. Married. Child.
G (i) Milton ( ). Boyer, son of John F. Boyer and Sarah Hine,
was born Dec. 8, 1871 ; G (2) Samuel I. Boyer, was born Aug. 2, 1873,
and died about 1914. Liitheran. Finisher in shoe factory, Orwigsburg,
Pa. IMarried Hannah Yeager. Children: Edna, ^Villiam, Hazel, Ruth;
G (3) Emma Boyer, married William A. Whetstone, Tamaqua, Pa.
Children: Violet, John, Milton, Earl, l^uth; G (4) Ida Boyer, married
Robert Thompkins. Blacksmith. Children: Lawrence, Myrtle; G (5)
William Boyer, was born Nov. 30, 1883. Roadway supervisor, Mahanoy
Plane, Pa.; G (6) Bertha Boyer, was born Jan. 11, 1886. .Died July 3,
1895; G (7) Eli.rabeth i]oyer, was born July 5, 1888; G (8) Pearl Boyer,
was born Sept. 3, 1895; G (9) James E. Boyer.
G ( I ) Kate Diener, daughter of Elizabeth Boyer and James Diener,
married Miles Freed, of Allentov/n, Pa.; G (2) Cora; G (3) Mary.
G (i) George William Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Margaret
Etters, was born Jan. 11, 1869. Address (1910) Boyne City, Michigan;
G (2) Ida Elizabeth Boyer, married Ernest E. Doying, of Boyne City,
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Mich.; G (3) Dora M. I5oycr, married G. F. Hall, of Gordon, ATich.; G
(4) Harris E. Boyer, lives at Reed City, Mich.; G (5) Oscar D. Boyer,
Boyne City, Mich.; G (6) Samuel C. Boyer, J:5oyne City, Mich.; G (7)
John 1'. Boyer, Boyne City, Mich.; G (8) Daniel Boyer, Boyne City,
Mich.; G (9) Pearl J. Boyer, Boyne City, Mich; G (10) Elsie H. Boyer.
G (i) William Boyer, sc^n of Henry Bo}er and Molly Eawrcnce,
lives at Mantz. Pa.; G (2) Charles Boyer, Summit Hill, Pa.
G (i) Lewis Boyer, son of Jacob Ijoycr and Anna Moyer, lives at
New Ringj>-old, Pa.; G (2) Mary Boyer, iiiarried John Stemler, of
Tumbling- Run, Pa.
G (i) Oscar Petery, son of Louisa Boyer and Jacob F. Petery, born
at Pottsville, Pa., T\Lay 13, 1856. Address (iqto) Prof. Oscar Petery,
Orwigsburg, Pa.; G (2 — (>) Horace, William, Ida, Clara, Bertha.
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B (4) Martin Beyer, son of Andreas Beyer and wife, was born 1720,
Palatinate, Germany. Came Sept. 5, 173S, with father and brothers.
There are no traces of his descendants to be found, unless Georg^e Boyer,
of Windsor Twp., Berks County, Pa. was a son.
C. ( 1 ) Georg^e Beyer, ])robably the son of Martin Beyer, one of
the four sons of the immigrant Andreas Beyer. The first Boyer baptism
recorded in- St. Paul's Church, Windsor Township, Berks County, Penn-
sylvania, is that of John George J^eier, son of Georg-e Beier, May 10,
1756. From the fact that Samuel Beyer, son of Christian Beyer and
his wife — of the historian's family tree — was baptized in this congrega-
tion P'^ebruary i, 1S07, die historian believes that the above named George
belongs to the same '"tree," and although John George l^eyer is the
only child of George IJeyer (Beier) recorded in St. Paul's Church,
the historian believes that John George lieyer had at least the f()llowing
brothers: Jacob, Benjamin, and Daniel. These three appear in Rich-
mond Twp., Berks Co., Pa., as early as 1772. Li the Richmond Tax-list
Jacob Beyer is recorded as an "inmate." This term probably denotes
that he was "at home" in the township for the time being, but that he
really belonged to a neighboring township. Whether these f(jur boys
were really brothers or not, may never be known, but one thing is cer-
tain, that the descendants of Jacob lieyer, a number of whom the his-
torian has seen and known, resemble his own i)eople so closely that there
can be almost no doubt of the family connections.
D (i) John George Be3'er, son of George Beyer (Beier) and his
wife, was baptized May 10, 1756, as recorded in St. Paul's Church, Wind-
sor Twp., I'erks Co., Pa. No Boyer baptisms are then recorded until
August 10, 1795, when George Michael Beyer, son of Michael Beyer and
his wife Gertrude, was born. To this same couple a daughter Plannah
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was born March 3, 1798. On May 9, 1803, George Michael Beyer, son
of Frederick Beyer and his wife Margaret, was born. The historian
beHeves that Michael Beyer and Frederick Beyer were sons of John
George Beyer, but has thus far found no trace of the descendants. A
Joseph Beyer, son of Daniel Beyer and wife Susanna, was born May
■ 17, 1826, and was probably also a relative. Interesting- confinnation
records are also found, but remain unidentified.
D (2) Jacob lieyer, probably a son of Georga- Beyer and his wife,,
was very likely born in Windsor Twp., Berks Co., Fa., about 1750-1755'
judg-ing from Iviichniond Twp. Taxdists. Fie appears in this township
as an "mmate" in 1772, a young- man. From accounts found in Moselem
Church, Richmond Twp., he was a "car])enter." This occupation would
account for his being only an "inmate" in the township. He must have
been "of age" in 1772 in order to be taxed, and not a proi)erty holder,
but a "boarder." His youngest child was born in 181 1, so that he prob-
ably died some years later. He married Rebecca Elizabeth (or .Margaret)
Adolph, as certificates in the liands of Joel Boyer, Moselem, show, and
then lived near Moselem Church. Chiiclrcn: Samuel, George? David?
Solomon, John Henry, and Folly.
D (3) ]>,enjamin Beyer, son of George Beyer and his wife, married
Catharine Fifer and afterwards a second wife. Children, so far as re-
ported: Jacob, George, Albert.
D (4) Daniel Ik>)'cr, son of George Beyer and his wife, married.
Children: Sarah, and perhaps others.
F, (i) Samuel F.oyer, son of Jacob Beyer and wife Rebecca Adolph,
was born Oct. 18, 1791, in Richmond Twp., Berks Co., Fa., and died
Dec. 25, i8r)0. F.uried at Moselem Church. Fulheran. Shoemaker.
Married Sarah Lukens, born March 11, 1792. She died Dec. ii, 1858.
Chddren: Samuel, girl, Levi, and John.
E (2) John Henry Boyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Rebecca Adolph,
was born Feb. 17, iSii, died Oct. 27, 1892, and is buried at Moselem
Church. Lived near Moselem Church, Richmond Twp., Berks Co., Pa,
Married (May 18, 1832) Katharine Adam, born Dec. 8, 181 1. She'died
Nov. 21, 1881. Children : Jacob, Henry A., Lavina, and Joel A.
E (3) Solomon Boyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Rebecca Adolph,
was born April 13, 1805. Went to New York State, where he married
a woman who also came from Berks County, Fa. Children: Rudolph
Boyer (who married Rebecca Boyer, a relative, and later lived in Schuyl-
kdl Co., Fa.), anil perhaps others.
E (4) Polly Boyer, daughter of Jacob Beyer and Rebecca Adolph,
married Samuel Kline. Children: Nathan Kline. Address ( 1910) Wal-
nuttown, P. Kate Kline, and Sarah Kline.
E (5) George Boyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Rebecca Adolph, died
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in Maiden Creek Twp., 15erks Co., Pa., very young. A'larrieil. Chiklren:
David Beyer, and perhaps others.
E (6) David Boyer, son of Jacob Beyer and Rebecca Adolph, was
a blacksmith near Half-Way House, Maiden Creek Twp., Berks Co.,
Pa., married. Children : David, Benjamin, Hannah, and perhaps others.
E (i) Jacob I'oyer, .son of lienjamin Boyer and his wife, was killed
on the railroad. Married. Children: (several).
E (2) George Boyer, son of Benjamin Beyer and his wife, lived
at IMoselem Springs,' Pa. Married. Children: (a) George iJoyer, of
Virginsville, Pa. Married Sarah Rausch, anil afterwards his lirother
Jacob's wife. Children: (i) Milton Chester Boyer, son of first wife.
Address (1013) Shoemal:ersville, Pa. Born March 19, 1890. Children
of second marriage: Herbert, Mary, Ida, Helen, Earl, all at home. E
(3) Albert?
E (i) Sarah In^yer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and his wife, mar-
ried Samuel Geliret, born J;ui. 2, 1800. Children: (a) Samuel 1j. Gehret,
born Sept. 19, 1848. Address 724 N 2nd St., Reading, Pa. Others.
F (i) S".muel Bo}'er, son of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Lukens, was
horn about 1835, and died at Danville, Pa., in 1S60. Lutheran. Brick-
layer. Married Annie Heffner. She died about two weeks later. Chil-
dren: (a) Elizabeth Boyer, born Jan. 8, i860. Lutheran, ^larried
Elias Schlcnker, Kutztown, Pa., Route i. Children: (1) Trvin Sclilenk-
er, Leesport, Pa. (2) Gertrude Lenora married Harr)- Ritter, 1031 Green
St., Reading, Pa. (3) Henry Eugene Schlenker, Kutztown, Pa., Route 5.
(4) Robert Victor Schlenker, Reading, Pa. (b) ]^dary Emma Boyer,
older sister of Elizabeth, married Frank Heffner, 544 Locust St., Read-
ing, Pa.
F (2) A daughter of Sauniel Ijoyer and Sarah Lukens, married Dr.
James O'Boyle, Kutztown, l^a. Only son: Reverend Robert O'Boyle.
Address (1910) Sunbury, Pa. Has a son.
F (3) Levi Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Lukens, is
buried at Fleev/ood, Pa. Lutheran. Soldier. Farmer. Married Eliza-
beth \Vanner. Children: jNlalinda, Lucetta, Martin, Sarah, Isabel,
Amanda, Clara, Kate, Plenry, Hannah, Bessie.
F (4) John Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Lukens. Mar-
ried. Wife's address (1910) Buttonwood or N. nth St., Reading, Pa.
Only son : Samuel, P>altimore, Md.
F (5) Kate Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Lukens,
iTiarried Joel Sassaman. Children : Joel Sassaman, Fleetwood, Pa., R.
F. D., and perhaps others.
F (6) Mary Boyer, daughter of Samuel P.oyer and Sarah Lukens,
ir.arried Joel Schwager. Lived at Lewisburgh, Pa.
F (7) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of Sanmel Boyer and Sarah Lukens,
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was born March 27, 1837. Married Dietric]: and afterwards Witman.
Children: Samuel I. Dietrich. Married Clara Potteiger. Children:
Robert I. Dietrich, and Alice Dietrich. Robert's address (1910) Schuyl-
kill Haven, Pa.
F (8) Gideon Beyer, son of »Samuel lioyer and Sarah Lukens.
Went West. Children.
F (i) Rudolph Boyer, son of Solomon Boycr and his wife. L,ived
in Schuylkill Co., Pa. F (2) Perhaps others.
V'(i) Jacob Boyer, son of John Henry Boyer and Katharine Adam,
was born Sept. 14, 1835, ^^^^^ Jiin*^ 4, 1905. Soldier. Buried at Moselem
Church. Tailor by traile. Married Matilda Grosscup. She died 1904,
and is buried at Macungie, Pa. Pier father was a Revolutionary soldier.
Children: (a) David Boyer. Address (1910) 3107 Almond St., Phila.,
Pa. (b) Jacob G. Boyer, born C^ct. 17, 1862, died Dec. 19, 1902. Buried
at Fountain Hill Cemetery, South Bethlehem, Pa., vv'here he lived. Luth-
eran. Contractor. Married Alice J. Deily, born Dec. 17, 1866. Ad-
dress (1910) 535 Broadway, South Bethlehem, Pa. Only child: War-
ren J. E. Boyer, born Aug- 22, 1887. Lived at South Bethlehem. Died
F (2) Henry A. Boyer, son of John Henry Boyer and Katharine
Adam, was born Nov. 27, 1841, died in Kutztown, I'a., after 1900.
Charge of pump at reservoir of town. Married Elizabeth Heffly. Chil-
dren: (a) James O. Boyer. Address (1910) NefTs, Pa. Born Dec. 14,
1864. Teacher for more than 25 years. Married. Children, (b) Clara
C. Boyer (Dry), 2518 N, 7th St., IMiila., Pa. (c) Elizabeth K. Boyer
(Hansel), 2824 Boudenot St., PMiila., Pa. (d) William H. Boyer, 773 y^.
Lawrence St., Allentown, Pa. Born Alay 13, 1880. Soldier, (e) Irwin
C. Boyer, 2518 N. 7th St., Phila., Pa. (f) Solon S. Boyer, 518 Park St.,
Allentown, Pa. (g) Alvin E. Boyer, 1717 Bristol St., Phila., Pa. Born
Dec. II, 1867. Alachinist and inventor.
F (3) Lavina Boyer, daughter of John Henry Boyer and Katharine
Adam, was born July 24, 1833. She died March 12, i8()i, and is buried
at Moselem, Pa. Married Henry Schaeffer. Children: (a) Joel Schaef-
fer, Fleetwood, Pa. (b) Levi Schaeiter, Evansville, Pa. (c) William
Schaeffer, Kutztown, Pa. Blacksmith, (d) Edmund Schaeffer, Fleet-
wood, Pa. (e) Amanda Schaeffer. Married Eli George, Reading, Pa.
(f) Hettie SchaeflxM-. (g) Rebecca Schaeffer.
F (4) Joel A. Boycr, son of John Henry l^oyer and Katharine
Adam, was born April 7, 1848. Address (1910) Moselem S])rings, Pa.
(Kutztown), R. F. D. 3. LuUieran. Shoemaker. Married Sarah Fry,
born June 20, 1852. Children: (a) Henry B. Pioyer, Kempton, Pa.
(b) William B(jyer, Centreport, Pa. (c) Albert F. Boyer, Molltown, Pa.
(d) Daniel Boyer, Plamburg", Pa., R. F. D. 3. (e) Joel F. Boyer, Read-
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ing-, Pa., R. F. D. 2. (f ) Morris F. Boyer, Kutztown, R. F. D. No. 3.
(g) Amanda Boyer, married Samuel Dunkelberger, Wyomissin--, Pa.
F (1) David Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Rebecca Adolph, was
born ]une 7, 1813. Address (1910) 2623 H St., Sonth Omaha, Nebr.
jl^utheran. Cabinet maker. Married Elizabeth Schucker in Reading, Pa.,
and afterwards Mrs. Hnntzinger, nee Bousman. Children: (a) Frank
Boyer, 204 South First St., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, born 1845. Hi) 'i'homas
Boyer, Omaha, Nebr. iiorn about 1846. Liveryman. (c) Daniel
Boyer, 204 S. First St., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (d) Mary Boyer married
Klingaman, Omaha, Nebraska, born 1849. (e) Zacharias P.oyer, 439 N.
7th St., Allentown, Pa. Lutheran. Meat market. Married Matilda.
Children: (i) Eva, married William Ceidncr, 505 N. 7lh St., Allentown,
Pa. (2) Mary Boyer, married Frank D. Hartman, 25 N. JefTerson St.
(3) Stella Boyer, married Frederick Steward, 745 N. Gth St. Allen-
town, Pa.
F (i) David Boyer, son of David Bo,ver and his wife. Carpenter.
Buried at Oswego, Indiana. Age about 38 years. Married Sarah lieiter.
She later married Jeremiah Yenser, Lewistown Valley. P. O., Tamaqua,
Pa. Children: (a) Benjamin Boyer, born Dec. 7, 1851. Address ( i(>io)
Orwigsburg, Pa. Shoe factory employee. Married Amelia Fisher. Chil-
dren (i) David J. Boyer, Orwigsburg, Pa. Married Ella Doll. Chil-
dren: Catharine. (2) Emma L. Boyer, married William Dauglass, Or-
wigsburg, Pa. (3) Mary Boyer, married Frank Trout, Orwigsburg, Pa.
(4) Ellwood S. Boyer, Orvv'igsburg, Pa. (b) Emma Boyer married
Frank lleisler, of Tamaqua, Pa. Children: (Nine), (c) Susan Boyer,
married Joel Hine. Children: Clara, Emma, James, (d) Lydia Boyer,
married George Brown, Kutztown, Pa. ChiUlrcn : Wilson, Morris.
F (2) Benjamin lioyer, son of David Boyer and his wife, was
buried at Oswego, Indiana. Farmer. Married. Children : Three.
F (3) liannah Boyer, daughter of David Boyer and his wife, mar-
ried Henry Becker. Children. She is buried at Moselem Church.
G (i) Malinda Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wan-
ner, married William Schlegel. Went West. Children: Oscar, Eliza-
beth and others.
G (2) Lucetta Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wan-
ner, married Moses Folk, Fleetwood, Pa. Children: (a) William Folk,
Fleetwood, Pa. (b) Richard Folk, same address, (c) Clara Folk, mar-
ried Schoedlcr. Address same, (d) Charles Folk. Address same.
G (3) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wan-
ner, married Cyrenius Reifsnyder. Address (1910) Fleetwood, Pa.
Children: John, Sarah, Elizabeth, Joseph, Richard, Susan, Ralph.
G (4) Isabel Boyer, daughter of Levi Bo\er and Elizabeth Wan-
ner, married Titus Ely, loth St., l^Le'ading'. Children: Theresa, Victor.
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G (5) Martin ]]o_vcr, son of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner,
was born Sept. 20, 1839, at Fleetwood, and died at Kutztown, Pa. Re-
formed. Married Hettie Rothermel, born April 10, 1841. Children:
(a) Thomas R. lioyer, Fleetwood, Pa. Married Kalie Lie.^e. Children:
Stella, Peter Paul, Florence, Anna, (b) Catharine Boyer, married Dr.
Cyrenius DeLong-. Dead. Son : Dr. George F. DeLong, ij^O Penn St.,
Reading-. Pa. Married Plelen Funk, (c) Alice Boyer, married James b!
Keiter, Kutztown, Pa. Child: Minnie L., married Howard S. Sharadin,
Kutztown, I'a. Child: Esther Pauline, (d) Morris R. Boyer, N. loth
St., Allentown, Pa., married Ruse Levan. Child : Annie
G (6) Amanda Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wan-
ner, married Henry Hartman, 318 Church St., Readings Pa. Children:
Hannah, Samuel ILirry.
G (7) Clara Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner.
Single in 1910. ^N^ loth St., Reading", Pa.
G (8) Hannah Boyer. Single. Same address.
G (9) Kate Boyer, daughter of Levi P.oyer and Elizabeth Wanner,
married William Eisenhower. Dead. Children :(a) William Eisen-
hower. Address (1910) Reading, Pa. (b) Barbara, married Schoener.
Address ^(1910) Reading, Pa. (c) Mary, married Straub. Address
(1910) Reading, Pa. Kate Jioyer married a second time, James Hojnan.
Address (1910) Jersey City, N. J. Children: Earl Homan.
G (10) Henry Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner.
Address (1910) Fleetwood, Pa. Butcher. Married Ada Bernhardt.
Children: Effie, William, Harry.
C (11) Bessie Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wan-
ner, inarried Cyrannus Boyer, son of Reuben Boyer, descendant of George
Philip Bayer, born 1750 in Germany. Chart 5. Address (1914) Fleet-
wood. Pa. Children (a) Helen E. (b) Grace M. (c) Herbert C.- Boyer.
(d) Frank F. Boyer.
CHAPTER X
MICHAEL BAYER
A "will" in the hands of Harry E. Boyer, Lehanon, Pa., makes it
possible to begin this chapter. From this will it is gathered that Michael
Bayer came from Gerniany about 1732, and settled on a farm at what
has since become North Lebanon, Pa. There is no record of his arrival
in Vol. 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives. The Harrisburg-
records should show "warrants" for this land. His "will" was made in
1748, but the historian has not found a record of it at Lebanon, and none
at Harrisburg". To make the problem harder, this will does not enumer-
ate the children, nor name the wife. The historian is inclined to think
that Michael Bayer died young. If the baptismal records of Salem Luth-
eran Church, Lebanon, Pa., are the family record, he left the following-
children: John (whose name we know only through his son, Michael's
will in 1788), Adam, Jacob, Frederick, and perhaps some girls.
B (i) John Bayer, son of Michael Bayer and wife, vv'as probably
born about 1736, or earlier, and is buried at Salem Church, Lebanon, Pa.
Stones flat on graves of husband and wife — covered in 191 1. Wife's
name was Christina. Children: John, George, Samuel, Maria Catharine,
John Frederick, Michael, John Josei)h, David, Daniel, Isaac, Mrs. Hun-
sicker, Susannah, Abraham.
[i (2) Adam Bajer, son of IVIichael Bayer and wife, was born
probably about 173S. Married Maria Sarah, as the "Salem" records
show. Children: Adam, born May 20, 1774. The old records of Zion's
Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, may contain other children.
B (3) Jacob Bayer, son of Michael Bayer and wife, was born about
1740, or later. Married Maria Catharine. Children: John Jacob, born
Oct. 18, 1782. The "Salem" church records mention no others, but this
may mean that the family moved away from Lebanon.
B (4) Frederick Bayer, son of Michael Bayer, if we may judge
from the fact that his child Juliana was baptized by the "Salem" pastor.
Frederick Bayer was then living in New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.,
and might have had his child baptized there if he did not belong to the
I,ebanon pe(j|jle. Corres])ondents credit this Frederick with a son Fred-
crick, born about 178-].
C (ij John Jacob ISayer, son of Michael l>:i)cr and Catharine, first
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wife, born Ma}' 20, 1775; C (2) Maria Barbara Bayer, born Nov. 2,
1779; C (3) Anna Maria Bayer, born Aug", i, 1781 ; C (4) Jobn Henry
P.aycr, born Dec. i, 1785; married Catherine. Children: Wilham Ficht-
Iiorn, Samnel, i\Iaria Catharine, EHzabeth, Joseph, Henry, and Sarah
(twins). Perhaps others; C (5) Christopher Bayer, born Dec. i, 1785,
twin to John Henry. Physician. Married. Children : William Henry,
Elizabeth, Carl (Charles), Maria Catharine, John C. ; C (6) Nicholas
Bayer is mentioned in his father's "will" in 1788, but can not be found;
C (7) (8) Two daughters, Christina and Catherine, are mentioned in
the father's "will."
C ( I ) Jolia Jacob Bayer son of Jacob Bayer and Maria Catherine,
born Oct. 18, 1782. Married Maria. Children: John, Mafia Mag:dalena,
Jacob, William, Caroline, Benjamin. Perhaps others.
C (i) Jidiana Dorothy Bayer, daughter of h'rederick Bayer and
Juliana Dorothy, born Aug-. 29, 1782; C (2) Frederick Bayer, born
about 1784, married Maria. Children: Leali Boyer, born June 7, 1834;
Gideon Boyer, born Feb. 13, 1836. Perhaps others.
C (i) Jcdm George Bayer, -son of John Bayer and Christina Daub,
born Aug-. 10, 1791, married Margaret. Children: Daniel, E;li/-abeth,
Philij), Catharine, Georg-e, Peter; C (2) Samuel Bayer, born April 22,
1796, may have died young-; C (3) Maria Catharine Bayer, born Dec. 26,
1708; C (4) John Frederick Ba\er, born Oct. 31, 1800. Lutheran. Mar-
ried. Children: Gideon, Noah, John, David, Mrs. Aaron liricker, Mrs.
Hugdi Black; C (5) Michael Bayer, born April 10, 1803, married Plan-
nah. Children: Lucetta, Catherine, Christina, Jeremiah; C (6) John
Joseph Bayer, born June 12, 1806, married Rebecca Fassnacht. Chil-
dren: Solon-ion F., Joseph, John H., Martin, Gottlieb, Rosanna. Peonhard,
Frederick; C (7) David I'ayer, born Sept. 10, 1809, died about 1890,
and is buried at Ebenezer Church, Mt. Lebanon, Pa. Farmer. Married
Sarah Ely, born 1822, died 1902. Children: Harry E., Sanuiel, Joseph.
perhaps others; C (8) Daniel ]'>ayer, son of John Bayer and Christina
Daub, born Dec. 28, 1812, died Oct. 8, 1906, and is buried at Ebenezer
Church, Mt. Lebanon, Pa. Lutheran. Married Catharine Fassnacht.
Children: Solomon, Junius, Edward, Ephraim, EHas, Ann; C (9) Isaac
Ijayer, son of John Bayer and Christina Daub, burn Sept. 12, 1813, is
buried at Kimberling's Church, North Lebanon, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer.
Married Wolf. Children: Asa, Ezra, Angelina, Lovina, Noah. Per-
haps others; C (10) A daughter, married Hunsicker; C (11) Susannah
Bayer, born Sept. 22, 1817, married Daniel Long-. Children: John, D.
B., others ;C (12) Abraham Bayer. Address (1908) 46th and Winthrop
Ave. Indianapolis, Ind. Married Fannie. Children : John, Daniel,
Abraham, Fannie.
D (i) William Fichthorn Boyer, son of John Henry Bayer and
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Catharine, born Nov. 4, 1817; D (2) Samuel Boyer, born Nov. 16, 1820;
D (3) Mary C. Boyer, born July 23, 1822; D (4) Elizabeth Boyer, daugh-
ter of John Henry Bayer and Catharine, born July 25, 1825; D (5)
Joseph Boyer; D (6) Henry Boyer, born April 3, 1833; D (7) Sarah
Boyer, born April 3, 1833 (twin to Henry).
D (i) William Henry Boyer, son of Dr. Christopher Bayer and
wife, Elizabeth, born June 30, 1807, is buried in Jay Co., Indiana. Lived
at Powers, Ind. Farmer. Married Edith Hoagiand. Children: (a)
George W. Boyer. Soldier Civil W'ar. i\loved West. Died there. ^Tar-
ried Ellen ]\liller. Children, (b) Tillie lioyer. Died )'oung. (c) Caro-
line Boyer. Married Thomas Beuser. One son. (d) Elvina I. Boyer.
Married first to Abraham Monsical. Address (1913) Ridgeville, Ind
Children: Frank, at EUwood City, Pa., and a daughter living at Ridge-
ville, Ind. D (2) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Christopher Bayer and
Elizabeth, born Jime 20, 1809. Alarried. Children: Hattie. Perhaps
others; D (3) Carl (Charles), son of Dr. Christopher Ba)er and Eliza-
beth, born July 11, 181 1, Lebanon, Pa., died Nov. 3, 1898, and is buried
at Powers, Jay Co., Indiana. Christian Church. Farmer. Cabinetmaker.
Married Sarah Brennaman, born Sept. 19, 1806, died June 12, 1898,
buried beside husband. Children: Professor J. A., Benj. Fr., Dr. John
H., and Abraham Christopher; D (4) Maria Caroline Boyer, daughter
of Dr. Christopher Bayer and Elizabeth, born Nov. 16, 1820, died in C)hio.
Married Neff. Children : Oliver Neff, Dayton, Ohio ; John Nefif, Day-
ton, Ohio; D (5) John C. Boyer, son of Dr. Christopher Bayer and
Elizabeth, born Jan. I, 1821, died in Jay Co., Indiana, Jan. 25, 1890.
Farmer. Soldier of Civil War. "Enlisted as recruit Oct. 1864, 140th
Regt. Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Discharged July, 1865, Newbcrn,
N. C." Married Susan Brennaman. Only child: Nancy Elizabeth
Boyer. She married (Aug. 11, 1870) John Stead. Address (1913)
Red Key, R. F. D. 2, Jay Co., Indiana. Children: (a) Oliver Stead,
(b) John W. Stead. Farmer, Portland, Ind.., R. F. D. 5. (c) Cora Stead
(Nixan), Portland, Ind., R. F. D. 5. (d) Nettie B. Stead (Beekman)
10720 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Professional nurse. Husband dead,
(e) Frank L. Stead, Carlstadt, Province of Alberta, Canada. Stockman,
rancher and farmer.
D (i) John Boyer, son of John Jacob Bayer and Maria IMagdalene,
born Aug. 28, 181 5. Married. Lutheran. Farmer ; D (2) Maria Mag-
dalena Boyer, born July 23, 1818; D (3) Jacob Boyer, born July 3, 1820;
D (4) William Boyer, born Feb. 10, 1823; D (5) Caroline Boyer, born
Sept. 7, 1825; D (6) Benjamin Boyer, born July 5, 1828; D (7) Perhaps
others.
D (i) Daniel Boyer, son of John George Boyer and Margaret,
born Nov. 16, 1803; D (2) Elizabeth Boyer, born Dec. 29, 1816; D (3)
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Philip Boyer, born Aug-. 19, 1819; D (4) Catharine Boyer, born April
13, 1S22; D (5) Georg-e Boyer, born Dec. 10, 1824; 1) (6) Peter Boyer,
born July 13, 1826.
D (i) Gideon Boyer, son of John Frederick Boyer and wife, resides
at 703 Tlill St., Lebanon, Pa. Lutheran. Married Stover. Children:
(a) William Boyer, Hill St., Lebanon, Pa.; (b) Robert Boyer, near
Harrisburg, Pa.; (c) Frederick Boyer, Stouchsburg, Pa.; (d) Theresa
Boyer. Address (1911) Mrs. John Bixler, Hill St., Lebanon, Pa.; D
(2) Noah Boyer. Married. No children. Cumberland St., near 3rd
Ave., Lebanon, Pa.; D (3) John Boyer. ]\Iarried. Child: Lilly, North
4th St., Lebanon, Pa.; D (4) David C. P^oyer. Carpenter. Lutheran.
ALarricd Leah Moyer. Children: (a) George M. Boyer, 762 S. 19th St..
JLarrisburg-, Pa. Lutheran. Iceman. ALarried Marg-aret Mills. Chil-
dren: Blanche, Ruth, Ethel; (b) Edward M. Boyer,' 1831 Rudy St., Har-
risburg, Pa. Lutheran. Ice driver. Married Ida Landis. No children
(1913) ; D (5) A daughter married Aaron Bricker; D (6) A daughter
married Hugh Black.
D (i) Solomon F. Boyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Rebecca
Fassnacht, born Oct. 3, 1832. Lutheran. Farmer. Address (1911) In-
dependent District, Lebanon, Pa. Lives with Plenry Haak. Married
Rebecca Armel. Children: (a) Solomon A. Boyer, Lebanon, Pa., R.
F. D. 2. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Amanda K. Children: (1)
Irvin E., Lebanon, Pa., R. F. D. 2. Born Feb 6. 1866. Lutheran.
Teacher. Mail clerk. Married Bessie M. Wolf. Children; (2) John
A. Boyer, Lebanon, Pa., R. F. D. 2; (3) Gertrude M. Boyer, Lebanon. Pa.
R. F. D. 2; (b) Joseph Boyer, Lebanon, Pa.; (c) Freeman Boyer, Mt.
Zion, Pa.; (d) Cornelius Boyer, Lebanon, Pa.; (e) Seranus Boyer, Leb-
anon, Pa.; (f) Edward Boyer, Myerstown, Pa.; (g-) Benjamin Boyer,
Lebanon, Pa.
D (2) Joseph Boyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Rebecca Fass-
nacht, born May 26, 1834. Lutheran. Farmer. Address (1911) Leb-
anon, Pa. Married Elizabeth Kaufman. Children: (a) Frank K. Boyer
544 Lehman St., Lebanon, Pa. Born May 9, 1861. Lutheran. Farmer.
Married Elizabeth Conrail. Chililren : Bessie, Bertha, Esther, Frank C. ;
(b) John A. Boyer, Lebanon, l^a., R. F. D. 8. (Kimberling's). Reformed.
Farmer. Married Lovina P.ensing-. Children: Harry Boyer, East Leh-
man St., Lebanon, Pa.; (c) Mary A. Boyer, Locust St., Lebanon, Pa.
Married John Roland.
D (3) John H. (Jack) Boyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Rebecca
Fassnacht, married Mary Benson. Lutheran. Laborer. 615 Maple St.,
Lebanon, Pa. Children: (a) Mame. Mrs. Mamc Boyer Miller, Leb-
anon, Pa.; (b) Walter Boyer;' (c) others.
D (4) Martin Boyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Rebecca Fass-
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nacht, married Emma M. Catholic. Stone mason, Lebanon, Pa., R. F.
D. lo. Children: (a) E. Boyer. Address (1911) Mrs. Charles Liven-
good, 1 128 Brandywine St., Lebanon, Pa.; (b) Charles Y. Boyer, Leb-
anon, Pa., R. F. D. 10; (c) Sarah E. Boyer, Lebanon, Pa., R. F. D. 10.
D (5) Gottlieb Boyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Rebecca P'ass-
nacht, buried at Kimberling's Church. Lutheran. Soldier of Civil War.
Married Sarah Binner. Children: (a) Daughter lioyer. Mrs. Ceorge
Mohr, New St., Lebanon, Pa.; (b) Calvin l>oyer.
D (6) Leonard lioyer, son of J. Joseph Boyer and Rebecca Fass-
nacht, lived in the neighborhood of Rimberling's Church.
D (7-8) Rosannah died single. Frederick has not been reported.
D ( I ) Harry E. Boyer, son of David Boyer and Sarah Ely, born
March 8, 1863. Married l<:iizabeth Geyer. Address (1908) 317 North
5th St., Lebanon, Pa. Childreii: Plovvard, Raymond, Charles, Harry;
D (2) Sanuiel lioyer, 319 North 7th St., Lebanon, Pa.; D (3) Joseph
Boyer, 7th and Water Sts., Lebanon, Pa.; D (4) A daughter married
William Harpel. Address (1908) Bernville, Pa.; D (5) A daughter
married Joseph Weaver. Address (1908) Union, Fayette Co., Pa.
D (i) Solomon Boyer, son of Daniel P. Boyer and Catharine Fass-
nacht, born May 16, 1850. Address (1911) 223 Partridge St., Lebanon,
Pa.; D (2) Junius P>oyer, South loth St., Lebanon, Pa. No chUdren;
D (3) Edward Boyer, Cumberland St., Lebanon, Pa. Marrietl. Chil-
dren: George, Edward, Robert, Mame, Bessie; D (4) Ephraim Boyer.
Married. Children: (a) David Boyer. Address (1911) Lehman St.,
Lebanon, Pa. (b) Annie Boyer, (c) Lilly Boyer, (d) Charles Boyer, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., (e) William Boyer, Cornwall, Lebanon, Pa., (f) Emily
Boyer, (g) Elmer Boyer; D (5) Elias Boyer. Single in 191 1; D (6)
Ann Boyer married Morris Sohn, Lebanon, Pa.
D (1) Asa Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and his wife Wolf. Married,
Lebanon, J'a. Children: Sallie, Annie. Lucy, John, and others; D (2)
Ezra Boyer, wife of Wolf. ALirried. Children. Address (njii) 625
Maple St., Lebanon, Pa. ; D (3) Angelina Boyer ; D (4) Lovina Boyer;
D (5) Noah Boyer. Soldier of Civil War.
D (i) John Boyer, son of Abraham Boyer and wife Fannie, Green-
field, Indiana; D (2) Daniel Boyer, Summitsville, Indiana, but lives at
Eaton, Indiana, 1913; D (3) Abraham Boyer, born March 28, 1873.
Single, 4()th and Winthroj) Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Care of Indiana
Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio; D (4) I'annie Boyer born Oct. 20, 1880. Single,
46th and Winthrop Ave., Indianai)olis, Ind.
E ( I ) Professor J. A. Boyer, son of Charles Boyer and Sarah Bren-
naman. Teacher for more. than 40 years. Address (1909) 511 North
6th St., Terre Haute, Ind. Married Bertha Fisher. Children: Jesse,
Ruth; E (2) Benjam.in F. Boyer, born June 25, 1844. Bajjtist. College
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g^radnate. Teacher. Address (1909) Blackwell, Oklahoma. Married
EHzabeth J. Pettyjohn, born Aug. 20, 1855. Children: Sarah E., Mira
Aladg-e (Mrs. John Denton) ; J. Fred.; E (3) Dr. John H. Boyer, born
Nov. 22, 1849. Address (1909) 516 Pythia Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.
Teacher. College graduate. Physician. Married Frances G. Ambrose.
Children: (a) Dr. George C. Boyer, 516 Pythia Bldg., Indianapolis,
Ind. (b) B. Fern, (c) F. Alberta, (d) F. Queen; E (4) Abraham
Christopher Boyer, born March 30, 1840, ilied June 6, 1903, at Ridge-
ville, Ind., buried at Powers, Ind. Christian Church. Farmer. Soldier
of 17th Ohio Regiment. Volunteer at age of 21. Served three years.
Married Elizabeth R. Children: Amy D. Boyer. Address (1909) Mrs.
Philip Zimmerman, Ridgeville, Ind., R. F. D. 13, and other sisters.
CHAPTER XI
. — :- JOHN HENRY BEIER (BEYER).
In some records the man's name is spelled Beier, in others Beyer and
Bayer. On page 87 of Rupp's History of Berks and Lebanon Counties,,
published by G. Hills, Lancaster, I'a., in 1844, we are told that "After
the Huguenot colonies at New Rochelle, West Chester County, and
Esopus, Ulster County, N. Y., had been formed, some of their number
at an early day emigrated to the County (Berks), and commenced settle-
ments." On page 13 of Linn's Annals of the Buffalo Valley, we are
told that the emigration from Schoharie, N. Y. to Tulpehocken, Berks
Co., Pa., began in 1723. John Henry Beier came in 1728. The historian
finds his name in the church records of Stouchsburg in 1743, though
he was probably a member of the "Little Tulpehocken" congregation
much earlier, and of the St. Daniel's or Corner Church near Robcsonia
after 1751, as Rev. Caspar Stoever's records appear to show. From
these records we learn that he was married to Elizabeth Maria Zerbe,
]\Iay 31, 1730. She died in 1756, and then he married Salome Sness,
of Tulpehocken, July 24, 1754. From the will which he made on April
12, 1757, and which is recorded on page 40, Vol. \, of the "Will Book,"
Register's Office, Court House, Reading, Pa., wc learn that he had the
following children: George, Asahel, Henry, Anne, Mary, Samuel, Susan-
nah, Anne Catharine, Anne Magdalena, Catharine, Barbara, Maria
Salome, and John Jacob. There was a son named John, born Feb. 4,
1749, but he must not have been living in 1757, for his name is omitted
from the "will." The name of the second wife "Salome" is mentioned.
The historian has not been able to find the graves of John Henry Beier
and his wives, but it is likely that they might be found in the old part
of St. Daniel's (Corner Church) near Robesonia, Pa., unless the bury-
ing plots were private on some farm belonging to the family. That
they were Lutheran and therefore not Huguenot French but Palatinate
is evident from their church at^iliatiuns as settlers, and from the spelling
of the name. John Henry died 1764, in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., Pa.
See "Accounts" (1754-1804) Reading, Pa. Note: Only George and
Asahel, sons t)f the Henry Beier, the Tulpehocken immigrant, have beeii
traced in this chapter.
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B (i) George Beyer, almost without doubt the son of John Henry
P.eyer of Tulpehocken Township, Berks Co., Pa., was born Mareh 3,
1734, died Mra-eh 29, 1S06, and is buried with wife in the Alennonite
Imrying- oround, Wasliington Township, Berks Co., Pa. If this is true,
it accounts for George the son of John Henry Ik-yer, of whom the his-
torian can not find any other trace. Time, kjcality, and circumstances
confirm the identity of the man. He appears a single man in the tax
list of PJereford T\v])., Berks Co., Pa., as early as 1757, and was still
single early in 1761. I lis wife's name, as we know from the tombstone in-
scri]>tion was Elizabeth, born PJec. 25, 1739. She died July 15, 1806. In
• the "will" which he made shortly before his death, two sons are named,
John and Jacob, the latter — if not botli, living in Douglass Township,
Berks Co., Pa. This corresponds with the statement of Betsy Weiss
Bowman, Congo, Pa., to the historian. See Administration Records,
Vol. 6, page 238, Reading Court House, Registry Office. It will interest
his descendants to know that George Beyer — his name is spelled Bayer,
in the records — was a Revolutionary soldier, belonging to the lierks
County Militia from Hereford Township in 1783, under Captain Miller.
See Vol. 5, page 248, Fifth Series, ]\'nnsylvania Archives.
C (i) Reverend John Boyer, son of George Ik-yer and wife Hliza-
])eth, was born Jan. 10. 1762, probably in Hereford Township, Berks
Co., ]'a., as we learn from an old family Hible. He married Susc'iimuh
Bauer, April 27, 17S5. She was born March 2, 1767. Lived in Douglass
Township, Berks Co., Pa., not far from Boyertown, until 1814, on a
farm in the hands of Jonathan W. Moser in I(jr3, as Betsy Weiss Bow-
man writes. Then he moved to Harmony, Pa., where he purchased
1200 acre:-, of land from .A.l)raham Ziegler for $17,419, as the records
show. He ijreached in Harmony and Zelieno;)Ie until 1825, when lie
and the Mennonites built a stone church near Harmony. Here he
preached until his death June 19, 1828. His sons and daughters became
the owners of his lands. He is buried in the adjoining cemetery. The
church is preserved through the income of an $820 fund. A stone fence
encloses the 20-acre cemetery. All the older settlers are buried here.
His descendants speak of Rev. John Boyer in terms of praise and love.
The children, as we know from the old Bible, were John, Elizabeth,
Susannali, George, Catharine, Mary, Jacob, Nancy, Samuel, and PTenry.
C (2) Jacob Boyer, son of George Beyer and wife Elizabeth, born
about 1764, in Plereford Township, Berks Co., Pa., remained in Penn-
sylvania, ])erhaps in Douglass Twp., Berks County, or in Earle Twp.,
where a Jacob Boyer's farm adjoined Charles B. Boyer's farm. The
historian can not iind the descendants. Mr. D. B. Weisz, of Mallet Creek,
Ohio, speaks of "Sheriff" Boyer, of Montgomery Co., Pa.
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C (3-4) There were sisters, one of them was married to Mr. Weiss,
grandfather of Henry M. Wise, the otlier was married to Mr. Knetz,
grandfather of Jacob Knetz, East Greenville, I'a.
C (i) Abraham M. Boyer, son of George Boyer and wife Sarah
]\'loyer, was born 1830. Address (1915) Ashland, Ohio. Farmer. Mar-
ried Barbara Niissbaum. Cliildren: (i) George, Claremont Ave., Ash-
land, Ohio. (2) Peter, Ashland, Ohio. (3) Abraliam, Ashland, Ohio.
(4) Anna, (5) Ella, wife of Mr. Yoder, Route 4, Ashland, Ohio; E (2)
George Bo}'er was born 1834, and died 19 years old, at Ashland, Ohio,
single; E (3) Hannah Boyer married Peter Zehner. Address (1915)
R. F. D. 8, Box 83, Ashland, Ohio.
D ( I ) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Rev. John Boyer and wife
Susannah Bauer, born IMarch 23, 1786, married Jacob Knetz, whose
grandson Jacob lived in East Greenville, Pa., in 1914.
D (2) John Boyer, son of Rev. John Boyer and wife Susannah
Bauer, was born Jan. 19, 1788, probably in Douglass Twp., Berks Co.,
Pa., and died Nov. 8, i856, in the vicinity of Harmony, Pa. On Sept.
9, 1810, as the Falckiier vSwamp marriage rec(jrds show, he married
Alagdalena Longanecker, born Sept. 6, 1789. She died Aug. 29, 1877.
"Not many years after their marriage these young people l^iit tlieir kin
and friends in the East to settle way out West at a place called Harmony,
Pa." Mrs. Boyer was the daughter of Henry Longanecker, born about
1750, near Mingo, Pa. This Henry Longanecker was probably the
grandson of Daniel Longanecker, a Mennonite minister who came from
Switzerland about 1720. See Cassell's Plistory of the Mennonites. The
children of John Boyer and Magdalena Longanecker were Lydia, wife
of Joseph Lutz; Sarah, wife of Jesse Rice; Isaac L., Henry L., John,
Susannah, Samuel, Daniel (or David), and Jacob.
^ (3) Susannah Boyer, daughter of Rev. John Boyer and wife
Susannah Bauer, born May 19, 1791, married Samuel Moyer. Left a
large family, to be found in the West.
D (4) George Boyer, son of Rev. John Boyer and wife Susannah
Bauer, was born May 18, 1794. Lived near Ashland, Ohio. Married
Sarah Moyer. Children : Nancy, Polly, Katie, Elizabeth, Abraham M.,
Sarah, Deborah, Lydia, Fannie, Esther, Catharine, Llannah, George,
Susan, and Vesper. Note. Esther and Fannie died young.
D (5) Mary Boyer, daughter of Rev. John Boyer and wife Susan-
nah Bauer, born Feb. 17, 1794, married Benjamin Moyer. Children:
Elizabeth, Sarah (wife of Jacob Funk Wise, father of Levi M. Wise,
genealogist), John B., Plenry B., Polly, Susan, Catharine, Samuel 1j.
Note. Attorney Levi M. Wise, of Butler, Pa., has rendered most valuable
services in writing up Rev. John Boyer's descendants. Married Bertha
Laing.
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D (6) Catharine Boycr, daughter of Rev. John Boyer and wife
Susannah Ikiuer, horn Feh. 2, i/yG, married Jacoh Weisz. They hved
on a hig- farm, and were well to do. Children: Eliza1)eth, Henry !>.,
Jacob, Hannah, John, George, Daniel (of Mallet Creek, Ohio, 1915).
D (7) Jacoh J5oycr, son of Rev. John Boyer and wife Su^^annah
Bauer, wa.s born April 3, 1800. Married Sarah Tronsue. Children:
JMary, Caroline, Deborah, Hannah, ami perhaps oLhers.
D (8) Nancy Boyer, daughter of Rev. John IJoyer and v/ife Susan-
nah Bauer, born April 15, 1803, married /Vbrahani Sechler. Left a large
family scattered all over the A\'est.
D (g) Samuel Boyer, son of Rev. John Boyer and wife Susannah
Bauer, w'as born July 12, 1S05. Lived in Venango Twp., BiUtler Co.,
Pa. Married Mary Moyer. Children: Mollie, Daniel, Nancy, Andrew.
The last one moved to California, where his descendants can probably
lie found.
D (10) Henry Boyer, son of Rev. John Boyer and wife Susannah
Bauer, was born Aug. 28, 1809. Buried in Nebraska. Lived on father's
homestead. Then at Ashville, Ohio, and in Nebraska. ^larried Lydia
Schwart:-: and a second wife,' who bore him five children. Children:
Susan, David, John, Daniel, Ratie, Nanc}-, j\lary Ann, linos, l^dward,
Lydia, Laurena, Sarah, and one other.
E (1) Lydia Pioyer, daughter of John Boyer and wife J\lagdalena
Longanccker, born Jan. 12, 1815, married Joseph Lutz ; E (2) Sarah
Boyer, born Sept. 29, 1816, died about 1895; E (3) Jsaac L. Ijoyer was
born Oct. 2, 1818, and is buried at Harmony, Pa. Car))enter. Lived
in Lancaster Twp., Butler Co., l''a. as late as 1895. German Reformed
Church. Married Mary Rice. Children: Jolm R., Plenry, Elias R.,
Isaac R., Levi, Susan, Agnes, Ranius R., Josephus, Jessie, Abraham
Lincoln, J. Sydney, Ira R., and Elizabeth; E (4) Henry L. Boyer was
born March 10, 1822. Address (1909) Freedom, Pa. Married. Chil-
<^ren: Henry, Andrew, Harry IL, Abraham, Jacob, Sadie, Katie, Monroe,
Elizabeth, and perhaps others; E (5) John Boyer was born March
29, 1824; E (6) Susannah Boyer, born March 17, 1826, is buried at
Harmony, Pa.; E (7) Samuel Boyer was born March 17, 1828, and
died in Elkhart County, Indiana. He was married to Mary Lochcr,
but left no children; E (8) Daniel lioyer was born Jan. 7, 183 . Lived
Jn Clay County, Indiana, lilacksmith. Married Hannah Gephart.
Children; E (9) Jacob Boyer was born Feb. 4, 1834, and is buriecL at
Harmony, Pa. Carpenter and coal miner. Soldier in Civil War. Mar-
ried. Children.
E (i) Sarah Bojer, daughter of Henry l)0)'er and his second
wife, resides at Bern, Indiana (1915). Note. The children of Henry
Bover and his first wife l,vdia Schwartz, have all died, and, if the his-
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torian interprets correctly the fine report of Daniel Boyer Weisz, of
Mallet Creek, Ohio, there arc no male descendants. The historian can
not ascertain the address of Edward Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and
second wife; E (i) Daniel Bo)er, son of Samnel Boyer and wife Mary
Moyer, Venango, Pa. Perhaps at Franklin, Pa., on some rural route ;
E (2) Andrew Boyer moved to California; E (3) Molly Boyer and
Nancy Boyer both married but the historian has no records.
F(i) Jolin R. Boyer, son of Isaac L. l»oyer and wife Mary Rice,
was born 1838. Farmer. Reformed, Harmony, Pa. ^Married Sophia
Bombaugh. Children: (i) Austin S. Boyer. Farmer, Harmony, Pa
Married. Children. (2) William E. Boyer, Harmony, l^a. Owner of
the historic farm "Black \Valnuts" ; (3) Adam Benjamin lioyer. INIar-
ried. Children: Russell, Floyd, George; (4) Lizzetta I'oyer, wife of
Edward Sahle; (5) Mary N. Boyer, wife of Jesse Rice; (6) Nettie L.
Boyer; (7) Sarah Boyer; (8) Agnes Boyer; (9) George W. Boyer. Died
17 years old.
F (2) Henry Boyer, son of Isaac L. Boyer and wife Mary Rice,
has not been reported.
F (3) Elias R. Boyer, son of Isaac L. Boyer and wife Mary Rice,
was born March 23, 1842, at Harmony, Pa. Address (1915) Harmony,
Pa. Lutheran. Civil War veteran. Married Susan Lambert. Children:
(i) Edward F. Boyer, Harmony, Pa. Born 1866. Lutheran. Contrac-
tor. Owns big farm. Married Clara Barnhart. Children : Delia, Rus-
sell, Loyal, Frances, all at Harmony, Pa. (2) Norman J. Boyer, Dun-
bar St., Butler, I'a. Born July 2y, 1870. Reformed Church. General
Contractor. Married Emma Kinch. Children: Ralph Clare, Norman
Leroy, Nellie May, Lauretta Pearl, Raymond Paul, Emma Susetta, Har-
old Charles, all at home. (3) James Leslie J^oyer, Butler, Pa. Borii Aug\
13, 1868. Reformed. Policeman. Married Emma Croup. Three chil-
dren: I'lummer Leslie, Bessie Viola, Lee Elias, at home. (4) Charles
Clarence Bo)er, Butler, Ba. Born May 17, 1875. Lutheran. Work-
man. Married Sarah Snauffer. Four children: Ola, Carl, Burton,
Paul. (5) Lauretta JManchc, wife of Abraham II. Zeiglcr, IJutler, Pa.
Born Dec. 13, 18S1. Lutheran. Only child : Wilma.
F (4) Isaac R. Boyer, son of Isaac L. Boyer and wife Mary Rice,
is an Ohio farmer. Married Catharine Baker. Children: ( i ) Albert;
(2) Olive, wife of John P.rickle. Address (1915) Akron, Ohio; (3)
Dclsie. wife of Mr. Krider. of Medina Co., Ohio; (4) Rufus, of Acme,
Medina Co., Ohio; (5) Orie Benson, of Acme, Ohio; perhaps others.
F (5) Levi Boyer, son of Isaac L. Boyer and wife Mary Rice,
Harmonv, Pa. Farmer. Married Elizabeth Nesbitt. Children: (i)
Mary, Clara, and Nesbitt, all married, and living at Harmony, Pa.
F (6) Susan Boyer married John Keefer ; F (7) Agnes Boyer
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married George J. Shciver, Lancaster Tvvp., Butler Co., Pa. Children:
Edward, Harry, llerbert L., and two girls; F (8) Ranius Boyer. Ad-
dress (1915) EUwood, Pa. Laborer. Married Elizabeth. Children:
Esther, Celia, Vina, and Martha, all married; F (9) Josephus Boyer,
North Dakota. Farmer and carpenter. Married Mary Brickie. Chil-
dren; F (10) Jessie Boyer, married, Akron, O. Carpenter. Children:
Marry Boyer and a davig^htcr; F (ii) Abraham Boyer, Barberton, Ohio.
Carpenter. Married and has children; F (12) J. Sydney Boyer, Butler
Co., Pa., married j\Iiss Greenert. One child: Irvin Lioyer, married and
has children; F (13) Ira R. Boyer, Rithman, Ohio. Farmer. Married
Emma Fixleroof, Medina Co., Ohio. Children: Son and daughter;
F (14) Elizabeth Boyer died young.
F (i) Harry H. Boyer, son of Henry L. Boyer and wife, was born
Aug. 12, 1854. Address (1910) 203 Mifflin Ave., Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Shipper of Westinghouse Electrical Mfg. Company, East Pittsburg, Pa.
Alarried Elizabeth L. McClelland. Children: Elizabeth M., a teacher;
John F., Sara E., Eleanor; F (2) Abraham Boyer, New Galilee, Beaver
Co., Pa.; F (3) Henry Boyer, Eckley, Colorado; F (4) A daughter
married Louis Tarr. Address (1910) Rousville, i^a.
Part H
B (2) Asahel Beier, son of John Henry Beier and Elizabeth
Maria Zerbe, was born about 1735, in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., Pa.
His name is variously spelled Asahel, Assel, Oziel, and Asamus, Assemus,
Asomas, etc. In 1754 he took out a patent deed for 300 acres of land
in PinegTOve Tvvp., then licrks but later Schuylkill Co., Pa. In this
document, still in possession of the Bretz family who own the old home-
stead, his name is Asemus, Asinios, and iVsomas, showing the loose spell-
ing" of the times. In 1768 he paid tax on a 50-acre farm in Heidelberg
Twp., Berks Co., Pa., probably owning two farms at the time. See
page 132, Vol. XVIII, Third Series, Pennsylvania Archives. Here the
name is Assimus. On page 256 of the same Volume, where his tax on
150 acres in 1779 in Pinegrove Tvvp. is recorded, the name is Assamus,
On page 259 his son is recorded as a sing^le freeman paying a small tax'
in PinegTove Twp. Here the name is xAssamus. On page 388, where
the father pays tax on 100 acres in 1780, the name is Assimus. So is
the son's, who is still single. The same is true of both on page 515 in
the year 1781, where 200 acres are in question. On page 673, Vol. X,
Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives, the name is "Oziel" Boyer. Here
it is stated "Oziel Boyer killed in action." He belonged to the 8th Penna,
Regiment, Continental Line, a private soldier. The soldiers in ques-
tion here served between July 20, 1776 and Jan. 17, 1781. On p5^;e
364, Vol. 3, Fifth Series, Pa. Archives, the year of his death is recorded
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— 1778. His Schuylkill County desccntlants, as Abram R. Wingate, of
Washington, D. C, reported 1908, call him Awsel, and Assel. Rev. John
Caspar Stoever married Asahel lieier to Maria Eva Spieler, of Atolhoe
(Rehrcrsburg vicinity), Berks Co., Pa., July 24, 1757. This was about
three months after his father's death. So far as reported by his de-
scendants, the children were Asahel, Samuel, Adam, John, Ijarbara, sis-
ter (r\Irs. Leatherman), Christina, Katrina, and another sister.
C (i) Asahel Boycr, sOn of Asahel Beier and Maria Eva Spieler,
was born about 1756, near Pinegrove, Pa. Eived in Pinei^rove Twp.,
Schuylkill Co., Pa. It was then J^erks County, Pa. Married Magdalene
Nagle. Reported nn page 259, 39T, 517, 647, and 775, Vol. 18, Third
Series, Penns}lvania Archives, resi)ectively in 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784,
and 1785. A single freeman at least up to 1781. In 1784 he was ta.Ked
in Pinegrove Twp. for 169 acres of land. This looks as if he had taken
possession of his father's inheritance. On page 250, Vol. 2('>, Third Series,
Pennsylvania iVrchivcs, Asel Boyer, evidently the man in question, is
reported as a warrantee for 300 acres of land in lierks Co., Pa. The
transaction is (kited June tr, 1802: ( )n AiM-il [6, 1805, he made a will.
See Will Bocjk, Reading Court lluuse. Vol. 4, page 414, and A 540.
This will names his children: Johannes (John), Elizabeth, Christina,
Barbara, Filbina, Margaret, Eva, Adam, Katrina.
C (2) Sanuiel Boyer, son of Asahel Beier and ]\laria Eva Spieler,
was born about 1757, near I'inegrove, Pa. Lived in Pinegrove Town-
ship. Several Samuel Boyers were Revolutionary soldiers from Berks
Co., Pa., but at this writing the historian can not identify this Samuel
with any of the men recorded in the Archives. lie married Elizabeth
Schmidt (Smith). The historian's informant knows the name of only
one child, namely John, but it is likely that there were others.
C (3) Adam Boyer, son of Asahel Beier and Maria Eva Spieler.
Married. Children : Adam, Frank, John, and probably others.
C (4) John Boyer, son of Asahel I5eier and Maria Eva Spieler,
was born about 1780, and died about 1855 or i860. Farmer. Married.
No children. Buried at Salem Church (lletzel's), in the neighborhood
of Pinegrove, ]'a.
C (5) P.arbara ,Boycr, daughter of Asahel Beier and Maria Eva
Spieler, born about 17G5, quite likely near Pinegrove, Pa., married Mich-
ael Struphar, son of John George Struphar, who arrived in Pennsyl-
vania Sept. 15. 1749, on the ship Phoenix, and wife Bauscher. Both be-
longed to the Dunkard Church. Built house with large stone basement,
in which Dunkard meetings were held many years. He was born about
17G2. Children: Catharine, sister (Mrs. Zimmerman), Michael, and
perhaps others.
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C (6) A (laughter of Asahel Ikier and ^laria Eva Spieler, married
Leathermau.
C (7) Christina lioyer, daughter of Asaliel 15eier and Adaria Eva
Spieler, horn al)out 1765, married Piiilip Zerlie, horn Oet. 23, 1765. They
lived ahout three miles east of J^inegrove, I'a., in 1790. Children: Philip,
John, Philosophene, Daniel, Catharine, Christina. C (8) Katharine.
D (i) John, (2) Elizaheth, (3) Christina, (4) l]arbara,,( 5) Fil-
hina, (6) Margaret, (7) Eva, (8) .Vtlam, (9) and Catherine, were ehil-
dren of Asahel Boyer, Jr., and his wife Magdalene Nagie, as we know
from his "will" April 16, 1805. In this "will" Adam's daughter, Eliza-
beth, is mentioned. Adam was then dead.
D (i) John Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Elizabeth Schmidt,
Vv'as baptized in 1777 by Rev. Miles, near Pinegrove, I'a. He lived for
awhile in Maxatawny Twp., l>erks Co., Pa. About 1820 he moved to
Little Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa. In 1835 ^^^ moved to
Columbia Co., Pa., about two miles east of Numidia. He married Cath-
erine Weikel. On Sej)t. 5, 1838, he made a will, which was probated
Oct. II, 1838, at liloomsburg, Pa. , His wife was then living. The
children are named: Jacob, John, Elizabeth, Magdalene, Catherine,.
Dinah, and Daniel.
D (i) Adam Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and wife, died about
i860 or 1865, as Mrs. Bretz reports. Married first to Sophia Clouser,
and later to Elizabeth Rhoades. Children: William, Adam, Sophia,
Sarah, Catharine, Lucinda, Harriet, Daniel, Eli, George, Jaccd), Pliili]),
John, Martin, Charles, Eouisa, Caroline, Eliza, and others that died
young.
D (2-3) Frank Boyer and John T'oyer, sons of Adam Boyer and
wife, have not been rei)orted.
D ( I ) Catherine Struphar, daughter of Barbara Boyer and Michael
Struphar, born about 1787, near i'inegrove, Pa., died in 1856, and is
buried at Oil City, Pa. Married to John Wolf, born 1777, near Jones-
town, Lebanon Co., Pa. He died 1869, in Venango Co., Pa., and is
buried at Oil City, Pa. Probably a Dunkard. Children : Solomon
and -Catherine.
D (2) Michael Struphar, son of Barbara Boyer and Michael Strup-
har, born 1790, near Pinegrove. Pa., died 1875, &"<' ^s buried there. Mar-
ried Catherine Kuiz, born 1792. She died 1885. Children: Joshua,
Sarah, perhaps others. D (3) A sister married Zimmerman.
D (i) IMiilij) Zerbe, son of Christina Boyer and Philip Zerbe, bornt
about 1793, married Elizal)eth. Lived and died near Pinegrove, I'a.
Raised a family of nine children; D (2) John Zerbe, born y\pril 17,
1795, married Magdela. They had a family of seven children, and lived
in Indiana and Iowa; D (3J Philophena Zerbe, born May 5, 1796, never
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married; D<4) Daniel Zerbe, born Dec. i, 1799, died 1874. Lar-e farm
adjonimg- farm of his uncle John Boyer, Pinegrove, Pa. Married Cath-
erine Schwartz. Children: Daniel, Jared, Louisa, Edward, Alary .Vnne
Sarah, Kate, Peter; D (5) Catherine Zerbe, born April 19, 1798 mar-
ried Adam Stahl. One child: Adam Stahl; D (6) Christina Zerbe
born July 10, i8or, married John Zerbe. Thev had one daughter Duset-
ta. Divnig- (1913) 83 years old. She married George Bretz,\vho owned
the farm on which John iioyer lived. Address (1913) Pinegrove, Pa.
E (i) Jacob Boyer, son of John Boyer and Catherine Wc'ikel is
buried in Sullivan Co., Pa. Lutheran. Farmer in Helfenstein Pa
Married Susan Kuhns. Children: Elias, sister (lAIrs. Schoener) ' per-
haps others; E (2) John Boyer, born ALarch 3, i8o^ in Maxat'awny
Twp., Berks Co., Pa., died Jan. 4, 1876. Lutheran. Farmer. Married
Elizabeth Bixlcr. Reformed. Children: Solomon, Susan Charles B
Lyd.a, Annie, Hettie, John, Gabriel, Angelina; E (3) Elizabeth ]5oyer
married Jac^ob Derk. Children: Some at New Ringgold and some at
Rmgtown, Pa.; E (4) Magdalena Boyer married David Weary Chil-
dren; E (5) Catherine Boyer married Michael Kessler of Heoins Pa
Children; E (6) Diana (Dinah ) Boyer married Jacob Miller. Children-
L.vdia perhaps others; E (7) Daniel Boyer was born April 10 iSis'
probably in Afaxatawny Tw;)., Berks Co., Pa. Reformed. Lived i.i
Roaring Creek, Pa. Died May 12, 1888. Married Anna Miller born
Nov. 7, 1815. Children: Isaac, Rachel, Louisa, Katie, George, Andrew
Jeremiah, Mary, John. " ' '
E (I) Adam Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and his wife Sophia Clous-
er, IS buried m Stauffer's Ce.r.etery, Llewellyn, Pa. Married Zimmer-
man. Then Rebecca lleim. Children: Adam, Franklin, Jacob Paul
Esther, and Catharine.
E (2) Philip ik)yer, son of Adam Boyer and Elizabeth Rhoads
born Dec. 27, 1846. in Riley Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa. Lutheran. Miner
and Lrode. Nine battles and 17 months and 22 davs service. Married'
Rebecca etery. ^Address ( 1910) 8 East Bacon St., Pottsville, Pa. Chil-
dren .Wdl.ani Edwai-d, Mary Ellen, Annie Rebecca, John Adam, Jesse
Fiankhn, Carrie Elizabeth, George Garfield, and Aaron Arllnir
E (3) George Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and Elizabeth Rhoads
born Sept. 14, 1843. Lutheran. Farmer. Miner. Married ALarv Ellen
Jones Blackwood Pa. Children: (a) Sevilla Boyer, (b) David'Bover ,
born Nov. 10, 1878, (c) Ella Boyer, born Dec. 2, 1882, all of Blackwood
i ; ft^ ;T' .^'"'' ^'""'^ ^''''- -^' ^^^7. Address (1910) Mrs. John '
Schrefter, Minersville, Pa. ^ ^ ' J
E (4) Jacob Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and Elizabeth Rhoads,
born about 1844. Miner, Tower City, Pa. Evangelical church. Soldier
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■of sap.ie rcg,"iinent as brother Philip. Married Carrie Donnioyer. Chil-
• dren: Three l)oys, three j;;"irls, one of them Sevilla.
' E (5) Sarah L>o3'er, daughter of Adam Boyer and Sophia Clouser,
n:iarried David Hummel. Children: William (Frackville, Pa.), Charles
(Summit Station, i'a.), others.
K (6) John Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and wife Elizabeth Rhoads.
Miner, Tamaqua, Pa. Married P)arbara Schreffler. Children: Eliza-
beth, Eucy, and two other girls.
E (7) Sophia Boyer, daughter of z\dam Boyer and Sophia Clous-
er, married Reuben Fertig (soldier).
E (8) Martin Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Rhoads, miner, lives at Blackwood, Pa. There are four or five children.
E (y) Charles Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Rhoads, married and lives at Donaldson, Pa. There are children.
E (10) William Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and wife Sophia Clous-
er, born Dec. 8, 1830, died 191 2. Lived at Valley View, Pa. Soldier of
Civil War. Farmer. Married Susan Schofstall, born Jan. 20, 1835.
Children: Adaline A., Frank, James AL, Fallen R., Sarah A., Mary M.,
Wilson H., Frances, and Percie.
E (u) Catherine Boyer, daughter of Adam Bo}er and wife Sophia
Clouser, married John Daubert. Children : Address son Charles, Pine-
grove, Pa.; E (12) Caroline l^oyer (Rhoads) married Henry Zerbe. Chil-
dren: Plenr)' Zerbe. Address (1913) Zerbe, l^a. ; others ; E (13) Eucinda
Boyer married Zerbe and then Geiger. Children : George Zerbe, Leb-
anon, Pa. Charles Geiger, and four others; E (14) Eliza Boyer, daugh-
ter of Adam Boyer and Elizabeth Rhoads, married John Crawford. No
children; E (15) Louisa Boyer, daughter of Adam Boyer and wife,
married John Neidlinger, Blackwood, Pa. Children : Eleven sons and
three daughters; E (16-17) F)anicl and EH died young; E (18) Flar-
riet died single.
E (i) Solomon Wolfe, son of Catharine Struphar and John Wolfe,
born Dec. 16, 1810, married Catharine Miller, June 5, 1846. Children:
Emmanuel, Catharine, John Daniel, Tobias F., George A., lyucy A.,
Simon L., David E.
E (2) Catharine Wolfe, daughter of Catharine Struphar and John
Wolfe, born Dec. 22, 1826, near Lebanon, Pa. Married Dr. John Daniel -
Wingate, born Dec. 26, 1821, at Middleburg, Union Co., Pa. Dentist.
Died at Carbondale, Pa., July 1879. Children: Abram Reber Wingate,
Daniel Miles Wingate, Minnie May Wingate.
E (3) Daniel M. Wolfe, son of Catharine Struphar and John
Wolfe, born June 15, 1837, died Feb. 21. 1910, at Spring Mills, Pa. Luth-
eran minister. Professor of Languages. Very fine man.
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E (i) Joshua Strujjhar, son of Michael Struphar and Catliarine
Kiitz, was born 1850, died Sept. 1908. Lived at Green Point, I'a.
E (2) Sarah Struphar, daughter of Michael Strui^har and Cath-
arine Kutz, born 1833, married (1854) John Haldeman. Address (1913)
Pinegrove, Pa. Children: Eleven. The youngest, William. Address
(1915) Normal School, Kutztown, Pa. Very fine man.
E (i) Daniel Zerbe, son of Daniel Zerbe and Catherine Schwartz,
born Aug. i, 1824, died 1882. ^larried Esther Mary Gebert, and after-
wards Barbara Krick. Children: W. Lafayette, Ella, Ann Caroline,
of first marriage. Henry, Alice, Daniel, Lewis, Ida, of second marriage.
E (i) John Boyer, son of Boyer, who died 1831, and is
buried somewhere in the neighborhood of Pinegrove, Pa. He was born
April 3, 1816, in Schuylkill County, presumably in the neighborhood of
Pinegrove, died Nov. 30, 1881, and is buried at Fredericksburg, Lebanon
Co.,l^a. Physician at Fredericksburg, Pa. Married Catharine Zerbe
born 1822, ill Schuylkill Co., Pa., presumably in the neighborhood of
Pinegrove,' Pa. She -dietl March 18, 1886. From the fact that this
family of Boyers was associated and intermarried with the Zerbe people,
and that Daniel Zerbe, son of Daniel Zerbe, who lived in Pinegrove,
was born in August 1824, and that he had a sister by the name of Kate
or Catharine, the historian argues that John Boyer v/as a grandson
of Samuel Boyer, son of Asahel Bayer, Jr., or of a brother, or cousin
of this Samuel Boyer. The affiliation of this branch of Boyers with the
Church of the Ih-ethren adds nuich force to the argument, and leaves
almost no doubt. The children of John Boyer and Catharine Zerbe were
ITenry F., Elizabeth, Mary, and Annie.
E (2) Jacob Boyer, son of Boyer, who died 1831. Me was
a bachelor, and lived in Lidiana. Al:)out i860 he visited his brother at
Myerstown, Pa. The date of his birth and death are not known to the
liistorian.
E (3) Susan Boyer, daughter of Boyer, who died 1831.
She married Reverend Ziegenfus, a minister of the Evangelical Church,^
and left no children.
F (i ) Elias Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Susan Kuhns, born May
5, 1825. Lutheran. Carpenter. Address (1913) Cressona, Pa. Soldier
in Civil War. Married Mary ^Lagdalene Fletcher. Children: (a)
Ellen Wilson Boyer. Address (1913) Mrs. William IL Dornsife, Cres-
sona, Pa. (b) William Thompson Boyer. (c) Charles Elias I'.oycr,
Tamaqua, Pa. Born Feb. 4, 1863. Railroader. Married Beulah llelwig.
(d) John Franklin Boyer, East Mauch Chunk, Pa. P>orn Sept. 26, 1868.
Engineer. Married jMary Kiehl. Children, (e) Leonore Adelaide Boy-
er. Address (1910) Mrs. Fred PTelTner, Gordon, Pa.
F (2) Gideon Boyer, probably the son of Jacob Boyer and Susan
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Kuhns, v/as born in Mahantongo Vallc)', Schuylkill Co., Pa., and went
to Ohio, where he is buried. Married Elizabeth Cherry. Children: (i)
Daniel C. iioyer, born March 4, 1839. Addre.ss O'J^S) ^'ordon, Pa.
Laborer. Methodist. Married cousin Alice Boyer, daughui i.i I'liilip
Poyer. Children: (a) Bertha (Read), First and Lehman Si^., Lebanon,
I'a. (b) Plarr}', of Gordon, Pa. Married Emma Thompson, (c) Viola.
(2) George W. Boyer. Address (1914) Cleveland, Ohio. Married and
has children. (4) Philip Bo3'er. Address (1914) Clyde, Ohio. Mar-
ried and has children. (5) Michael Boyer, Fremont, Ohio. Married
and has ehildren. (6) Fictta, Mary, and others.
F (3) Philip Boyer, probably son of Jacob Boyer and Susan Kuhns,
or a lirst wife, was born near Mahantongo Valley, Pa. He died C8 years,
2 months and 2 days old about 1883, in Gordon, l-'a., where he lived.
Reformed. Stone mason. Married Eavina Fry. Children: Amanda,
wife of Peter Miller, 2822 Darien St., I'hila., Pa.; Alice, wife of cousin,
Daniel C. Boyer; Philip Boyer, of Treverton, Pa., married to Emma
Dcibert. Children: Nathan, Plenry, Asher, Mary, antl John Boyer, born
JMay I, 183 . Address (1914) Gordon, Pa. Sub-foreman. Married
Caroline I3err. Children: Clayton, Oram, John, and Maurice, at home
in 1914.
F (4) George Boyer, probably son of Jacob Boyer and Susan
Kuhns, or first wife, lived at Tremont, Pa., was married, but left no
children.
F (5) Daniel Boyer, ])robably son of Jacob Boyer and Susan
Kuhns, or first wife, lived in Mahantongo Valley. F (6) Perha])s others.
F (i) Attorney Solomon Boyer, son of John Boyer and Elizabeth
Bixler, born Jan. 4, 1829, in Little Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland
Co., Pa. Teacher. Admitted to l)ar, Aug. 5, 1858. Attorney-at-law.
Address (1913) Sunbury, Pa. Author of "Crinfinal Digest." Revenue
collector under Lincoln. Married (1850) Esther Haupt. Children:
Francis, who died young, and Amelia, wife of J. H. McDevitt, Sun-
bury, Pa.
F (2) Susan Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Elizabeth Bixler,
born June 28, 1831, died Nov. 9, 1907. Married John 'K. Maurer. Chil-
dren: (a) Peter' B. Maurer. Address (1909) Mowry, Pa. (b) Charles
B. Maurer. Address (1909) Mowry, Pa. (c) Solomon B. Maurer. Ad-
dress (1909) Mowry, Pa. (d) William H. Maurer. Address (1909)
Mowry, Pa. (e) Mary Maurer. Address (1910) Mrs. Mary Kehler,
Mt. Carmel, Pa.
F (3) Charles B. Boyer, son of John Boyer and Elizabeth Bixler,
born A.nril 27, 1836, in East Cameron Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
Lutheran. Farmer. Address (1913) Shamokin, Pa. R. F. D. i. Mar-
ried (Nov. 9, 1857) Lucy N. Plaupt. She died 24 years old. On May
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27, 1866, he married Lucianu Startzel. She also died. Oa April 15,
1882 he married Amelia Alaurer. Children: (a) Aaron Beyer, born
June 26, 1858. Married Kate A. Wary, Shamokin, Pa., R. F. D. i, Box
62. Children: (i) Cyrus Boyer, Sixth St., Shamokin, Pa. Born July
25, 1880. Clerk. Married Katie L. Kerstetter. (2) Florence Boyer,
born March 8, 18S2, Shamokin, Pa. Dressmaker. (3) Milton lioyer,
Bethlehem, Pa. Machinist. Born March 16, 1884. Married Elsie Purty.
Children. (4) Frances Boyer, Shranokin, Pa., R. F. D. i. Born !\lay
17, 1886. (5) Perry W. Boyer, Shamokin, Pa., l^i. F. D. i. Born Dec.
13, 1892. (b) Albert Boyer, Second St., Shamokin, Pa. (c) Perry W.
Boyer. (c) Ellsworth Boyer, son of Euciana Startzel. Address (1909)
Corner 3rd and Gowen Sts., Shamokin, Pa. (d) Martha Boyer, daughter
of Amelia Maurer, married John Latshaw. AcUlress ( 1909) Shamokin,
Pa., R. F. D. I, I5ox 23. (e) Elverta Boyer. Address (1909) Shamo-
kin, Pa., R. F. D. I.
F (4) Lydia Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Elizabeth Pnxler,
born at Gowen City, Pa., and died there 61 years old. Married SoIcjuiou
11. Ziegenfus. Died 78 years old. Clrildren: (a) I. B. Ziegcnfus. Ad-
dress (1909) Mowry, Pa. Born June i, 1871. Evangelical. Laborer.
Married Maggie Beury. Children: Alma, Earl W. (b) Augustus
Ziegenfus, Mowry, Pa. (c) G. B. Ziegenfus, Lavelle, Pa. (d) Lizzie
Ziegenfus, Mrs. Lizzie Christopher, Mowry, Pa. (e) Esther Ziegenfus,
]\'Irs. Esther Aiaurer, Mt. Carmel, Pa. ( f ) j\Irs. Christian Felker, 55
W. Douglass St., Reading, Pa. (g) Amanda Ziegenfus. Address
(1909) ]\Irs. Amanda Dieter, Reading, Pa. (h) Marcus Ziegenfus. Ad-
dress (1909) Baker City, Oregon.
F (5) John Boyer, son of John Boyer and Elizabeth Bixler, born
Aug. 3, 1841. Address (1909) Shamokin, Pa. Married (1864) Plannah
Weary. Children: (a) Alice Boyer. Mrs. Henry Orner, S. Shamokin
St., Shamokin, Pa. (b) Elizabeth Boyer. Mrs. William Koons, Gow-
en City, Pa. (c) Archibald Boyer, Shamokin, Pa., R. F. D., Box 11.
(d) Priscilla Boyer. Mrs. James Scott, 7th St., Shamokin, Pa. (e)
Clara Boyer. Mrs. Monroe Weary, Gowen City, Pa. (f) llattie Boyer.
Mrs. Henry Weary, loio Mulberry St., Shamokin, Pa. g) IVIinnie Boy-
er. Mrs. Samuel Plannold, 318 Spruce St., Camden, N. J. (h) John
Boyer,' Gowen City, Pa. (i) Robert Boyer, Gowen City, Pa.
F (6) Annie Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Elizabeth Bixler,
born May 11, 1844, married Peter WoU. Address (1909) 425 Harrison
St., Pottsville, Pa. Children: (a) Annie E. Well, 425 Harrison St.,
Pottsville, Pa. (b) Peter B. Woll, 1058 East 72nd St., Cleveland, Ohio,
(c) Lewis Woll, Kalispell, Montana, (d) Philip A. Woll, 331 W. 124th
St., New York, (e) Minnie F. Woll, (f) Joseph H. Woll, (g) Clara
B. Woll.
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F (7) Hettle Boyer, daug-hter of John Boyer and Elizabeth Bix-
ler, born May 11, 1844, married Samuel Weikle. Address (1909) Mrs,
Hettie Weikle, Shamokin, Pa., R. F. D. i. Cliildren : (a) Angelina
Weikle. Married Charles Kline, Pitman, Pa. (b) EUsvvork Weikle,
Gowen City, Pa. (c) Herman Weikle, Shamokin, i'a., R. B\ D. i, Box 8.
F (8) Gabriel P>03'er, son of John Boyer and Eliazbeth Bixler, born
April 3, 1847, East Cameron Tvvp., Northumberland Co., I'a. Address
(i()i3) 1007 Center St., Ashland, I*a. Church of God. Dealer in wag-
ons, agricultural implcmenis, etc. Married Mar}' Shaller, beirn June
16, 1849. Children-: (a) Jennie Boyer, born ]\Iay 13, 1871. Married
George W. Weikle, born Feb. 24, i8r)7. Carpenter. Address (1909)
39 W. Walnut St., Alt. Carmel, Pa. Children: Lawrence, EUwood,
Ardella. (b) Clara- Boyer, born May 22, 1875. Married Frank U.
Geist, born July 6, 1871. Cijnfectioner, 1219 Centre St., Asldand, Pa.
Children: John, Kurd, Lyle. (c) Allen Boyer, 237 W. Walnut St.,
Shaniokin, Pa. Carpenter. Marrietl Katie Kessler, born Feb. 1879.
Children: Earle. (d) Howard Boyer, 2422 S. Beulah St., Phila., Pa.
Born Nov. 24, 1880. Printer. Married Laura Donaldson, born Aug,
1880. Children: Ralph, Raymond, William, (e) Lillie Bo3'er, born
Sept. 18, 1884, and died Dec. 20, 1902.
F (9) Angelina Bo)er, daughter of John Boyer and Elizabeth Bix-
ler, married Gilbert Reitz, Mt. Carmel, Pa. No children.
F ([) Lydia Miller, daughter of Dinah l^oyer and Jacob Miller,
married i lowell, Miltlinville, Columbia Co., Pa.
F (1) Henry F. Boyer, son of Dr. John Boyer and Catherine Zerbe,
born Jan. 3, 1842, at Myerstown, Pa-. Address (1909) 315 Main St.,
Suuth Allentovvn, Pa. United IVethren Church. Served in 93rd and
56th Reginients during Civil War. Engineer by occupation. Married
Amelia E., born Aug. 6, 1847, in Lebanon Co., Pa. Children: (a) Em-
nia L. Boyer, born Oct. 3, 1869. She married Thomas E. Chatten, 316
High St., Bethlehem, Pa. (b) Annie ]\L Boyer, l)orn Feb. 23, 1872.
Married Martin L. Broad, Venn Argyll, Pa. (c) William H. Boyer,
born Sept. 23, 1874. Minister. Address (19O9) Rev. William H. Boyer,
Williamstown, Dauphin Co., Pa. Married Stella M. Jacoljy. Children:
John H., born Dec. 6, 1894, and Ethel I\L (d) Eva M. Boyer, born Jan.
20, 1883, married Charles G. Fisher, 315 Main St., South Allentown, Pa.
F (2) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Dr. John Pjoyer and Catharine
Zerbe, married Neiswender, Orwigsburg, Pa. No children.
F (3) Mary Boyer, daug-hter of Dr. John Boyer and Catharine
Zerbe, married Martin, Pottsville, Pa. Children: Charles Martin, 322
W. Ray St., Pottsville, Pa. Grant Martin, 322 W. Ray St., Pottsville,
Pa. Oscar Martin, 322 W. Ray St., Pottsville, Pa. Ellen Martin (Mil-
ler) Lebanon, Pa.
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F (4) Annie Boyer, danghler of Dr. John Eoyer and Catharine
Zerbe, married Dr. WilHam Christ. Address (1909) White Haven, Pa.
No children.
F (i ) Isaac Coyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Anna Miller, born Nov.
18, 1849, i'l Roaring- Creek, Pa. Lutheran. Miner. Address (1909)
Aristes, Pa. Married Hannah Levan. Only child : Mary Ellen Boyer,
born March 30, 1879, ^t Centralia, Pa., married Earl Alfred Brobst.
Children: (i) Isaac, child of first husband Levan, (2) Earl Brobst,
(3) Claire Brobst, Mrs. Earl Albert Brobst, Aristes, Pa.
F (2) Rachel Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and Anna Miller,
married Daniel Knerr. Children: Ik-ulah and Isaiah.
F (3) Louisa Boyer, daughter of Daniel lioyer and Anna .Miller,
born Feb. 28, 1848, died Aug-. 28, 1878. Married Richard Watkins.
Moved to Iowa. Children : Seven or more.
F (4) Katie Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and .Vrma Miller,
married Samuel Helvvig, Numidia, ■ Pa. Children: (a), Plannah 1 lel-
wig, married Mr. Isberg-. Address (1909) Roaring- Creek, Pa. Children:
Several, (b) Isaiah Helwig^ married Amelia .A-pple. Children: (i)
George Helwig. Married. Children: Junius, Ida ( Lindenmuth), Kate,
Ella, Nora, Maggie, John.
F (5) George Bo}er, son of Daniel Boyer and Anna Miller, mar-
ried Amanda Rumbel, Ringtown, Pa. No children.
F (6) Andrew Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Anna Miller.
Lutheran. Farmer. Address (1909) Newlin, Pa. Married Rosanna
liouck. She died. Child-ren: (a) Ellen Boyer, (b) Gertrude Boyer,
Newlin. Pa.
F (7) Jeremiah Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Anna Miller. Re-
formed. Farmer, Catawissa, Pa., R. F. D. Married Lizzie Beaver.
Children: Robert Boyer, Catawissa, Pa.,.R. F. D.
F (8) Mary Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer and Anna Miller,
married William Womer, Numidia, Pa. Children.
F (9) John Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Anna Miller, born
Nov. 15, 1841, died Sept. i, 1878. Farmer. Married Lydia Houck.
Children: (a) William Hoyer, Ringtown, Pa. Farn-ier. Married Sevilla
Frey. Children: Oscar, Guy, Carrie, (b) Sarah Anne Boyer. Mar-
ried John Schaeffer, Numidia, Pa. Children: Earl, (c) Mamie Boyer.
Married Cyrus Neidig. Dead. Mrs. Mamie Neidig, Fisher's Ferry, Pa.,
R. F. D. Children: Harry, Bertha, Minnie, Lydia. (d) John Boyer,
Roaring Creek, Pa. Married Sarah Levan. There are children.
F (i) Franklin Boyer, scni of Adam Boyer and his wife Rebecca
Heim. Teaming, Llewellyn, Pa. Married Starr. Children.
F (2) Adam L!oycr, son of Adani Boyer and wife. Supervisor.
Tremont, Pa. Married Annie Miller. No children.
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F (3) Jacob Paul Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and Rebecca Ileini,
"born March 2, 1861. Miner. Address (1913) 836 N. 3rd St., Pottsville,
Pa., or Middleport. I\Iarried Ida Wallace. Children : Charles Clinton,
]\'Iary Rebecca, Ada Elizabeth, Herman Panl, Emerson Ileihnan, Winheld
Scott, Evelyn Ursula, Theron Wallace.
F (4) Esther Boyer, dauj^hter of Adam Boyer and his wife Rebecca
Heim, married Ilain, jMinersville, Pa. Children : Four or more.
F (5) Catharine Boyer, daughter of Adam Boyer and Rebecca
Pleim, marrietl. Had one daughter. She is dead, but left three children.
F (i) Atialine Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Susan
Schofstal, born Jan. 3, 1856. Alarried Ressler, Valley View, Pa.; F (2)
Frank Boyer, born June 3, 1S58. Lutheran. Married. Farmer, Hegins,
Pa. Married Catherine Deiter, born Sept. 22, 1861. Children: Sev-
eral; F (3) James Monroe Adam Boyer, born Dec. 24, i860, at Hegins,
Pa. ]\Iiner, Reinerton, Pa. Married Ellen Wiest. Children; F (4)
Ellen Rebecca I)Oyer, born June 22, 1862, married Bowers, Tremont, Pa. ;
F (5) Sarah A. Boyer, born Nov. 1865, married Samuel Stutzman,
Hegins, Pa. Children; F (6) Mary M. Boyer, born Aug. 1868, married
Samuel Savidge, Valley View, Pa. Children; F ^7) Wilson Harvey
Ijoyer, born C^ct. 17, 1871. Miner, Valley View, Pa. Married Victoria
Sevilla Harner, born Jan. 17, 1877. Children: John Wilson Boyer, born
Sept. I, 1897; Eva Matilda Boyer, born Mar. 7, 1904; Gertie lona Boyer,
"born Aug. 30, 1907; F (8) Frances Boyer, born Oct. 1877. Lutheran.
Married David Morgan, Valley View, Pa. Children; F (cj) ]V^rcie
Boyer, born March 28, 1879. Miner, Valley View, Pa.
F (i) William Edward Boyer, son of Philip Boyer and Rebecca
Petery, was born Oct. 30,, 1868. Plumber, 1534 Hollywood St., Phila.,
Pa. Died. Married Emma Klippenstein. Children: William, George;
F (2) Mary Ellen lioyer was born Feb. 8, 1872. Married Oscar Fegley,
E.ose Hill Station, Olney, Phila., Pa. Children: Victor, Clarence ; F (3)
Annie Rebecca Boyer, born Nov. 13, 1873. Address (1913) East Bacon
St., Pottsville, Pa.; F (4) John Adam Boyer, born Oct. 18, 1875, died
June 19, 1904. Miner at Pottsville. Married Mary Ault. No children;
F (5) Jesse Franklin Boyer, born April 9, 1878. Railroader, Liberty
St., Allentown, Pa. ^Tarried Emma Bear. Children: Victor, Anna,
Elenore, John, Dorothy ; F (6) Carrie lilizabeth Boyer, born Feb. 28,
1880, married Harvey Limbenhen, Pottsville St., Mechanicsville, Schuyl-
kill Co., Pa. Children: Verna, Grace, Philip; F (7) George Garfield
Boyer, born May 31, 1881. Sawyer, 1931 Orianna St., Phila., Pa. Mar-
ried Sallie. Children: George, Bertha, Catharine; F (8) Aaron Boyer,
born March 23, 1895, St. Clair, Pa. Married Sarah Cookson. Children:
Aaron.
F (i) Abram Reber Wingate, son of Catherine Wolfe and Dr.
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John D. Wingate, born Dec. 11, 1863, at Bellefonte, Pa. Presbyterian.
Teacher. Head book-keeper and financial man at the New Willard
Hotel, Washington. D. C. Much interested in the Oziel (Assel) Jk^yer
genealogy. Married (Sept. 15, 1885) Catherine H. Gilliland, born Aug.
2, 1859. Children: Mary Hanijjsher, born Sc])t. 2, 1886; Harry Arm-
strong, born Jan. 21, 1888; Minnie May, born Jan. 14, 1891 ; Anna Belle,
born Jan. 12, 1892; Florence, born Feb. 28, 1895; Adam Rcber, born
Nov. 6, 1896; Rosa H. G., born Oct. 16, 1901.
F (2) Daniel Miles Wingate, son of Catherine Wolfe and Dr. John
D. Wingate, born April 5, 1861, at Bellefonte, Pa. Address (1909) Dr.
Daniel M. Wingate, 825 Fourteenth St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Children: John Nelson, born 1889, and Jennie Catherine.
F (3) Minnie May Wingate, daughter of Catherine Wolfe and Dr.
John D. Wingate, born March 25, 1867, married (1892) Dr. W. A.
Spencer, Carbondale, Pa. She died 1895. One child: Lyman Wingate
Spencer, born 1895.
F (i) Emmanuel Miller Wolfe, son of Solomon Wolfe and Cath-
erine Miller, born Oct. 27, 1847. Dentist, Oil City, Pa., liox 333. Mar-
ried Margaret Orr. Children: (a) Linden Wright Wolfe, born Nov.
22, 1872; (b) Catharine Isabella Wolfe, born Sept. 29, 1877; (c) John
Miller Wolfe, born July 13, 1889; F (2) Catherine Adelia Wolfe, born
July 14, 1849; F (3) Jolu^ Daniel Wolfe, born July 2, 1851, died Sept.
18, 1899. Single; F (4) Tobias Fisher Wolfe, born March 11, 1853;
F (5) George A. Wolfe, born Feb. 1855, died RLny 23, 1878. Single;
F (6) Lucy A. Wolfe, born Feb. 23, 1857; F (7) Simon L. Wolfe, born
March 2, i860; F (8) David Elmore Wolfe, born Oct. 19, 1862.
F (i) \Villiam Lafayette Zerbe, son of Daniel Zerbe and Esther
May Gebert, was born Dec. 18, 18^5, and died June 1905. Shoe mer-
chant at Pinegrove, Pa. Married Melcsa Hain. Only son: William E.
Zerbe, born Feb. 15, 1868. Lumber and constructing. Cabinet maker
by trade. Lutheran. Address (1913) Pinegrove, Pa. Married Lillie
May Shelly. Children: (a) Charles W. Zerbe, married Emma Leh-
man. Assists father, (b) James M. Zerbe married Ollie Lloy. Leather
roller. Address (1913) Pinegrove, Pa. (c) Annie, (d) John.
G (i) Charles Clinton Boyer, son of Jacob Paul Boyer and Lla
Wallace, was born July 1889. Machinist. Address (1913) 836 N. 3rd
St., Pottsville, Pa. ; G (2) Mary Rebecca Boyer married Robert Kohler,
1329 Crease St., Phila., Pa.; G (3) Ada Elizabeth Bo.yer married Hilde-
brand, 205 W. Race St., Pottsville, Pa. ; G (4) Herman Paul Boyer,
836 N. 3rd St., Pottsville, Pa.; G (5) Emerson Heilman ; G (6) Win-
field Scott; G (7) Evelyn Ursula; G (8) Theron W^allace.
CHAPTER XII
ANDREAS BEYER.
Church records show that Andreas Ileycr was born February 2,
1710, at Ebstcin, Chur-Pfaltz, Germany, and that he died May 27, 1768.
He is buried in the old graveyard of the "Little Tulpehocken" Church,
Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., Pa. The church is located one and one-
half miles west of Bernville, Pa., and was founded by Rev. John Caspar
Stoever, about 1729-30. Andreas Ikyer resided in North Heidelberg-
Twp., close to the church, in his later years. This is shown by the fact
that he left a "will," written in the year of his death, and recorded in the
Will Book at Reading, Pa., Vol. 2, page 42. The executors were vSamuei
]5ayer, his son, and Paul Lengel, who was probaljly a son-in-law. From
this "will" we learn that his wife's name was Maria Sevilla. From the
fact that her marriage is not recorded by Rev. Stoever, we infer that .'■■he
came with Andreas as a bride. The "will" names eleven children, and
the "Little Tulpehocken" records give us valuable dates and other details.
The children were John Jacob, Elizabeth, Samuel, John, John Peter,
Susanna, .'Vbraham, Martin, Anna, Sabilla and Yotter. The last one is
not in the graveyard records.
B ( L) John Jacob l>eycr, son of Andreas Bc)-er and his wife Maria
Sevilla, was l^orn March 2, 1731. l^robably died 1701, in Heidelberg
Twp., i'erks Co., Va. See "Accounts" (1750-1804) Recorder's (Miice,
Ivcading, Pa. The estate of a George Beyer of the same township was
administered May 20, 1839. See Vol. 14, page 53. Nov. 10, 1819, John
lloyer's estate was administered by George lio)'er. Sec page 275, Vol. 8.
June 30, 1832, Jacob Boyer's estate was administered. See Vol. 11, page
259. It is likely that these men were sons of John Jacob Beyer, but it
has not been proved, nor can we find other children if there were otliers.
B (2) Elizabeth Beyer, daughter of Andreas Beyer and wife ]\lai-ia
Sevilla, was born March 28, 1733.
B (3) Samuel Beyer, son of Andreas Beyer and wife IMaria Sevilla,
was born April 27, 1737. His wife's name was Elizabeth, as we know
from the "will" made 1808 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., Pa., and re-
corded in yci]. A 547, Vol. 5, page 67. hi this "will" the children are
named. They were Jonathan, Christina, Catharine, Maria Elizabeth,
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Abraham, and Sibilla. Jonathan's name appears in the Hain's Clmrch
records Nov. 14, 1784, and Dec. 10, 1787, unless we are mistaken.
B (4) John Beyer, son of Anch-eas Beyer and wife Maria Sevilla,
was born Feb. 2, 1740, and died 1784. Lived in Heidelberg- Twp., Berks
Co., Pa. Wife's name was Gertrude, as we know from his "will" made
Jan. 20, 1783, and recorded in Vol. 3, A 58, pat^e 331, at Reading, Pa.
Children: John, probably the one named in Vol. 10, page 240, Feb. 19,
1828; Henry, j\lichael, Veronica, Maria, Barbara, Catherine, Elizabeth.
B (5) John Peter Beyer, son of Andreas Beyer and wife ]\Iaria
Sevilla, was born Oct. 27, 1740, and died March 29, 1784. Buried at the
"Corner Church," Robesonia, Pa. Wife's name Anna Barbara, as wo
know from "will" made 1784, in Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., Pa., and
recorded in Vol. A 66, Vol. 3, page 45. The children were Daniel and
Kva. In 1796 Daniel made a "will." See Vol. B 422, Vol. 3, page 240.
His wife was Mary, but he had no children. Probably the I'eter Boyer,
of Sinking Si)rings, born 1772, was also a son.
B (6) Susannah l>c}'er, daughter of Andreas Beyer and wife Maria
Sevilla, was born March 2, 1745. She married Christian Gru])cr, broth-
er of Adam Gruber, the great-great grandfather of Professor Calvin
Gruber, of the Keystone State Normal School.
B (7) Abraham Beyer, son of Andreas Beyer and wife ]\Iaria
Sevilla, was born May 2, 1747, and is buried at the "Corner Church,"
near Robesonia, Pa.
B (8) Martin Beyer, s(^n of Andreas Beyer and wife Maria Sevilla,
was born Sept. 21, 1750. This date shows that he was not the Martin
Beyer of the Hain's Church recortls, for the latter was about 30 years
older. But the two Martins were probably relatives. The historian
believes that he and Andreas, father of the younger Martin, and also
John Henry, of Tulpehocken, were either brothers or cousins.
C (i) William Boyer was probably a grandson of Andreas Beyer,
of Heidelberg Twp., Ik-rks Co., Pa., or of John Henry Beyer, of Tul-
pehocken. His daughter Sarah's birth in 1794, recorded in the Plain's
Church, shows that he was born about 1774 or earlier. The wife's name
is not mentioned in this record, but it is known that she was Elizabeth
Plemmich of Oley, Pa. Pie died at the age of forty years, and is buried
at the Plain's Church. Perhaps this means that he was Reformed, and
that he belongs to the Andreas Beyer people. Plis children were Sarah,
Kate, Nellie, Isaac, I. Jeremiah, and John Henry.
C (i) John Boyer, probably the son of John Boyer and his wife
Gertrude (See B 4), was born about 1760. We have no data except
the particulars taken from an old Bible in possession of a Port Clinton,
Schuylkill Co., Pa., family. Here the children are named: George,
Andrew, Henry, and Joseph.
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C ( I ) Peter Dover was probabl}- the son of John Peter Beyc- and
li!S wife Anna llarbara, of ileidelbcr- Twp., Berks Co., Pa., or one of
John Peter Boyer's brothers. Correspondents report that Peter Boyer
Avas born about 1772, probaljly in the vicinity of Sinkin- Springs Berks
■Co., Pa. Proprietor of Sinkin- Sprin- tavern. '•Aliorated (1818) with
family to Ohio, where he lived for a while, and then proceeded to .Mis-
souri with, a number of brothers and sisters ai'id all of his family, about
the year 1837." The preccdino- sentence is quoted from a report bv
Attorney John S. Boyer, St. Joseph, iA[o. His wife was Elizabeth
Binckley. Peter Boyer died 1856, in Buchanan Co., Alo., and his wife
1859. There were twelve children. Eleven -rew to maturitv • Henry
Gcor-e VV., Jacob, Monroe, Lydia. Sarah, Matilda, Alcina, Joseph, Eliza,'
Alaria. The Deed Book at Readin- Court House may throw light on the
parentage of Peter Boyer. The Sinking- Springs Church records do not
help us. Perhaps the Trinity Church Records, Reading, or some other
neighboring church will finally give up the secret.
D (T) John IT. Boyer, son of William Bover and Elizabeth Hem-
mich. was bo'-n iSio, B.erks Co., Pa. Buried at Hain s Church near
Wcrncrsville, Pa. Reformed. Weaver. Married twice. First wife a
Palm; second, Susan Matternes. Children: [lenrv 11. , John P Isaac
and Ellen; D (2) Isaac Boyer. Married. Children:' Frank Lewis'
perhaps others; D (3) Jeremiah Bover is buried at Corner Church'
Robcsoma, Pa. Farmer. Married Christina Leininger. Children: Paac'
Wilham, Peter, Jacob, John, Eliza, Annie.
D (I) Henry Boyer. son of T'eter Bover and Elizabeth Binklcy
was born at Sinking Springs, Berks Co., Pa., and buric<l in Buchanan
Co., Mo. Farmer. Married Eydia Dcppen. Children: Benjamin, George
I\r., Newton, Peter D., Malinda. Lydia, Charlotte; D (2) George W
Boyer was born Sept. 9, 1825, Stark Co., Ohio. Lived in Buchanan Co.^
Mo., until 1866. Sold his big farm and moved to Nebraska. Presby-
terian. IX-mocrat. Married Sabina Bowen, of Berks Co., Pa., in 1847.
Children: Catharine E., Edwinna, Isabella, James I., Matilda, Alice;
D (3) Jacob Boyer was born 1813, in Pennsylvania. Farmer in Buchan-
an Co., Mo. Married Hannah Kessler. Children: Wilham H. Boyer,
Easton, Mo., R. F. D. 3 ; James P. Boyer, Easton, Mo., R. F. D.' y,
Peter Boyer, Easton, Mo., R. F. D. 3; Isaac Bover, North St.. St. [oseph,'
Mo.; Lucy, wife of Lich, luiston, Mo., R. F. D. 3; B (4) Monroe
Boyer married Minerva Sifers. Children: William D. Bover, St Toseph
Mo., and others; D (5) Lydia Boyer. daughter of Peter 'liover and
Elizabeth Binckly, married John Slaybaugh. Children: Cyrus Slay-
baugh, Easton. Mo., and others; D (6) Sarah Bover married Isaac
\'oorhies. Children: Isaac \'oorhies, St. Joseph. Mo., and others; D (7)
Alatikla Boyer married Isaac Gibson. Children: James Gibson, Easton,
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j\Io., and others; D (8) Alcinda Boyer married Dr. Absalom Kerns,
born Feb. 14, 1824. Children: Laura, Eberly, Charles, John W., Matilda,
Robert A. (Address Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1909), Mary E. The
address of John W. Kerns (1909) was 1436 Jefferson St., Kansas City,
i\Io. ; D (9) Joseph lloyer eame to Ohio with parents. Moved to In-
diana. Married. Children: Oliver lioyer. Moved to Missouri. Four
children. Dr. Ed. J. Boyer, Kansas City, Mo., and three others; D (10-
11) Eliza ];>oyer (Mrs. Washini^ton Run)an ) and Maria Boyer (Mrs.
Andrew Chambers).
D (I) George Boyer, son of John Bayer and his wife, was born
about 1780-1800. Lived at Womelsdorf after 1830. Shoemaker. Buried
in the cemetery of the stone church, Womelsdorf, Fa. ^larried ALir-
g'aret Rosengrant, and afterwards Catherine Werner. Children : George,
Cyrus, John, William, Frederick, Frank, Caroline, Amanda, Maria ; D (2)
Andrew Boyer died single; D (3) iienry Boyer lived at Franktord,
Phila., Pa. Farmer. Married. Children: Eliza Lioyer and [)erhaps
others; D (4) Joseph Bo}'er. Married. Children: Three. No data
reported; D (5) Perhaps others.
E (i) Henry M. Boyer, son of John H. Boyer and Susan Mat-
ternes, was born June 18, 1836, in I,ower Fleidelberg Twp., Ilerks Co.,
Pa. Reformed. Wheelwright. Married Sarah Reigert. His address
(1913) 312 S. 9th St., Lebanon, Pa. Children: Louisa E., William H.,
Lillie K. ; E (2) John IL Bo}'er is buried at I'.rickerville, Lane. Co., Pa.
]\Lirried. Widow lived (1910) at Lincoln, Pa. Children: Son was at
home at Lititz, Pa.; E (3) Isaac Bo3'er lived in Lower Heidelberg,
Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Married Martha Clark. Children: Mary P.oyer.
Address (1911) Mrs. Abner Hummel, Annville, Pa., and Grace Boyer;
E (4) l<dlen Boyer married Aaron Hull.
E (i) Isaac Boyer, son of Jeremiah Boyer and Christina Lein-
inger, was born about 1842. Died 1908. Buried at Corner Church. Re-
formed. Farmer. Married Mary E. Ffassler. Children: Andrew,
Isaac J., Edwin L., Riley, Aaron R., Lewis H., Emma; E (2) William
Boyer. Reformed. Farmer and railroader. Married. No descendants ,-
E (3) I*eter Boyer was buried at Corner Church, Robesonia, Pa. Re-
formed. Farmer. Married Susan Moyer. Children: Rebecca, Amanda,
Mary, Ida, .\nnie, Kate, Sarah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Aaron; E (4) Jacob
Boyer lives to the left of Abram Boyer's Hotel. Wernersville, Pa. Re-
formed. Farmer. Married Elizabeth Barnet. Children : Aaron Boyer,
Daniel, Matilda, perhaps others.
E (5) John Boyer, son of Jeremiah Boyer and Christina Leininger,
Wernersville, Pa. Reformed. Farmer. Married. Children: Aaron,
William, perhaps others.
E (6) Eliza Boyer, daughter of Jeremiah Boyer and Christina
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Leiningcr. Lutheran. Married Jacob llassler. Address (1912) Robes-
onia, Pa. Children : Susan, Dinah, Jacob, Adam, Henry, Lewis, Robert.
E (7) Annie Boycr, daug'hter of Jeremiah lioyer and Christina
Leininger, married WiUiam jMountz, 123 Third St., Reading, Pa.
E (i) Emma Boyer, daughter of Frederick Boyer and Mary Beck-
er, married liarry Adams, St. Peter's, Chester Co., Pa.; E (2) Susan
Boycr married John Wei(hier, Mohrsville, Pa. Children: Robert, Sarah,.
Kate; E (3) Samuel Boyer, stationary engineer at Reading, Pa., but is
buried at Blandon, Pa. Married. Children: Ask Mrs. X'aleria Fox;
E (4) Sarah Boyer married John Kellenberger. Children; E (5)
Martha Boyer married Harry Schultz, N. (jih St., Reading, Pa. Chil-
dren; E (6) Rebecca Boycr married Jacob Lott, of Reading, Pa.;
E (7) Valeria Boyer married Fox, 951 N. 9th St., Reading, Pa. No-
children; E (8) George Boyer. Married. Children.
E (i) Benjamin F. Boyer, son of Hein-y Boyer and Lydia Deppen,,
was born 1841, died 1890, and is Ijuried in Buchanan Co., Mo. Farmer.
Alarried Virginia Carper. Her address (1910) 420 N. 24th St., St.
Josephs, Mo. Children: (a) Attorney John S. Boyer, born Dec. 28,
1870, 17 to 19 Donnell Court, 5th and Francis Sts., St. Josephs, Alo.
]\Iarried Ruby Hale. Children: Benjamin F., John S. (b) Mrs. Joseph
M. Hale, Dearborn, Mo. (c) Mrs. Elijah M. TalI>ot, St. Josephs, IMo.
(d) Mrs. Celestine J. Sullivan, Seattle, Washington, (e) Mary Boyer,
St. Josephs, Mo.; E (2) George M. Boyer; E (3) Newton Boyer;
E (4) Peter D. Boyer, San Antonio, Mo.; E (5) Melinda Boyer mar-
ried Carter, Clarksdale, Mo.; E ((•>) Lydia Boyer married Simmon, St.
Josephs, Mo.; E (7) Charlotte Boyer married Simmon.
E (i) Catharine E. Boyer, daughter of George W. l-)Oyer and
Sabina Ijowen, married Hugh Hopkins. Denver, Col.; E (2) Edwinna
Boyer married Stephen Lyon, Denver, Col.; E (3) Isabella Boyer mar-
ried O. IL Shaw, 4222 Wabash Ave., Kansas City, Mo.; E (4) James
L Boyer, Kansas City, Mo., married Florence Cary; E (5) \Matilda
Boyer married Charles Davidson, Denver, Col.; E (6) Alice Boycr,
teacher in Otoe Co., Nebraska.
E (i) William H. B"oyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Hannah Kesslcr,
Easton, Mo., R. F. D. 3. Farmer. Married Maggie Myers. Children:
(i) Mrs. Delia Cornelius, 721 N. 25th St., St. Josejihs, Mo. (2) Mrs.
Odessa Digney, Easton, Mo.; E (2) Perhaps others.
E (i) William D. Bo}'er, son of Monroe Boyer and ^Minerva Sifers..
Address (1908) St. Josephs, Mo.; E (2) Others.
E (i) Oliver Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and his wife. Married..
Children: Dr. Ed. J. Boyer, Kansas City, Mo.; E (2) Others.
E (i) George Boyer, son of George Boyer and Margaret Rose:!-
grant. Lutheran. Blacksmith. Lived in Lebanon, Pa. ^Married Sarah
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Speck. Children: (a) Francis lioyer, 2426 Guilford St., Lebanon, Pa.
Stone quarry man. Alarried. Children, (b) Others ; E (2 ) Cyrus Boy-
<r was born Aug. 28, 1837, and died Oct. 19, 1901. Buried at Stouchs-
burg-, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer near Myerstown, Pa. I^Iarried Susan
Bechtcl, .Mrs. Susan Boyer, Stouchsburg-, Pa. Children: George H.
•Charles Ezra, Bertha; E (3) John lloyer. Lutheran. Harness maker
Lived at Lebanon, Pa. ALarried Elizabeth Gundaker. Children: (Per-
haps Mrs. Valeria Fox can tell); E (4) William Boyer. Lutheran.
Lived m Lebanon, Pa. Charge of horses, Colebrook furnace. Mar-
ried Clara Fox, Lebanon, Pa. Children : Elizabeth, Anne, George, Sam-
uel, Robert; E (5) Frederick Boyer was born at Philadelphia, Pa., died
on South 8th St., Reading, Pa., and is buried in Charles Evans Cemetery,
Reading, Pa. Lutheran. Stationary engineer, P. and R. Company. Afar-
ned Mary Becker. Children: Emma, Susan, Samuel, Sarah, Martha.
Rebecca, Valeria, George; E (6) Caroline Boyer, daughter of George
Boyer and ALargaret Rosengrant, was born Aug. 11, 1828, Phila Pa
Address (1910) 615 East Walnut St., Lancaster, Pa. Married Jacob
C. Gundaker. Soldier of Civil War. Children:' (a) Fb.ward L Gun-
daker, 615 E. Walnut St., Lancaster, Pa. (b) Clara, marrie.l" Unkel.
(c) Five others; E (7) Amanda; E (S) Maria; E (9) Frank Jioyer,
son of George Boyer and Catliarine W^^rner, was born 1846, near
Womelsedorf, Pa. Lutheran. Life insurance. Reading, Pa. Soldier.
Enlisted 167th Regiment Militia. Companv F, Captain blsiah Gn.h Re-
enlisted 93rd Regiment Pa. Vols., Company F, Lifantry. In battles at
Cedar Creek, Va., Petersburg, Va. Wounded at Petersburg. Present
at Lee's surrender, April 19, 1865. Married Sarah L. Gicker. Only
child: Robert K. Boyer, born Jan. 19, 1890. Address (1910) Care of
Postmaster, New York, h, navy. Enlisted March 9, 1908 for 4 years.
At work on battleship "New Hampshire." Single in 1910.
F ( I ) Louisa E. Boyer, daughter of Henry M. Boyer and Sarah
Riegert, was born Oct. 27, 1S60. Married Rev. a' W. Gingrich, Lebanon,
Pa., R. F\ D. 10; F (2) William H. Boyer was born July 9, 1862. Re-
formed. Superintendent of Fox and GraefT Planing Mills, Lebanon. Pa.
Married ILirriet Gingrich, and after her death Kate Spangler. Chil-
dren: (a) George IL Jioyer, 7th and Guilford Sts., Lebanon. Pa. Re-
formed. Architect, (b) Robert O. Boyer, 545 North 7th St., Lebanon,
Pa. Reformed. Electrical expert, (c) Sarah E. Bover, 312 S. Qth St.,
Lebanon, Pa. -Reformed. Teacher, (d) Warren Boyer and (e) Ruth'
Boyer, children of second marriage; F (3) Lillian K.' Bover, born Jan.
10, 1868, married Sherman H. Walter, 312 S. 9th St., Lebanon, Pa.
Chddren : l^atherine E., Mary L, Lillian M., Flenry B., Helen L
F (i) Andrew Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Marv E. Ha.ssler,
was born about 1868. Robesonia, Pa., R. F. D. 2 ; F (2) Isaac J. Boyer^
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Robesonia, Pa., R. F. D. 2, married Elizabeth IMoyer. Children: Rosa,
Riley, Mary, Maggie, Kate, Jeremiah, William; F (3) Edwin L. Boyer,
Robesonia, Pa., R. F. D. 2, married Kate S. Hakleman. Children: Mag-
gie M. ; F (4) Riley Boyer, Reinholds Station, I'a., married Eva Mart-
man. Children: Stella, Mar}-, Ella, Sarah, Calvin; F (5) Aaron R.
Boyer, Ncwmanstown, Pa., married Sarah Kareis. Children; F {<j)
Lewis n. Boyer, Robesonia, Pa., \i. F. D. 2, married Elizabeth Witters.
Children: Adam, Annie; F (7) Emma ]joyer, Mrs. Samuel Madanas^
Robesonia, Pa., R. F. D. 2.
F (1) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and Susan IMoyer,
married Samuel Startzer, Robesonia, I'a.; F (2) .Amanda Boyer, married
George Engel, Newmanstown, I'a.; F (3) Mary Boyer married David
liassler, Robesonia, Pa.; F (4) Ida l>o)er married Henry Roed, Wuni-
elsdorf, I'a.; F (5) Annie Boyer married lienjamin I'cnnybcckcr, Rein-
holds, Pa.; F (6) Kate Boyer marrieil vSamuel Moyer, Robesonia, Pa.;
F (7) Sarah Boyer married Achey, Robesonia, Pa.; F (8) Jeremiah
Boyer, Robesonia, Pa.; F (9) Daniel Boyer, Reinholds, Pa., married
Annie Fetter. Childrefi; F (10) Aaron Boyer, Robesonia, Pa., R. F. D. 2.
F (i) Aaron Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Elizabeth P.arnet,
Wernersville, Pa., married Emma Fitler. Children; F (2) Daniel Bo)'er,
Wernersville Pa., married Alary Simmons; F (3) Matilda Boyer. Mar-
ried.
F (i) Aaron Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife, Wernersville, I'a.
Married; F (2) William Bo\er, Wernersville, I*a.; F (3) I'erhaiis
others.
F (i) Susan Massler, daughter of Eliza Boyer ami Jacob Plassler,
married Jacob Putt. Address (1912) Robesonia, I'a., R. F. D. 2. Her
brothers and sisters are Dinah, Jacob, Adam, TIenry, Lev/is, and Robert.
F (i) George PI. Boyer, son of Cyrus Boyer and Susan Bechtel,
Stouchsburg, Pa. Lutheran. P^armer. Married Sarah Brown. No
children; F {2) Charles Ezra Boyer was born Aug. 14, 1861. Lived at
Plost, Pa. Farmer. Afarried. Children: (a) Milton II. Boyer, born
Dec. 2, 1882, Robesonia, Pa. Lutheran. Repairsman. Married Clara
Long. Children: Raymond C, born Dec. 26, 1906. (b) Calvin A.
Boyer, born June 21, 1884, Robesonia, Pa.; I" (3) Bertha Bo}er, 422
N. 4th St., Lebanon, Pa.
F (i) Elizabeth P)oyer, daughter of William Boyer and Clara Fox,
married, Annville, Pa.; F .(2) Anne Boyer, daughter of William Boyer
and Clara Fox. married \Villiam Diefcndcrfer, Lel)anon, Pa. No chil-
dren ; F (3) George Bo}er, Lebanon, Pa. Furnaceman. Married.
Children; F (4) Samuel Boyer, Lebanon, Pa. Furnaceman. Married.
Children. F (5) Robert Boyer, Lebanon, Pa. Furnaceman. Married,
Children.
CHAPTER XIII
TAMES BOYER
Dates obtained from Francis W. Boyer, not of this family, but deep-
ly Interested in New England records, show that James Boyer and his
wife Mary, were probably of Huguenot stock, and that they came to
America among the earliest settlers. They must have located in lioston,
Mass., as the fact that the birth of at least some of their children are
found recorded there. What brought them, what became of them, or
where they are buried, the historian has not been able to ascertain. They
had the following" children: Peter, born Nov., 1721. ile must have died
before 1726, for another child named Peter— jirobably after the first one —
was born July 11, 1726. A daughter Susannah was born March 16, 1727,
and a son named Daniel June 14, 1729. There were probably other
brothers. It is said that one of these brothers settled at Quebec and
another in Pennsylvania.
B (i) Peter Boyer, son of James Boyer and his wife Mary; was
born July ii, 1726, probably in Boston, died July 20, 1790, and is buried
in King's Chapel Burial Grounds, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. "He
was the Treasurer of the Bay State Colony — afterwards called Massa-
chusetts. His name is sig-ned to the first pajK-r scrip (money) authorized
by Congress March 8, 1700. His n;uTie is signed in red ink and is at
present (March 1908) legible. The bill calls for two Si)anish milled dol-
lars. Peter Boyer was a merchant in fioston and drew up the agree-
ment that no merchant would buy or sell tea until the English Govern-
ment removed the obnoxious tax which resulted in the great "tea-])arty"
when aboard the British ship disguised as Indians they threw the chests
of tea into the harbor. I'aul Revere was a silversmith and made a
punch bowl of large size around the Qch^e of which are carved the names
•of a club called the "Sons of Liberty." In the list of names appears that
of Peter Boyer. Benjamin F. Stevens, President of the Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company, has this bowl (March 1908)." Francis
H. Boyer, 364 Somerville Ave., Somerville, Mass., says this family of
Boyers has been thoroughly written up, and that they came originally
from France. The Boyer historian has not had the opportunity to ob-
tain such records. They are in all probability to be found in lioston.
Peter Boyer lived on Sudbury Street, Boston, then and now a business
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section. Fie married Susamia Buckley, Nov. 10, 1757, but she died 1768,
and on Dec. 20, 1774, he married Charlotte Johonnot. The children were
James, Susannah, l^eter, jMary, and Daniel, and probably others.
15 (2) Daniel i)0)'er, son of James lioyer and his wife, Hilary, was
born June 14, 1729, probabl}- in Boston.
C ( 1 ) James Boyer, son of Peler lk)yer and his wife Susannah,
was born 1760. Note. — James A. lioyer, l;orn 1828, at Dittle Rock, N.
Y., was a son of this James or his brother I'etcr. 1'his James .-\. Boyer,
was an architect and contractor, and lived at Tndianapol's, Indiana, lie
died suddenly at Sabetha, Kansas, in 1913, but the historian can n(jt iind
his people ; C (2) Susannah Boyer was born Jan. 1762; C (3) Peter
Bciyer was born May 2(), 17'')4; C (4) Mary l!oyer was born 1705;
C (5) Daniel Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Susannah, was born Oct.
10, 1766, and died at sea, a sea captain. After a beautiful letter to his
wife, Polly Gushing', whom he married 1798, written just before he sailed
for home, he was lost probably in storm near Essecphbo, West Indies.
His wife died of a broken heart after hope of his return was given up.
Two children were born to them : Daniel and Marshall S.
D (i) Daniel Boyer, son of Captain Daniel Boyer and Mary PTugh-
es, was born March 1799, at Lexington, Mass., and died at Cincinnati,
Ohio, where he had gone to liuvl his cnil)' daugliter, who had gone West.
He failed to find her.
D (2) Marshall Spring Boyer, son of Captain Daniel Boyer and
Mary llughes (Polly Cushing), was born May 18, 1804, in Lexington,
]\Iass., died Feb. 10, 1882, and is buried at Cambridge, Mass., on a plot
adjacent to Mount Auburn Cemetery. Married (1826) Caroline l'\
Nickerson. Chiklren: Charles W. Boyer, and Charlotte Bazin Boyer.
E (i) Charles W. Bo\'er, S(jn of Marshall S. l'o_\er and Caroline F.
Nickerson, was born Jan. 29, 1848, in' Cambridge, Mass. Soldier, 23rd
Maine and 56th Massachusetts Volunteers. Afterwards a "regular"
of 17th LJ. S. Infantry in Texas. Very honorable career in civil Hfe.
Captain of police. Died March 11, 1904. Lie was married to Hattie
Moody, born Feb. 11, 18^0. Children: Mildred M., Charles W., Mercy
H., Roland S., Ruth B. Note. — Charles W. Boyer was born Oct. 30,
1889. Address (1912) 47 Putnam Ave., Cambridg-e, IMass.
E (2) Charlotte Boyer, daughter of Marshall S. Boyer and Caro-
line F. Nickerson, born June 29, 1845, in Cambridge, Mass., married
Captain E. F. Robbins. Children: (a) Marshall F. Robbins. Address
(1912) Brockton, Mass; (b) Charles W. Robbins, Waltham, ALiss. The
mother resides (1915) at Cotuit, Mass.
CHAPTER XIV
JA^lES NICOLAS BOYER
The historian relies mainly on the reports of his correspondent, C.
P. Boyer, Ed^eniont Station, East St. Louis, Mo., for the following-
chapter. According to traditions recorded by this correspondent, Nicholas
Boyer, was the grandson of a noted French surgeon who waited on
"Champlain" when he was wounded by the Indians. The surgeon in
turn was a son of a merchant of Rouen, France, 1613. Nicolas Boyer
probably lived at Kaskaskia, Illinois. When he was born has not been as-
certained, but his son Jacques was born Dec. 8, 1759. ^^^^ '^^'^y therefore
guess that the father was born about 1730-1740. He married the widow
of Governor St. Ange, of Illinois, and later, perhaps without children
from his first wife, he married (1756) Dorothy Olivier. Slie left, so
far as reported, a son Jacques, and a daughter, IMarie Louise, born Feb.
13, 1763. "This Nicolas Boyer was one of the engineers who built Fort
Chartres, which was one of the most remarkable enterprises in America
at the time. A remnant of this famous stronghold still remains."
"Nicolas Boyer had a brother named Antoine who died at Cahokia,
Sept 8, 1790. He was a member of General Clark's regiment in that
notable expedition from Kaskaskia to Vincennes against the British.
The records of Cahokia show that he was a prominent citizen of that
town. The probate records in lielleviile show that his estate was ad-
ministered in 1790."
B (1) Jac(|ues Boyer, son of Nicholas Boyer and Dorothy (Jlivier,
was born Dec. 8, 1759, at Kaskaskia, Illinois. Catholic. Moved to St.
Genevieve before 1785. Married Marie Louise. Husband buried at Old
Mines, Mo. Children : Louis, Antoine, Gabriel, John, Joseph, and per-
haps others; B (2) Marie Louisu Ijoyer was born Feb. 13, 1763.
C (i) Louis Boyer, son of Jaccjues Boyer and his wife Marie Louise,
was born about 1780, and died about S4 years of age. Married. C;">;1-
dren : Louis, John (born 1807), Francis, Antoine, Michel, Stephen,
Thomas, Xavier, and Peter. Note. — Francis left at least Firman Boyer,
and Firman's- son Jules Z. Boyer, lived at Cadet, Mo., in 1910; C (2)
Antoine Boyer. Married. Children : Frank, EH, and perhaps others ;
C (3) Gabriel Boyer was born 1790 Married. Children: Mary C,
Jules, Antoine, Eli, and perhaps others; C (4) John Boyer. Catholic.
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Farmer. Indian burial ground on his farm. Married Rosalie Roussin.
Children: Pelag-ie, John, Edward, Alexis, Damase Arelius, Cyrus,
Martha, Cotilda. Deslie, Mary, Felicien; C (5) Joseph Boyer. Married
Children : IJaptiste, Xavier, John, Firman, Ferdinand, and perhaps others.
D (I ) Mary C. IJoyer, daughter of Gabriel Boyer and his wife; D
(2) Jules Boyer was born July 4, 1S21. Died almost 91 years old. Catholic.
Lime business, outside of St. Genevieve, Mo. Married Rosine Mayot.
Children: Gabriel Clovis, M. J. Firmin, Catharine Marie, Josephine.
jAI. Victorine, Louis Amedee, Jules F., Cyprien, Joseph Augustin, J.. Os-
car, M. Elizabeth Emma, Henrietta, M. C. Rosalie Elizabeth, Benjamin,
and Mamie; D (3) Antoine Boyer was a cabinet maker and a genius,'
D (4) Eli Boyer, St. Genevieve, Mo.; D (5) Others.
D (i) Pelag-ie Boyer, daughter of John -Boyer and his wife; D (2)
John J. Boyer was born Dec. 8, 1819, and died at Bloomsdale, Mo., Aug.
30, 1901. Married Mary Thomas, born April 2, 1821. Children: (a^
Timon Boyer, born April 19, 1848. Died single, (b) Octave Boyer.
Address (1911) Bloomsdale, Mo.; (c) Louis J., (d) William J., of
Festus, Mo.; (e) Alexis F., (f) Leon; D (3) Edward Boyer was born
1822. Married. Children: (a) Theodore P. Boyer, Venice. Bl. ; (b)
(Laura, (c) perhaps others; D (4) Alexis Boyer; D (5) Damase J.
Boyer was born July 17, 1830. Catholic. Teacher. Farmer. Married
Aloysia Abouchon. Children: (a) Louis A. Boyer, born Aug. 25, 1861 ;
(b) Charles P. Boyer, Edgemont Station. East St. Louis, Mo. Corres-
pondent of historian; (c) Corinne L. Boyer, (d) Ph.ilip ]. Boyer, San
Francisco, Cal.; (e) Cletus A. Boyer, Los Angeles, "cal.V (f) George
L. Boyer, St. Louis, Mo.; (g) David Boyer, (h) Virginia Boyer, married
Berg, San Francisco, Cal.; (i) Frank Boyer, (j) Vital Boyer. Army.
(k) Dora Boyer, married Price, Seattle, Washington; (1) Walter Boyer.
Army, (m) Bene Boyer, born June 25, 1887; D (6) Cyrus Bover was
born Aug. 4, 1832; D (7) Martha, born Sept. 1834; D (8) Cotilda;
D (9) Desile;D (10) Mary ; D (11) Fehcien, born Jan. 8, 1838.
E (i) John Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife; E (2) Jacob
Boyer was born April i, 1840, at Obi Mines, Washington Co., Mo.
Married. Children: Geogory, Blanche, Ferdinand, Richard, Sarah;
E (3) William S. Boyer. Married. Children: John, W^illiam, Henry'
and others.
CHAPTER XV
GEORGE NELSON BOYER
This man came from Berlin, Germany, if the tradition of tlie seventh
George Nelson is well founded. The historian can not verify the tradi-
tion in the ship lists of immigrants, but that is true of well known immi-
grants. It is still more difficult to account for this man's middle name.
This man, or perhaps only his five sons, Michael, Jacob, John, David,
and George Nelson, are said to have come to America between 1710 and
1720. They were thirteen months in coming, and landed at Philadelphia,
Pa. If tradition holds, Michael settled in Berks Co., Pa., Jacob in Dauphin
Co., Pa., John in Bucks Co., Pa., David in Montgomery Co., Pa., and
George Nelson at Mt. Joy, Lancaster Co., Pa.
B (i) George Nelson Boyer, fifth son of George Nelson Boyer, of
Berlin, Germany, settled at Mt. Joy, Lancaster Co., Pa. Church records
or cemetery inscriptions should furnish facts and dates. The occupation
of the man is not known, nor his church connections, nor his wife's name.
Children: Solomon, Sanuiel, David, Joseph, George, and j^erhaps others.
F (1-4) Samuel, Solomon, David, and Joseph Boyer, sons of George
Nelson Boyer, the fifth, and his wife, have not been reported.
F (5) Jacob Boyer, son of George Nelson Boyer, the fifth, and
wife, born about 1780, lived at Mt. Joy, Lancaster Co., Pa. Killed Jan.
18, 1 8 14, at New Orleans in our war with England. ]\Iarried to a Miss
Burgher. Her father was a Scotch Earl. Children: David, born 1802;
Joseph Benjamin, born July 19, 1804; Catharine, Christina, Lydia.
F (6) George Nelson Boyer, son of George Nelson Boyer, the fifth,
and his wife, was born about 1800, or before that date. Lived at Mt.
Joy, Lancaster Co., I'a. Sold out. Moved to Berks Co., Pa., where he
died about 1870, leaving large possessions. Two George Nelsons became
trustees, both second cousins of George H. Boyer, Fairport, N. Y.
When the heir named in the "will" could not l)e located, three executors
disposed of the estate.
G (i) David Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer, of Mt. Joy, Lancaster Co.,
Pa., and his wife Burgher was born 1802; G (2) Catharine (Jane)
Boyer married George Enderline, blacksmith and wagoner. Address
(1910) Elizabethtown, Pa.; G (3-4) Christina and a sister have not
been reported; G (5) Joseph Benjamin Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and
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wife Burgher, was born July 19, 1804, at Mt. Joy, Lancaster Co., Pa.,
and was killed in battle of New Orleans 1814. Lutheran. Graduate
of Franklin and Marshall College. With General Scott in Black Hawk
War. Also Civil War veteran. Farmer. Died in Soldiers' Home, at
Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y. Married Nancy Maria Cline, born May 28,
1826. She died Jan. 2t^, 1889, and is buried with husband at Sodus,
Wayne Co., N. Y. Children: (i) Joseph \\. Boyer. Address (1913)
Fairport, Monroe Co., N. Y. (2) George Nelson Boyer. Address (1911)
North Brookficld, Mass. Born March 6, 1848, at Springfield, Otsego
Co., N. Y. Methodist. Soldier of Indian wars of 1867 and 1868. Farm-
er. Government scout. Heir to ancestral estates.
CHAPTER XVI
JACOB BEYER
Records show that Jacob Beyer settled in Lancaster County, Penn-
sylvania, in 1712. Trinity Church, Lancaster, Pa.— Lutheran — records the
birth of Boyer children as -early as 1740. If the historian does not jump
at false conclusions here, the parents of these children, namely, Peter
Beyer, Martin Beyer, Melchior Beyer, Wendel Beyer, and others, must
have been sons of Jacob Beyer, one of the earliest German forebears of
the American Boyers. An examination of tax lists and "wills" at Lan-
caster may give the historian the data in question.
C ( 1 ) John Boyer, probably a son, or grandson, of Jacob Beyer
and his wife, is the tirst definite Lancaster County Boyer in the historian's
records. George Boyer, born 181 7, a descendant of this John Boyer,
informed the historian's correspondent that John, or his father, was a
soldier of the Revolution. This tradition seems to be confirmed on pages
7, 223, 227, 242, 247, 258, 259, 261, 285, and 918, of Vol. 7, Fifth Series,
Pennsylvania Archives. If these pages refer to the John Boyer here in
question, he belonged to the 3rd Battalion of Lancaster Volunteers in
1780, 1 78 1, and 1782, and must be John's father. To whom John Jr. was
married has not been reported, nor what his occupations were. Prob-
ably a "will," or other Lancaster County records can be found. One of
his sons .was George Boyer. Another son, Benjamin Boyer, father of
Michael Boyer, was born Aug. 29, 1804. The descendants of these two
Aons have been pretty completely recorded.
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D (i) George Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife, was born
about 1770, and died May 17, 1839. lie moved from Lancaster County
to Somerset Co., Pa., before 1791. Married Catharine. Children: John,
Michael, Henry, Kate, and perhaps others; D (2) Benjamin Boyer mar-
ried Christina Duffnian. Children : Michael Boyer, Joseph, Abraham,
Samuel, Lydia, as found in the History of Dekalb County, Indiana.
Page 588. Published 1885.
E (i) John Boyer, son of George Boyer and his wife Catharine,
was born Aug. 9, 1791, in Somerset Co., Pa., and died Kov. 5, 1856.
He is buried in the farm graveyard of the okl homestead in that county.
Lutheran. Liberal education in Knglish and German. Blacksmith and
farmer. Married Barbara Humbert, and after her death, Hannah Ring-
ler. Hannah Ringler was l)orn March 8, 1801, and is buried witli her
husband. Children: Polly, George, Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, Catharine,
Susan, Sophia, Hannah, Peter, and Harriet; E (2) Michael Boyer mar-
ried Mary Ringler and moved to Garret Co., Maryland. Children :
Aaron, Jacob, Solomon, and perhaps others; E (3) Henry Boyer was
born in Cambria County, Pa., 1796, and died Feb. 25, 1878. Followed
saw milling and farming. Married Margaret Helen. Children: John,
Henry, George, Eva, Hettie, Martin, Barney, Joseph, Mary, Reuben,
Emmanuel. Write Edgar Marcellus Boyer, son of Emmanuel, chemist
in laboratory of the Carnegie Steel Company at Braddock, Pa. Born
Oct. 27, 1869, Johnstown, Pa.; E (4) Kate Boyer married Brown.
E (i) Michael Boyer, son of Benjamin J>oyer and wife Christina
Duffman, was born Aug. 29, 1804, in Somerset Co., Pa., died June 27,
1886, buried at Fairfield Center, Ind. Reformed. Farmer. Moved from
Somerset Co., Pa. to Indiana. Married Christiana Troutman, born Jan.
31, 1800. Children: Solomon, Maria, Josiah, and Elizabeth; E (2)
Joseph Boyer was born near Bedford, Pa.; E (3) Abraham Boyer died
at Dixon, Illinois. Married. Children: Rudolph Boyer. Address ( 1909)
Dixon, 111. Perhaps others; E (4) Samuel Boyer died in Westmore-
land County, Pennsylvania. Adarried. Children: In Westmoreland,
Pa.; E (5) Lydia Boyer married Platts, and died in Oregon.
F ( I ) Polly Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Barbara Plumbert,
was born July 30,, 1815. Married Will Stull. Children: George Stull,
Shanksville, Pa., and others; F (2) George Boyer was born Jan. 27,
1817. Married. Children: Daniel Boyer, Shanksville, Pa., R. F. D. i,
and others; F (3) Elizabeth Boyer was born Oct. 7, 1819. Married
Jonathan Woy. Children: Address ( 1910) Mrs. Elizabeth Woy, Shanks-
ville, Pa.; F (4) Sarah Ann Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and his sec-
ond wife, Hannah Ringler, was born Jan. 26, 1824, and died about 1900.
in Somerset Co., Pa. Lutheran. Buried in Glade Cemetery. Married
Ephraim Ross; F (5) Catharine Boyer. .was born July 11, 1828, died
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1904. Married Jonathan Dceter, and then Mr. Grove. Children: Wil-
liam Deetor. Address (1908) Myersdale, Pa., and others; F (6) Susan
Boyer was born IMarch 12, 1830, died May 1861. Married John J.
Speicher; F (7) Sophia Boyer was born July 10, 1835. Married Ed-
ward Glessner. Address (1908) Mrs. Sophia Glessner, Shanksville, Pa.,
R. F. D. 2. Children: Albert Glessner, Shanksville, Pa.; F (8) Han-
nah Boyer was born April 14, 1838. Married Edward Landis. Address
(1908) Mrs. Hannah Landis, Shanksville, Pa. Children: Susan Landis-
J\larried Hineniyer. Address (1908) Shanksville, Pa.; F (9) Peter
Boyer was born Nov. 21, 1840, in Stony Creek Twp., Somerset Co., Pa.
Lutheran. Farmer. Address (1908) Shanksville, Pa., R. F. D. I. Mar-
ried Susan Walker. Children: (a) Samuel P. Boyer, Ohiopyle, Pa.
Born Aug. 30, 1881. Graduate S. N. S., California, Pa., and of the Ohio
Northern University, Course B. S., 1905. Teacher. Married Ressa
Price, born May 3, 1883. Children, (b) Uriah Boyer, Sherman Ave.,
Denver, Col. Born October 1862. Graduate of Ohio University, Scien-
tific and Commercial Courses, 1888. Mining industries, (c) Harvey
Boyer, Shanksville, Pa. Farmer, (d) Mary Boyer, Shanksville, Pa. (e)
Mrs. C. A. Will, Shanksville, Pa. (f) Mrs. Joseph Yoder, Somerset, Pa. ;
F (10) Harriet Boyer was born Sept. 3, 1846. Married Henry Gless-
ner. Address (190S) Mrs. Henry Glessner, Shanksville, Pa. Children:
IVIaggie Glessner, married Dively. Address (1908) Somerset, Pa.
F (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Jilichael Boyer and Mary Ringler. Mar-
ried. Children: Samuel Boyer (married Ettie Hinebaugh). Address
(1914) Oakland, Maryland, and Sadie Boyer (married John Shartzer).
Address (1914) Oakland, Md.; F (2) Solomon Boyer. Married. Chil-
dren: (a) Aaron A. Boyer. Address (1914) Accident, Md. Married
Etta Gladfly. (b) Ellen Boyer. Married John Wilborn, Playes, Md. (c)
Emma Boyer. Married Charles Dewett, Hayes, Md. ; F (3) Aaron
Boyer. Address (1913) Accident, Maryland. Carpenter and farmer.
I^farried Phoebe C. Hinebaugh. Children: (a) William E. Boyer. Ad-
dress (1914) Berkeley, Cal. Real estate. Married Millie Collison. Chil-
dren: (i) Edward B. Boyer, Berkeley, Cal. (2) Beatrice Valentine
Boyer, Berkeley, Cal. (b) Dr. Horace Russell Boyer. Address (1913)
Glendale, Cal. Lutheran. Physician. Married Elizabeth Biddlecome
Stebbins. No children in 1914. (c) Rev. Edward B. Boyer, Continence,
Pa. Lutheran, (d) Dr. Buchler Shoup Boyer. Address (1913) Park-
ersburg, W. Va. Physician and surgeon, (e) LilHe Virginia Boyer.
Married George Pendleton Whitsell, Elkins, W. Va. Postmaster. Luth-
eran. Children: (i) Clay Whitsell. Address same. (2) Harry B.
Whitsell. Address same, (e) Carrie May Boyer, Hagerstown, Md.
Stenographer, (f) Bessie Boyer, Accident, Md. Stenograper. F (4)
Caroline Boyer married Jacob Keller. Address (1914) Accident, Mary-
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land. Children: Jacob Keller, Joseph Keller, Ben Keller. Perhaps
Joseph lives at Hayes, Garrett Co., Md.
F (i) Solomon Boyer, son of Michael Boyer and Christiana Trout-
man, was born April 28, 1829, in Somerset Co., Pa., and died Jan 25
1903-04. Married Mary J. Emerick. Children: (a) Benjamin F Boyer'
Born July 6, 1858. Address (1911) Kendallville, Ind R F D i"
Railroader, (b) Noah S. Boyer, 4723 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh Pa'
(perhaps), (c) Francis M. Boyer, Daleville, Ind.; F (2) Maria Boyer
born Nov. 14, 1831, married Geor-e Henney. Children: Josiah Plenney'
Kendallville, Ind. Perhaps others; F (3) Josiah Boyer was born Jan.'
22,1834. Address (1909) Hudson, Ind. No children ; F (4) Elizabeth
Boyer married Moses Deetz. Children all deceased.
CHAPTER XVII
. GEORGE BOYER
_ Correspondents rei^rt that^ George Boyer was born in 1762, probably
m Vn-gnna, where he lived before going to Lexington, Kentucky, ^vhere
he died 1833, and is buried. From the fact that his son. Dr. Alfred Z
Boyer, was Episcopalian, we may infer. that the father was of Virginian
stock. What his occupation was the historian has not learned He mar-
ried Aima Mary Zealer, born 1767. She is buried with her hu.band.
ine children, so far as reported, were- Henry and Alfred Z.
B (I) Henry Boyer, son of George Boyer and Anna Zealer was
born about 1792 in Virginia. He died at Paris, Ky., about 1862. Farmer
m Bourbon Co., Ky. No children; B (2) Dr. Alfred Z. Boyer was
born June 1807, in \''irginia, died at Frankfort, Ky., April 30, 1846 and
IS buried at Lexington, Ky. Episcopalian.' Physician. Married Zerelda
McCoy, born Oct. 1816. She died Dec. 21, 1855. at Frankfort, Ky. Chil-
dren: Alfred Z., Henry, James H., John H., and Isabella.
C (I) Alfred Z. Boyer, son of Alfred Z. Hoyer and Zerelda McCoy,
was born June 6, 1836, at Lexington, Ky., and died January 1892. Mar^
ned. Children: (a) Bessie T. Boyer married Lawrence, (b) Alfred Z
vT''^ '^'''' ^'^'°^ ^''' ^"'"'■^ ^''y-' ^ ('^ Henry Boyer was born
l;eb. 6. 1838, Lexington, Ky. Baptist. Private Confederate Armv
T^T'"r. !^'n'' ^''-^'°^ ''^ ^^'- ^'^' ^^•' J^'^l^sonville, Florida. Married
Hettie O. Fall. Children: (a) Harry Boyer, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Born June, 1864. (b) Unettic B. Boj-er, Jacksonville, Florida. Married
Nov. 15, 1866. (c) George B. Boyer, Jacksonville, Florida, (d) Emma
Boycr married Charles E. Flaas, 175 South 12th St., Portland, Oregon;
C (3) James FT. Boyer was born Jan. 18, 1841, Frankfort, Ky. Epis-
copalian. Retired. Address (1910) 419 Corbett Bldg-., Portland, Oregon.
Married Emma Gillespie. Children: (a) Carlton H. Boyer, born Jan.
4, 1866. Address (1910) Mt. Hope, Kansas. Farmer, (h) llallie Boy-
er, married Sparks. Address (1910) Arapaho, Oklahoma. Banker's
wife, (c) Zealcr M. Boyer. Address (1910) Portland, Oreg-on ; C (4)
John H. Boycr was born Nov. 15, 1842, at Frankfort, Ky. Went to Mis-
souri in 1871. Baptist. Private Confederate Army. Farmer. Address
(1910) Mulhall, Oklahoma, R. F. D. 5. Married Sallie Bagby. Chil-
dren: (a) Alice C. Boyer, married A. E. Thomas. Address (1910) Cam-
den, Mo. (b) William Z. Boyer, Marshall, Mo. (c) Frances B. Boycr,
married R. K. Walker, Gorin. Mo. (d) John H. Boyer, Mulhall, Okla.
(e) Frank B. Boyer. (f) Irene Boyer, married Thomas. Children:
Robert and Harold Thomas, Camden, Mo. (g-) Claude E. \ioyev. (h)
George. E. Boyer, Mulhall, Okla. (i) B. Harl Boyer, Mulhall, Okla. (j)
Edgar Boyer, Sparks, Nevada. Born Sept. 25, 1883; C (5) Isabella M.
Boyer was born June 1844. She died Oct. 6, 1900. Husband's name
was Graves. Children : Two girls and a boy.
CHAPTER XVIII
JOHN BOYER
According to the historian's correspondents, John Boyer came from
Maryland to Newtown, Connecticut. Judging from the fact that his son
John was born 1785, he was probably born betv/een 1760-1765. The his-
torian has not learned what his occupation and church connections were,
but he was married to Mehetable Briscoe, and left the following chil-
dren : John, James, Polly, Sarah. Miss Susan Fairchild, 81 Franklin
St., Bridgeport, Conn., granddaughter, reports that the tradition that
John Boyer came from Maryland rests upon the fact that he v/ent to
West Virginia and remained there, probably because he had relati\'es
there. The fact that his daughters were Episcopalians is a strong con-
firmation of the tradition that he was of English stock, and that he may
have come into Maryland from Virginia. His settlement in Connecticut
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would also support this contention. The English Beyers settling in
Virginia generally spelled the name Bowyer, but not invariably and John
may have adopted the common spelling of the Northern and New Eng-
land States.
B (I) John Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mehetable Briscoe, was
born 1785, died Nov. 2, 1852, and is buried in Norbourn cemetery. Went
to Martinsburg, W. Va. when a young man. The historian does not
know what his occupation and church relations were. He married Eliza-
beth Alburtis, who died Nov. 25, 1838. Children: Sarah, [ohn Al-
burtis, David, Alary Elizabeth, Emily Susan, Thompson Brooke, and
Richard; B (2) James l'>oyer, born at Newtown, Connecticut, married
Caroline llawley. Children: David, Samuel liawley, Margaret, John
Winton, Frederick Augustus, and Catharine; B (3) Polly Boyer died
unmarried, at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, with her niece, Mrs. Catherine
IMoorehouse, still living 1914; B (4) Sarah Boyer married John Dib-
ble, Esquire. Children : Sarah, Mortimer, Eliza, and perhaps others.
Sarah Boyer was born April 1792, and died Feb. 21, 1861.
C (i) Sarah Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Elizabeth Alburtis,
born Dec. 7, 1814, died unmarried; C (2) John Alburtis Boyer, born
Dec. I, 181G, died unmarried; C (3) David Boyer was born March 13,
1821, and is buried in Loudown Park, Baltimore, Md. Married Mar-
garet Ann Bigham. Children: (a) Sarah Boyer (Van Vactor), Jeffer-
son Co., W. Va., (b) William Boyer, (c) Susan Boyer (Griffith), (d)
Francina and Laura. Perhaps others; C (4) Mary E. . Boyer, born
Nov. 10, 1827, died unmarried; C {5) Thompson Brooke Boyer was
born Feb. 11, 1832, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis.
Indiana. Tobacconist. Married Emma Kline. Children: (a) Richard
Alburtis Boyer, x\ew Orleans, La. (b) Thompson Brooke Boyer, Ee.x-
ington St., Indianapolis, Ind. (c) Catharine Boyer (Short), Anderson,
Ind. (d) Emma Boyer (DeVore), California, (e) Stella Boyer (De-
Vore), E. Fletcher Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. (f) Mabel Boyer (Bhuhom),
Indianapolis, Ind.; C (6) Richard Boyer was born March 15, 1S35, at
Martinsburg, W. Va. He died Sept. 25, 1896, and was buried at Mel-
bourne Cemetery, Martinsburg, W. Va. Railroad conductor. Episcopa-
lian. Married Helen Amanda Rhodes. Children : John, Jacob, Catherine
E., Mary Helen, Harrison Brooke, Richard Cleveland, and Emma May;
C (7) Emily Susan Boyer, born Dec. 23, 1829, married William Philips,
but her children died young.
C (i) David Boyer, son of James Boyer and his wife, was born at
Newtown, Connecticut, and died about 1850, probably in New Haven,
Connecticut. Married Esther Schoheld. Children: James I^Ielbourne'
Eugene Leslie, Sarah Esther, and Burtis; C (2-3) Samuel and Margaret
Boyer, children of James Boyer and wife, have not been reported; C (4)
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John Winton Boyer married Catharine Moorehouse. Children; C (5)
Frederick Augustus Boyer. Married. Children: Caroline Elizabeth,
Charles Frederick, perhaps others; C (6) Catharine Boyer married
Frank Moorehouse. Address (1910) Oconomowoc, Wis. Children.
C (i) Eliza Dibble, daus^hter of Sarah Boyer and John Dibble,
married Josiah B. Fairchild. Children: (a) Katherine Fairchild. Mar-
ried Robert Vankuerin. Their children: Robert and Mortimer, (b)
Susan A. Fairchild. Address (1910) y}^ Fremont vSt., Bridi,aeport, Coim.
Address (1914) 8r Franklin St., Brid<;cport, Conn, (c) Sarah Fairchild.
(d) Mortimer Fairchild.
D ( I ) John Jacob Boyer, son of Richard Boyer and Flelen Amanda
Rhodes, was born March 4, 1875. Address (1914) 336 E. McCarty St.,
Indianapolis, Ind. Married Anna Bowman; D (2) Catherine E. Boyer
was born Dec. 17, 1876. Address (1910) Martinsburg, W. Va. ; D (3)
Mary Helen Boyer was born Jan. 31, 1880. Fine genealogist. Address
(1910) E. Burke St., Martinsburg, W. Va. ; D (4) Harrison Brooke
Boyer was born Aug. i, 1882. Address ( 1910) Martinsburg, W. Va.
Married Virginia Daily. Children: Leah, Edna. D (5) Richard Cleve-
land Boyer was born Aug. 2, 1884. Address (1910) Martinsburg, W.
Va. Married Effie Underdunk ; D (6) Emma May Boyer was born
March 9, 1887. Married Lucicn S. W'estcnhaven, Falkner Ave., Martins-
burg, W. Va. Children : Jack Alan, flelen Regina.
D (1) James Melbourn J>oyer. son of David 15oyer and wife Scho-
field, was born 1840, and died in New Haven, Conn., about 1903. Mar-
ried Frances Northrup. Children: (a) Ida Frances l^oyer married T.
Marshall Andrews. Address (1910) ir West Main St., Norwalk, Conn.
In 1910 she was the only living descendant of her father, (b) Thomas
M. Andrew Boyer and Eugene Leroy Bo\-er have both died, leaving
no descendants; D (2) Eugene Boyer was born Feb. 8, 1843, ^i"<l <-l'ed
at Norwalk, Conn., April 11, 1905. Congregational Church. Secretary
and Treasurer of firm of Lounsburg and Bissell. Married Flarriett F.
Quintard, born Aug. 2, 1855. T" ^9^^ ^''le was living at 216 Orchard St.,
New Haven, Conn. Children: (a) Frederick Q. Boyer, born April
14, 1888. Professor at Yale University. Address (1910) 216 Orchard
St., New Haven, Conn. Fine genealogist, (b) Ruth Lounsbury Boyer,
bom Nov. 13, 1890, 216 Orchard St., New Flaven, Conn, (c) Eugene
Francis Boyer, born March 12, 1894, 216 Orchard St., New Haven, Conn. ;
D (3) Sarah Esther Boyer was born June 1847, Oconomowoc, Wis.
Unmarried; D (4) Alburtis Boyer. Care of Post Office, Chicago, 111.
D (i) Carrie Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Frederick Boyer and
wife;D (2) Charles Frederick Boyer. Married. Children: (a) Leone
Irene Boyer. Address (1910) Oconomowoc, Wis. (b) Frederick Clin-
ton Boyer, (c) Charles Vernon Boyer.
CHAPTER XIX
JOHN BOYER
The historian's correspondents report that the forefathers of John
Boyer were French. From the fact that his wife was born 1734, we may
guess that he was born about 1730-1735. Mrs. Bowser says that he i.s
buried in New York. His wife, Mary Simms, and her children, came to.
New Brunswick with Loyalists, and landed at St. Johns, N. B., about
1762, or a little later, probably after her husband's death. She died in
1811, at the age of yj years. Mrs. Phoebe Shaw, a descendant, thinks
there were only two children, Charles and James. A grandson of Charles,
namely Shepherd M. Bo3er, of Hartland, N. B., Canada, says, April 13,
1914, that when John Boyer and Mary Simms, his wife, left New York
as "loyalists," the son Charles watched the parents "pack up the most
valuable things they could take away, such as a silver spoon."
B (1) Charles E. Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Simms, was
born about 1768, and was only six years old when his mother went to
New Brunswick. He died Feb. 4, 1861, 93 years of age, and is buried at
A^ictoria, N. B., Canada. Baptist. Worked in ship yard. Farmer.
Blind the last 10 years of life. Married Elizabeth Kenney. She was
born 1780, and died April 13, 1864. Children: George Rex, Charles E.,
John, William, Edward, Asa, Moses, Victoria, Polly, and Jane.
H (2) James Bo3'er, son of John Boyer and Mary Simms, was sent
from New Jjrunswick to New York on some errand when young, but
was lost at sea, and so far as known, left no descendants.
C (i) George Rex lioyer, son of Charles E. Boyer and Elizabeth
Kenny, was born 1801, died June 1886, and is buried at Victoria, N. B.,
Canada. Baptist. Farmer. Tanner. Manufacturer. ^Tarried Chloe
Churchhill. Children : Pumitia, George W., James W., Amos, and Caro-
line, and three others; C (2) Charles Boyer was born April 1799, and
died Jan. 1881. Lived at Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada, just
across the river from John. Married Elizabeth Tompkins. Children r
Maria, James, Dorcas, Nelson, Hulda, Ruth, Mary, Edward, Hilkiah,
Catharine, Lois, Wesley, Charles; C (3) John Boyer was born about
1798, and died at the age of 82. Lived at Florenceville, N. B., Canada.
Farmer and miller. Married: ( i) Ruth Partridge, (2) Naomi Wheeler.
Children: John, Charles, Jonas, William, Betsy, Sarah, Mary, Ruth>
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Esther, of first wife; Edward Wheeler, George, Charles N., Nancy E.^.
Isabelle V., Fannie, Addie; C (4) William Boyer was born Nov. 28,
1817, died 74 years old, at Sumnierville, N. B., Canada. Married Susan-
nah H. Shaw. Children: Phoebe Elizabeth, Emma Adelia, Annetta A.,
Herbert N., William Henry, Reverend A. B., Elmer S., and five others
that died young; C (5) Edward Boyer died 72 years old. Lived at
Victoria, New Ikunswick, Canada. Married. Children: Gordon E.,
Charlotte, and Letitia; C (6) Asa Boyer was born about 1818, died about
52 years old at Victoria, N. B., Canada. Methodist "class leader."
Worker in leather. Married Prudence. Children : Edward M., and
Thomas; C (7) Moses Boyer was the youngest and died 68 years old.
Lived at Victoria, N. B. Married Martha Shaw. Address (1912) 98
Princes St., Victoria. Children : Shepherd M., Adolphus E., Nehemiah
S., Emma, Alice, Ann, Charles, and five others; C (8) Victoria, Polly,
and Jane Boyer were the daughters of Charles E. Boyer and Elizabeth'
Kenney.
, D ( I ) John Boyer, son of John Boyer and first wife Ruth Part-
ridge, married Mary Stuart. Children : Ruth, Eliza, Agnes, Alice, Doug-
lass ; D (2) Charles Boyer probably left no children; D (3) Jonas
Boyer. No data ; D (4) William Boyer. No data ; D (5) Betsy Boyer
married: (i) Kimiey, (2) Hiram Hatch. Children: Ruth, Emily,
Helen, Lucretia, Annabell ; D (6) Sarah Boyer married Edward Co.x,
Children: Ruth, William, Murray, Agnes, George, Burpie, Spurgeon,
Mary. Ruth married William Miles. William married Miss Watson;
D (7) Mary Boyer married Phillips. Son : Allison ; D (8) Ruth Boyer
married Absolom Kimball. Children: Richard, John, Ida, Frank, of
Bridgewater, Me.; D (9) Esther I'oyer married I'ennemore. Children
lived in New Brunswick; D (10) F^hvard Wheeler Boyer, son of John
Boyer and second wife Naomi Wheeler, was born 1836. Farmer. Bap-
tist, Florenceville, N. B. Married Harriet Atwood Harnett. Children:
(i) Annie B., wife of Mr. Burtt, 34 Sheridan St., Haverhill, Mass.
Teacher. Children: Harold Ernst. (2) Dr. Edward Wheeler Boyer,
84 Elm St., Waterville, Me. Married Caroline Rice. Children: Edward
Wendell, and Caroline A.; D (11) George Boyer. Address (1914)
Aspin, Colorado. Farmer. Married Sarah Savage. Children : Ernest,
Laura, DeBaron, Claude, Orren ; D (12) Charles Boyer, Florenceville,,
N. B., Canada. Farmer. Married Margery Toms. Children : Addie,
William, Cook, Thomas, Bertie, Sarah, Charles, Harleigh, George. The
first three reside at Florenceville, N. B. ; D (13) Nancy Boyer, a teacher,
married: (i) Dr. Edmund Saunders, (2) Andrew Beyea. Children .■-
Whitney, Ednnmd, Addie, Lena, etc; Edmund Saunders lives at Ea'^t
Florenceville, N. B. Ada Beyea married Cook Boyer, a cousin; D (i.'^)'
Isabelle V. Boyer, milliner, married Amos D. Hartley, East Florence--
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VAle, N. B. ; D (15) Fannie Boyer married George Kimball. Children:
Hiram, Israel, Mae, Belle, in Maine; D (16) Addie Boyer married
William Smith. Address (1914) Smithton, King's County, N. B. Chil-
dren : Gordon, VVilhelmina. Gordon lives in Mexico, or New Mexico.
D (i) Pumitia Boyer, daug-hter of George Rex Boyer and Chloe
■Churchhill, married William Taylor. No descendants; D (2) George
W. Boyer was born Jan. 22, 1834. Address (1912) Hartland, N. B.
No descendants ; D (3) James W. Boyer was born Dec. 3, 1835, and died
Feb. 18, 1902, at Victoria, N. B. Manufacturer. Married Sarah H.
Lovely. Address (1912) Victoria, N. B. Children: (a) Annie J. Boyer.
Married J. B. Bowser. Address (•1912) Victoria. Fine genealogist.
Children: (i) Helen G. Bowser, married Arnold G. McFarland, Saska-
town, Sask. (2) Flarold K. Bowser, Victoria, N. B. (3) James A.
Bowser, Victoria, N. B. (b) Samuel R. Boyer died Nov. 14, 1903. Left
■one child, Ahce M. Address (191 2) Woodstock, N. B. (c) Ella K.
Boyer married H. C. Cockran, Victoria, N. B. No children, (d) Ada
M. Boyer married Charles W. McCann. She died, leaving one child:
Ada M. McCann, Rothsay, N. B. (e) J. Fred Boyer, Victoria, N. B.
Merchant. Married Jennie S. McCleod. Children: J. M., and Ada D. ;
D (4) Amos Boyer was born about 1839, and died Nov. 1896. Baptist.
Merchant. ALarried Hannah Mills. Only child : . Bird Boyer. Ad-
dress (1912) Hartland, N. B. ; D (5) Caroline Boyer, born about 1840,
married Moser Orser. Children: (a) Lois Orser married David Mor-
gan, Hartland, N. B. (b) Minnie Orser married Samuel White, Hart-
land, N. B. (c) Chloe Orser married Charles Hurst, Mulga, Alabama.
D (i ) Maria Boyer, daughter of Charles Boyer and Elizabeth Tomp-
kins, born April 30, 1821, married Hartley, East Florenceville, N. B. ;
D (2) James Boyer lived at Bristol, N. B., Canada. Farmer. Married
Ellen Banks. Children : Ransford, Issachar, and Ludlow, all deceased ;
Dow, Alberta, and Herbert, at Auburn. Me.; Robins, at Manchester, N.
H.; Anson, at Bristol, N. B., Canada; D (3) Dorcas Boyer; D (4)
Nelson Boyer lived at East Florenceville, N. B., Canada. Mechanic.
Married Kesia Thompkins. Children: George and Oakman, at Bristol,
N. B., Canada; and Mrs. Joel Hartley, at East Florenceville, N. B.,
•Canada; D (5-7) Hulda, Ruth, and Alary Boyer, daughters of Charles
Boyer and wife Elizabeth Tompkins; D (8) Edward Shepherd Boyer
was born 1835, and died 1908. Farmer. Baptist. Lived at Hartland.
N, B. Married Grace Thomas. Address (191 2) Newburyport, Mass.
Children: (i) Rev. Henry R. Boyer, born Aug. 13, 1878. Baptist min-
ister. Address (1915) St. John's, N. B., Canada. Married Ada M.
Turner. (2) Sister, born Aug. 23, 1876, married to Fred. C. Gedford, of
Newburyport, Mass. Children: Charles H., Edward B., Harriet ; D (9)
.Hilkiah Boyer lived at Emporium, Pa. Lumberman. Married Marv
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Ann Fennigan. Children: lilenjamin, at Bang-or, Me. ; Mrs. A. T.
Knight, at MinneapoHs, Minn. ; D (10) Katharine Boyer is not reported;
D (11) Lois iioyer married Walter Tompkins. Address (1912) Bristol,
N. B., Canada; D (12) Wesley Boyer ; D (13) Charles Trafton l^oyer
was born Sept. 10, 1847. Address (1912) East Florenceville, N. B., Can-
ada. Provincial officer for county. ' Married Emily F. Kinney. Chil-
dren: (a) Alanda Boyer married James Banks, East inorenceville, N.
B., (b) Lome D. Bo3'er, (c) Gertrude IF, (d) Howard W. Boyer, Wood-
stock, N. B., Canada.
D (1) Charles T. Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife. Ad-
dress (1912) Florenceville, West, N. B., Canada.
D (i) Phoebe Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and
Susannah H. Shaw, was born Dec. 9, 1842. Married S. na\'den Shaw,
Flartland, N. B. ; D (2) Emma Adelia B>oyer was born Oct. 20, 1849,
married Albert Tracy, San Diego, Cal. ; D (3) Annetta A. Boyer was
born Dec. 3, 1851, married Gideon Tracy, Homer, Courtland Co., N. Y. ;
D (4) Herbert N. Boyer was born Sept. 4, 1S55. Address (1912) Hart-
land, N. B., Canada. Married Catharine Raymond; D (5) William
Llenry Boyer died young; D (6) Rev. Alden B. Boyer was Ijorn Aug.
27, i860, and died June 9, 1891, in Balasor, British Lidia, where he was
a missionary five years. He was married to Clara 1. Shea; D (7) bdmer
S. Boyer was born Dec. 24, 1862, and died Aug. 26, 1889.
D (i) Gordon E. Boyer, son of Edward l)0)'er and his wife. Ad-
dress (1912) Fort Fairfield, i\laine. Married. Children; Jennie, Ruth;
D (2) Charlotte .Boyer married Rev. John .L.. Shaw. She died 1867.
Children: (a) Lorenzo Shaw. Deceased. Married Phoebe. Address
(1912) FLiverhill, Mass. Children: Charlotte, Burt, Harold, Alma, (b)
Alma Boyer married L. D. Stokes, Waterville, N. B, ; D (3) Letilia
Boyer married David Archibald. No descendants.
D (i) Edward M. Boyer, son of yVsa Boyer and his wife Prudence,
was born May 23, 1835, in Carleton Co., N. B., Canada. Methodist.
IMerchant. Address (1912) 3 Glenwood St.^ Roxbury, Mass. IMarried
Catharine A. Davis. Children: (a) Frank Ijoyer, Woodstock, N. B.
(b) Abbie Boyer married Wallace, Woodstock, N. B. Children: (i)
John Wallace, St. John's, Newfoundland. (2) Nita Wallace, at home
(c) Caroline Boyer. Married. Huniingdon Ave., Boston, Mass. Chil-
dren: Maude, Helen, (d) .Mder V . Boyer, 97 Henry .Ave., Lynn, Alass.
(c) Lulu Boyer. 41 Ashmont St., l^orchester, Mass.; D (2) Thomas
Boyer was born about 1832. Address (1912) Hartland, N. B., Canada.
Married. Children: (a) Russell Boyer, Victoria, New Brunswick,
Canada, (b) Cecil Boyer, St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada.
D (i) Shepherd AL Boyer, son of Moses Bo)er and wife Martha
Shaw. Address (1915) Hartland, N. B., Canada. Farmer. Baptist.
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Very intelligent man, good genealogist. Married: (i) Elizabeth Mc-
Donald, and (2) Elizabeth Helby. Children: (a) Page H. Boyer, Hart-
land, N. B. Born about 1865. Engineer. Married Bertie Currey. One
child, a daughter, (b) Phoebe Jioyer married James N. Inch, Oak
Point, King's Co., N. B., Canada. Merchant. Children : Robert, Jack,
Mary, Hilda'; D (2) Adoli)hus E. Boyer. Farmer. Address (1912)
J^ovver Wakefield, Carleton Co., N. B., Canada. Married: (i) Annie
Birmingham, (2) Annie Ebbett. Children: (a) Alonzo 11 Boyer. Ad-
dress (1912) Box 334, Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada, (b)
]\Irs. W. E. Shaw, Cor. i6th Ave., and Henther, Vancouver, B. C. Her
name was Mary, (c) Roy B. Boyer, born April 28, 1889, Washington,
D. C. (d) (e) (f) Harry, Verna, and Donald (children of second
wife); D (3) Nehemiah S. Boyer was born March 27, 1851, died at
Hartland, N. B., May 8, 1894. Mechanic. Baptist. Married Amanda
Jane Teddie. Address (1912) Hartland, N. B., Canada. Children: (a)
Weldon F. Boyer, born Dec. 6, 1878, Smith's, British Columbia, (b)
Ettie L. Boyer, born Dec. 16, 1885, 1770 Georgia St., Vancouver, B. C.
(c) R. Hartly Boyer, born Dec. 31, 1888. Druggist, 339 Powell St.,
Vancouver, B. C. ; F (4) Emma Boyer married F. H. Hales, 706
Dominion Trust Bldg., Vancouver, B. C. ; D (5-6) Alice died single.
Ann married Samuel Stippell.
CHAPTER XX
MICHAEL BAYER
Correspondents report that Michael Bayer was born Dec. 25, 1746,
and died August 3, 1820. He lived in Northampton County, Pennsyl-
vania. The Pennsylvania Archives record, in Vol. 8, pages 126, 151,
199, 207, 222, 517, Fifth Series, and in Vol. 4, page 646, that Michael
Bayer, of Northampton Coimty, Pa., was a private soldier, under Captain
Santee, in 1781, 1782, and 1783. This was evidently the Michael Bayer
in question. These Archives also record Frederick Bayer, John Bayer,
David Bayer, Adam Bayer, Henry Bayer, Paul Bayer, and several others
from the same county. They may be brothers and cousins. The tax
lists, old church records, "wills," etc., of Northampton and Bucks
Counties may prove relationshii). That Michael Bayer was a German
is certain, for the old Bible in which his son recorded dates is German,
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and so are the family records. Who the parents were remains to be
found, but that there were people of this name in Northampton and Bueks
Cos., Pa., prior to 1746 is shown by Naturalization records and Land
Patents. Michael Bayer married (1768) Marf^aret, born 1747. She
died Jan. 8, 1850. Children (so far as reported) : John, Jacob, John
Georg-e, and iMichael. Probably there were others — es})ecially girls.
Jacob was born April 22, 1774, and died young.
B (i) John Boyer, son of Michael Bayer and his wife Margaret,
was born Oct. 4, 1769, in Nazareth Township, Northampton Co., Pa.,
and died before 1844. Married Catharine. Children: Anna, Jacob,
David, Margaret, John.
B (2) John George Boyer, son of Michael Bayer and his wife
Margaret, was born Sept. 26, or 29, 1776, near Dryland Church, North-
ampton Co., Pa., and died Jan. 10, or 15, 1868. Moved to New Jersey
in 1800. Married (1800) Anna Machin, of Saucon, Pa., born Dec. 2:5,
1778. She died April 5, 1865. Children: David W., Catharine, Michael.
B (3) Michael Boyer, son of Michael Bayer and his wife Mar-
garet, was born Sept. 23, 1783, and died Jan. 8, 1850. Married. Chil-
dren: Thomas.
C (i) Anna Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and his wife Catharine,
was born Nov. 5, 1792. Married John Knecht. Children: (a) John
Knecht. Married. Children: (i) lliram Knecht. Address (190CJ)
Springtown, Pa. (2) Peter Knecht. Address (1909) Durham, Pa.;
C (2) Jacob Boyer was born Oct. 31, 1795, and died 1858. Came to
Kreidersville, Pa., 1830. Farmer. Reformed church. Married Maria
Laubach. Children: George, Catharine, Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, David,
Harrison, Dr. Benjamin F., and Lydia ; C (3) David Boyer was born
Dec. -2, 1797. Married. Children: John R. Boyer, and perhaps others;
C (4) Margaret Boyer was born Aug. 31, 1800; C (5) John Boyer was
born Aug. 12, 1805, and died about 1872. Buried at Riegelsville, Pa.
Farmer. Reformed. Married Lydia Boyle, born Sept. 24, 1808. Chil-
<lren : Abraham, Anna.
C (i) David W. Boyer, son of J. George Boyer and Anna Machin,
was born July 7, 1800, and died March 7, 1853. Married Lydia Shinier.
Children: Susan, Catharine, George, Sarah, Lydia, Emma, Elizabeth,
Samantha J., and Mary H. ; C (2) Catharine Boyer was born Feb. 15,
1802, and died Jan. 28, 1842; C (3) Michael Boyer was born March
26, 1804, and died Sept. 10, 1869. Farmer. Married Naomi Howell,
born Oct. I, 1802. Children: John H., Thomas M., George, Savilla,
Anna C, Emeline, and Margaret. The last one of these died young.
D (1) George Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Maria Laubach, was
born Nov. 30, 1821, in Bucks Co., Pa. Address (1894) Kreidersville,
Pa. Teacher. Postmaster. Justice of the Peace. Married Elizabeth
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Ruch, Nov. II, 1845. Children: Edwin, Elizabeth, Marietta, Amanda.
C, Ellen, Alfred, and Mrs. James Deiter; D (2) Catharine Boycr, born
Feb. 25, 1824, married Samuel Kleppinger. Children: Mary, Elias, A1-'
len A., Charles S., Melissa E., and iMrs. Thomas E. Kuntz ; D (3) Eliza-
beth Boyer, born xApril 23 1832, married Aaron Washburn. Her adilress
(1909) Airs. Elizabeth Zellner, Springtown, Pa. Children: Four sons
and three daughters; D (4) Sarah Ann Boyer, born Nov. 29, 1834,
married Henry Young'. Address (1909) Siegfried's, I'a. Children:
Three sons and three daughters; D (5) David Boyer was born Sept. 2,
1837, near Kreidersville, i'a. Adilress (1909) Siegfried's, Pa. Car-
penter. Died Dec. 8, 1912, and is buried at the stone church, near
Siegfried's. Married Rebecca B. Young. Children : Mary R., Minnie
C, Thomas A., and Harry V.; D (6) Harrison J. Boyer, son of Jacob
l^oyer and Maria Laubach, was born Sept. 2, 1837, near Kreidersville,
Pa. Address (1909) Easton, Pa. School teacher for some years, then
a mercliant, manufacturer of cement. Clerk of Orphans' Court, whole-
sale hatter, director of National l>ank. Married Henrietta Young-, born
Nov. I, 1841. No children. Both Reformed. Mr. Boyer hcljx-d the
historian very much in securing data; D (7) Dr. Benjamin F. Boyer
was born May i, 1842, at Kreidersville, Pa. Address (-1909) Si)ring-
town, Bucks Co., Pa. Educated in Weaversville Academy, Allentowit
Seminary, Charlotteville, N. Y., Franklin and Marshall College, Fan-
caster, Pa. Second Fieutenant Company F., 202 Pa. "V^:)ls. Studied
medicine after 1865. Degree of M. D. from Fong- Island College Hos-
pital in 1867, and from Bcllevue Ikispital College in 1868. Reformed
church, liusy ])hysician. Married Anna Trumbauer. Children: Emily,
Howard F., Calvin S., Nellie G., M. Elizabeth, Caroline A.; D (8) Fydia
Bo\'er, born April 4, 1845. Married Rev. Robert Fisberger. Children:
Reverend George Fisberger, and others.
D (i) John R. Boyer, son of David Boyer and his wife.
D (i) Abraham ]^>oyer, son of John Boyer and Fydia Boyle (Beil),
was born Dec. 19, 1835, at Durham, Bucks Co., Pa. Address (190;)
Riegels\-ille, Pa. Reformed. Farmer. Married Elizabeth Apple, and
after her death, Catharine Fong. Children: Jacob Oscar, Esther Jane,
and Echth Fong; D (2) Aunn Boyer was born Oct. 15, 1831, and died
Sept. 1868. Married John P.- Beck, l)orn Sept. 11, 1826, died March 21,
1886. lioth buried at Hope Cemetery, ilecktown, Pa. Children-: Fydia
Elizabeth, Clara Anna.
D (i) George Boyer, son of David Wells Boyer and F>'dia Boyle
Shimer, was born Oct. 3, 1846. Alarried. Children: Mrs. Abram
Shinier, Easton, Pa., and Mrs. Nathan Shimer, Easton, Pa. Perhai)S
others; D (2) Susan Boyer married Andrew Hidshizer. Children:
Mary Virginia, Jennie B., Fydia, and Mrs. Fritz; D (3) Catharine
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Eoyer married Pursel. Children: David F., Mary, William F., Emma;
D (4) Sarah Boyer. Married; D (5) Mary H. Boyer married Robert
Innes Smith. Childrdii : Only one child left descendants : John Boyer
Smith; D (6) Lydia Boyer married Jacob Casmer. Children; D (7)
Emma Boyer married Jacob Creveling; D (8) Elizabeth Boyer married
French; D (9) Samantha Boyer married Harvey.
D (1) John H. Boyer, son of Michael Boyer and Naomi Howell,
was born Jan. 21, 1827, died Aug. 27, 1876. Presbyterian. Farmer.
Married Sarah FI. Cline. Children: John C, Annie E. ; D (2) Thomas
M. Boyer was born Oct. 11, 1828. Address (i'9o8) Belvidere, N. J.
Married Elizabeth B. Titman. Children: George, Mary A., Elizabeth,
Oscar, Alice; D (3) George Boyer was born Dec. 3, 1833, on the
Lopatcong farm, died at Belvidere, N. J., May 1903. Farmer. Presby-
terian. Married Ellen Anderson, March 9, 1857. Children : John D. M.,
and Washington Irving; D (4) Savilla Boyer, born Jnly 10, 1836, at
Stewartsville, N. J., married John W. Cline, March 10, 1857. Address
(1909) New Village, N. J. Only child: Garner Cline; D (5) Anna
C. Boyer, born Jnne 10, 1839, married John M. Andrews; D (6) Eme-
line Boyer, born March 31, 1842, married Joseph Gliff. Her address
(1909) 4 Genessee Ave., New York City.
E (i) Edwin Boyer, son of George Boyer and Elizabeth Rnch, died
before 1894. Married. Children: Write Mrs. J. A. Boyle, 648 N. 4th
St., Allentown, Pa.; E (2) Elizabeth Boyer married Solomon Stettler.
Address (1894) Kreidersville, Pa. ; E <3) Marietta Boyer married James
F. Klcppinger. Children: James Kleppinger, Siegfried, Pa.; E (4)
Amanda C. Boyer married James Deiter; E (5) Ellen Boyer. Mar-
ried. E (6) Alfred Boyer died before 1894.
E (i) Mary R. Boyer, daughter of David Boyer and Rebecca B.
Young, was born Oct. 14, 1861. Married Owen II. Hess, Nazareth,
Pa. Children: (a) Mabel Hess, born Oct. 20, 1885. She married Rob-
ert W. Heffner. Address (1914) Kutztown, Pa., R. F. D. (b) Floyd D.-
Hess, born June 27, 1892; E (2) Minnie C. Boyer, born Dec. 24, 1872,
married Hern; E (3) Thomas A. Boyer was born Jan. 8, 1875, at
Kreidersville, Pa. Millwright, Siegfrieds, Pa. Married Laura Oden-
welder, born Aug. 26, 1877. Children: (a) E. Albert D. Boyer, born
Sept. 4, 1897. (b) Emma Boyer, born Dec. 18, 1898; E (4) Harry
V. Boyer was born April 6, 1877. Cooper. Address Siegfried's, Pa.
E ( I ) Emily Boyer, daughter of Dr. Benjamin F. Boyer and Anna
C. Trumbauer, was born Aug. 29, 1870. Married Warren S. Long,
Doylestown, Pa.; E (2) Howard F. Boyer was born Feb. 17, 1873.
Address (1900) 100 Lamont Ave., Elmhurst, N. Y. Married Rebecca
Eisenhart. He is a topographical draughtsman. Graduate of Lehigh
University. Children: Carl, Rebecca ; E (3) Attorney Calvin S. Bovcr
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was born April 8, 1876. Address (1909) Doylcstown, Pa., Box 445.
Graduate of Millersville Normal School and Law Department of Uni-
versity of Michigan. A man of splendid capabilities; E (4) Nellie G.
Boyer, burn March 8, 1879. Address (190S) Logan, Utah. Graduate
of Millersville Normal School. Teacher. Presbyterian. Died Feb. 2T,
1908, at L,ogan, where she was engagetl in missionary work; b. (5; }\.
Ehzabeth Boyer was born Sept. 22, 1S71. Graduate of Miller:,viiie
Normal. Married VV. H. Witte, 16 York St., Camden, N. J. Children:
William E., Julia A., Emily; E (6) Caroline A. Boyer, born Nov. 3,
1877, married Professor W. T. Melchior, Springtown, Pa.
E (T) Jacob Oscar Boyer, son of Abraham Boyer and first wife,
Elizabeth Apple, was born June 22, 1S59, '"i"^! "^lied July 4, 1905. Married.
Children: (a) Mary Boyer married Perigo, Springtown, N. J. (,b)
Harry Edgar Boyer, Springtown, N. J.; E (2) Esther Jane Boyer,
daughter of Abraiiam Boyer and second wife Catharine Long, was Ijorn
April 10, 1874. Graduate nurse (Jefferson Medical Training School).
Married Philip Plarry Sipler, 883 lAlain St., Darby, Pa.; e"(3) Edith
Long Boyer was born Ai)ril 17, 1878. Address (1909) Riegelsville, Pa.
Graduate of i^iegelsville Academy. A most charming woman.
E (1) Lydia Elizabeth IJeck, daughter of Anna Boyer and John
P. Beck, was born June 15, 1852. Married (Sept. 29, i86(j) Dramas
Pearson. Children: (a) John Beck Pearson. Married Sadie White.
Children: Clara May, Raymond B. (b) Clara Bertha Pearson marrieil
W. Park Moore, Coatesville, Pa. Children; E (2) Clara Anna Beck
was born Nov. 28, i860. Journalist. Address (1909) Center Square,
Bucks Co., Pa. Bucknell College graduate, 1877. Literested in church
work. Lutheran.
E (i) Mary Virginia Hulshizer, daughter of Susan Boyer and
Andrew Hulshizer, born 1847, married Garner H. Weller. Address
(1909) 217 Bridge St., Corning, N. Y. Son: Weller. Address (1909)
481 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, N. J. Born about 1880. Graduate of
Lafayette College, and Albany Law School. Presbyterian. Practising
lawyer.
E (i) David F. Pursel, son of Catharine Boyer and Pursel, was
born July 20, 1852. Address (1909) New Village, N. J. Married Emma
J. Pace. Children: George A., Frank A., Caroline P., Alice J., Eliza-
beth, Verda E. ; E (2) Mary Pursel was born June 17, 1856; E (3)
William F. Pursel was born Oct. 29, 1859. Address (1909) Norwood
St., Chestnut Hill, Phila., Pa. Married Jennie L. Sinmierton, March 12,
1882. Children: Emma, born Jan. 25, 1883, Geneva, Robert, May
Florence, Clara Mae, Charles William; E (4) Emma Pursel, born Jan.
25, 1862, married Frederick Kean, April 1898. Address (1909) 1828
South i6th St., Phila., Pa.
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E (i) John Boyer Smith, son of Mary li. Boyer and Rohert Innes
Smith, was horn March 2, 1859. Address (1909) Bloomsbury, N. J.
]\Iarried Anna Johnson. Children: John Boyer Smith, born Oct. 14,
1905.
E ( I ) John C. Boyer, son of John H. Boyer and Sarah H. Chne,
was born Aug-. 3, 1850. Address (1907) StewartsviUe, N. J., Box 3.
Farmer. Married twice. Children; E (2) Annie E. Boyer, born April
17, 1S53, married Caleb Cline, StewartsviUe, N. J. Children: Ezra P.,
John B., Lizzie C, Clifford H.
E (1) Geori^e liuyer, son of Thomas M. Boyer and Elizabeth B.
Titman, was born July 3, 1852. Address (1909) Belvidere, Warren Co.,
N. J. Methodist. Coal dealer. Married. Children; E (2) Mary A.
Bo}'er, born Nov. 30, 1855, married George Lantz, Oct. 24, 1877. Farm-
er. ]\Iethodist, Belvidere, N. J. Children: (a) Thomas Boyer Lantz,
horn Feb. 27, 18S1. Farmer. Methodist, Belvidere, N. J. Marrieil Ger-
trude I^epew, Sept. 21, 1904; E (3) Elizabeth Boyer, born Sept. 30,
1858, married Georg^e Keifer, Nov. 26, 18S1. Farmer. Lutheran, 309
N 9th St., Easton, Vs.. Children: Jacob Roy Keifer, June 19, 1885.
Lutheran. Electrician. Address same. Married Grace Fulmer, June
28, 1906; E (4) Oscar Boyer was born Jan. 21, 1863. Liver>'man.
Presbyterian. Married Ella AT. Wilson, Dec. 2, 1885. Only child: Cora
Elna Boyer, born Aug. 26, 1891 ; E (5) Alice lioyer, born Dec. 16, 1868.
Address (1909) 164 West 147th St., New York City.
E (1) Washington P>o}'er, son of George Boyer and Ellen Ander-
son, was Ijorn Sept. 30, 1859. Address (1909) Oak St., Hot Springs,
Arkansas. Supt. of Public Utility. Married Kate Jenner. Children:
]\Iary Ellen, horn 1S91, and Blythe, born 1898.
E (2) Jt)hn D. M. Boyer was born Nov. 3, 1861. Address (1909)
Belvidere, N. J. Architect and builder. Married Charlotte Brown.
She died 1894. No children.
E (i) Garner Chne, son of Savilla Boyer and John W. Cline, was
born .April 20, 1864. Presbyterian. Address (1909) New Village, N. J.
Married Isabella Peters, born Jan. i860. Children: (a) Elizabeth T.
Cline, born 1886. Graduate of Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hacketts-
town, N. J. (b) Frank 11. Cline, born 1890. Graduate of Eastman
Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (c) Ruth H. Cline, born 1894.
Student (i()09) Easton Academy, Easton, Pa.
Postscript on Adam Bayj'.k
This man lived in Williams Township, Northampton County, Penn-
svlvania, or in a. neighboring township, as we judge from the fact that
he belonged to the Lutheran congregation of that township. Perhaps
he lived in Saucon TownsLip. Perhaps lie was a brother of the father
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of Michael Beyer, born 1746. Adam Beyer, as we judge from the dates
of birth of h.s children, was born about 1720, very likely in Germany
His wite's name was Anna Maria. The children were Anna Maroaret'
born March 4, 1741 ; John, born June G, 174-^; William, born Oct. 8. 1746-
John Jacob, born Sept. 24, 1753; and perhaps Peter, whose marriage
(April 20. 1762) to Anna Maria Shultz is recorded in the Reformed
church of Egypt, Lehigh Co., Pa., not far from Adam Beyer's home
From the Egypt record we take it that John Beyer, son of Adam
Beyer and wife Anna Maria, married Anna Maria Sauerbrev, Nov -^g
1768. If there were children, they were not recorded in this church'
From the records it appears that Anna Maria died, and that on August
16, 1785, he married Maria Rupp. But what became of these people
IS an absolute mystery to the historian.
CHAPTER XXI
JOHANNES BAYER
From the fact that his wife was born in 1750, we infer that Johannes-
Bayer was born before that time, or about that tin«. Correspondent.
do not report his parents, nor do we know for pertain when he came to
America. , He lived on a farm less than a mile North by West of the
■Lower Saucon Church, in Northampton County, Pennsylvania where
he and his wife were buried. From these local facts we infer that he
may have been the brother of Michael Bayer, born Dec. 25 1746 for he
too, lived in this community at the same time. Perhaps, indeed, they were
the sons of a German immigrant, for there were several in this county
and we have no other trace of the descendants. That they were both'
Germans is well known from old Bibles and family records in these Bibles
It IS altogether likely that both men were soldiers of the Revolution"
as the Pennsylvania Archives for Northampton County would show'
These archives record Adam Bayer, John Bayer, Michael Bayer, Fred^
erick Bayer, David Bayer, Paul Bayer, and others. The tax lists at
Easton, and perhaps Boyer "wills" should show relationship. Church
records may help us in the end. Johannes Bayer married Anna Maria
Lenck (Lerch) born Nov. 21, 1750. Children, so far as reported
Jacob, Isaac, John, and Margaret (Fulmer).
B (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Johannes Bayer and Anna M. Lerch,
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was born about 1772, and died about 1852. Lived at Ilowertown, North-
ampton County, Pa., where he is also buried. Reformed. Farmer. Mar-
ried Mary M. Dreisbach, who died 1868. Children : Sarah Ann, Joseph,
Jacob, Susan, Mary Ann, Margaret; B (2) Isaac Boyer was born about
1773, and died 1865, very old, as correspondents record. Married Eliza-
beth Riegel. Children: Joseph H., William D., Lewis, Benjamin F.,
Susan, Catharine; B (3) Jolm Boyer was born about 1775, died before
his father. His "will" was signed March i, 1814, in the presence of
John Laubach and Jacob Oberly. Probated 3.1arch 21, 1827. Married. ■
Children: Jacob, Samuel, Elizabeth, so far as reported; B (4) Margaret
Boyer married Vollmer (Folmer), and lived in Bloomsburg, Pa.
C (i) Sarah Ann Boyer, daughter of Jacob, Boyer and Mary M.
Dreisbach, married Samuel Weaver. Children : Write grandson, John
D. Weaver, 103 W. 98th St., New York; C (2) Joseph Boyer. Mar-
ried. Children: (a) Joseph Boyer, of Saucon, Northampton Co., Pa.
(b) Cyrus Boyer, same address; C (3) Jacob .Boyer was a merchant in
the South and died single; C (4) Susan Boyer married David Bliem,
and lived at Howertown, Pa.; C (5) Mary Ann Boyer married Aaron
Click, of Catasauqua, Pa. Children: (a) Thomas Click, Catasauqua,
Pa, (b) George Click, Pittston, Pa. (c) Austin Click, Catasauqua, Pa.;
C (6) Margaret Boyer married Dr. Austin B. Sherman, Cirardville,
Pa. Children: (a) Attorney Austin B. Sherman, Mahanoy City, Pa.
(b) Dr. Harry U. Sherman, Easton, Pa.
C ( I ) Joseph IL Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Elizabeth Riegel,
Avas born 1821, Northampton Co., Pa. Lived at Bethlehem, Pa. Married
Rosanna Lerch. Children: John M., Emma E., Arabella S., Minnie M.,
M. A., and Dr. H. L. ; C (2) William D. Boyer was born Nov. 5, 1823,
in Northampton Co., Pa., died Aug. 14, 1908. Buried at Macungie, Pa.
Reformed. Miller by trade. Married Mary Ann Rath, Jan. 28, 1849.
Five children; C (3) Lewis Boyer was born Oct. 28, 1830, died about
1896. Farmer, Lower Saucon Twp., Northampton Co., Pa., where he is
Juried. Married Mary M., born March 10, 1833. Children: (a) John
M. Boyer, Ilellertown, Pa. Born Sept. 19, 1858. Reformed. Farmer.
Married Hannah C. Children : ( i ) Elizabeth Boyer married Aden
Deemer, Ilellertown, Pa. (2) Caroline M. (3) Margaret L. (b) Mary E.
Boyer, Ilellertown, Pa. ; C (4) Benjamin F. Boyer was born March 30,
1836. Lived in Camden, N. J. Manufacturer. Married Alabama
Shimer, born Feb. 7, 1847. Children: (a) Charles S. Boyer, River and
Marlton Sts., Camden, N. J. Born May 23, 1869. (b) Benjamin Ralph
Boyer. Same address. Both successors to father in business, (c) Jane
Boyer married Paul Mersy, Camden, N. J. ; C (5) Susan Boyer mar-
ried Weitknecht; C (6) Catherine Elizabeth Boyer, born April 14, 1818,
xnarried Renadus Luckenbach. Children : Four sons and two daugh-
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ters. (a) Mary Elizabeth married Daniel Rice. Address (1908) Leav-
enworth. Kansas. (b) William Luckenbach. Son Edwin. Address-,
(1909) Mauch Chunk.
C (i) Jacob Boyer, son of John Boyer (son of Johannes Boyer and
Anna Lerch) and wife, lived two miles from Jacob Boyer, Mrs. Sher-
man's father's home, a short distance above Kreicrersville, Northampton
Co., Pa. near the Stone Church (Zion's). Very prosperous farmer.
Married Lydia. Children: George, Catharine, son, son, daug-hter, if
Mrs. Sherman can recall correctly. Note.— Mrs. Sherman called him
"uncle" in her childhood. This seems difficult to understand.
D (i) John M. Boyer, son of Joseph H. Boyer and his wife Rosan-
na Lerch, was born May 25, 1846. Civil engineer. Address (1908)
Selinsgrove, Pa. Lutheran. Married Louisa J. Children: (a) Anna
M. Boyer married Rev. Georg-e O. Ritter, East McKeesport, Pa. (b)
Roland E. Boyer, 634 W. North Ave., Baltimore, Md. (c) Arthur C.
Boyer, Selinsgrove, Pa., (d) Louisa J. Boyer, (e) Emma M. Boyer, (f)
Caroline Alberta Boyer.
D (2) Emma E. Boyer, daughter of Joseph H. Boyer and his wife
Rosanna Lerch, was born Oct. 17, 1844. ALarried Thomas Rice, 53
Market St.. Bethlehem, Pa.; D (3) Arabella Boyer; D (4) Minnie
M. Boyer married Dash; D (5) Marcus A. Bovcr. Address (1908)
Canton, Ohio; D (6) Dr. Pliram L. Boyer, Nebraska.
CHAPTER XXII
PETER BEYER
Who were the parents of Peter Beyer may be impossible to ascertain.
That he was a German, and ciuite likely an immigrant, appears from the
spelling of his name in the scanty records at our command. From the
fact that his son Leonhart was born in 176S, we assume that he was born
as early 1748, perhai)s earlier, lie appears to have lived in Plainfield
Twp., Northami:)ton Count)', Pa., where he was probabl}- married, but
the historian has not been able to ascertain to whom. Some church
records or court records may give us the facts. We do know that he
v/as a Revolutionary soldier, and that therefore all his descendants are
eligible to such orders as the Sons and Daughters of American Revolu-
tion. For the proofs, see pages 22 and 24, \'ol. 8, Filth Series, Pennsyl-
vania Archives, lie enlisted from Northam])ton County, Pa., Jul\' 9,
1776, and was killed in the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776. The
historian h.as not ascertained whether his body was interred in Plainfield
Twp., Xorthampton Co., Pa., or not, but his widow probably lived there,
and appears to have died a few years later, for his son Leonhart was ap-
prenticed to a stranger.
Note. — Perhaps Peter Beyer was the son of Adam Beyer and Iiis
wife Anna iAIaria, rccordi'd at the end of Chapter 20. In that case he
was married to Anna Maria Shultz, April 20, 1762.
B (i) Leonhart Beyer, probably the only son of Peter Beyer and
his wife, was very likely born in Plainfield Twp., Northampton Co., Pa.,
about 1.768, as we reckon from the fact that he died March 26, 1820, in
his 52nd year. "On March 9, 1779, his guardian Caspar Doll, indentured
him for nine years to Valentine Tvletz, shoemaker, of Plainfield Twp.,
Northampton Co., Pa. Tlic historian has a copy of this indenture, se-
cured from A. F. Sickman, Itolyoke, Mass., a relative. When he became
a man he located in Snowden Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa., at Croca's Tan-
yard. In 181 2 we find him building a log house on the Library road.
He married Mary Deemer, of Westmoreland Co., Pa., and her parents,
like his, were from Eastern Pennsylvania. She was born 1771, and
died Dec. 25, 1859. They are both buried at the Peter's Creek Baptist
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Church, Library, Pa. The children were Jacob, EUzabeth, Mary, Peter,
Andrew, Ann, John.
C (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Leonhart Beyer and Mary Deemer, was
born Jan. i, 1795, in Snowden Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa., and died Aug.
19, 1874. He is buried at Peter's Creek Baptist Church, Library, Pa.
Tailor. Farmer. Baptist. Married Rebecca Piersol, of Chester Co.,
Pa., Baptist. Celebrated their golden wedding. Children : Matilda,
Elizabeth, George, Leonhart P. C (2) Elizabeth Boyer married Henry
Pomerine. Children: David, Martha, Mary, Henry, Leonard, Elizabeth,
Frank, and Madison. C (3) Mary Boyer was born April i, 1800, died
Nov. 16, 1853, and is buried at Library, Pa. She married Samuel Boyer,
born Nov. 9, 1791, Washington Co., Pa., but of Maryland stock, belong-
ing to Christopher Boyer and Ann Youst, descendants. See Chapter 35.
She died July 18, 1878, and is buried at Library, Pa. The children were
James B., Peter B., John W., Elizabeth Lucinda, Am.ma, Nancy, and An-
nie. C (4) Peter Boyer was born Jan. 14, 1803, in Northumberland Co.,
Pa., and died Sept. 2, 1881. He is buried at the Library Baptist Church.
Fanner. Married Oct. 21, 1833, to Elizabeth Philips, born Jan. 29, 1808,
who died Sept. 16, 1843, ^1""^^ then to Jane Cochran, born March 12,
1828, in Allegheny Co., Pa. Address (1909) Library, Pa. Resides on
farm purchased by Leonhart Beyer. Children : IMatilda, Mary A., Sarah
B., Leonard, James Cochran, and Elizabeth A. C (5) Andrew Boyer,
born 1803 or 6, in Snowden Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa., died April 14,
1876, and is buried at the Library Baptist Church. Wagon maker and
fanner. Children: Leonhart, William, Margaret, Finetta, Mary Jane,
Elizabeth, Harriet. The last two died young. C (6) Ann Boyer, born
May 12, 1812, married PLarvey McDonough. Children: James B.,
Mary J., Hiram, William H., and Elizabeth. The last one died young.
C (7) John Boyer, born July 22, 1814, in Snowden Twp., Allegheny
Co., Pa., died about 1893, and is buried at the Peter's Creek P)aptist
Church, Library, Pa. Farmer and wagon-maker. Married Nov. 1838,
to Matilda H. Phillips. Children : Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Lucinda, Elvira,
Anna L., Alfred K., Elmer E., Emeline.
D (i) Matilda Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and Rebecca Pier-
sol, married Hiram Hultz. Children: (a) Ada Hultz. Address (1909)
Mrs. Ada Verner, Carnegie, Pa. D (2) Elizabeth Boyer married J. O.
Murray. Children: (a) Albert B. Murray, (b) Attorney George B.
Murray, (c) George P. Murray, (d) Grant S. Murray. D (3) Leon-
hart P. Boyer, born Feb. 29, 1828, died Nov. 2, 1895. Farmer. Baptist.
Married Lucinda A. Philips. Children: (a) Matilda PI. Boyer, 416
Green St., Greenburg, Pa. (b) Lawrence A. Boyer. Address (19CX;)
Library, Pa., R. F. D. i, married to Nettie Hultz. Children: (i) Edith
M. J., Plultz, and Lawrence. Lawrence A. Boyer, the father, is a farmer
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and book-keeper, (c) Harry W. Boyer, Branden St., Greensburj^, Pa.
Graduate of Duff's College, Pittsburgh, Pa. Married Anna M. Rowe.
Children: Daughter, Mrs. Coulter Osterwine, druggist. (d) Anna
Belle Boyer, Mrs. Emery l^inhart, dead. Children: (i) Frank C. Lin-
liart, married Miss U. Lutz; (2) Mrs. Wayne Neal. D (4) George
Boyer died unmarried?
D (i) David Pomerene, son of Elizabeth Boyer and Henry Pome-
rene. D (2) Martha Pomerene married John Sickman. Children: (a)
A. F. Sickman. Address (1909) Holyoke, Mass. This good man helped
the Boyer historian faithfully and intelligently. D (3) Mary Pomerene
married James Boyer. D (4) Henry Pomerene. D (5) Leonard Pome-
rene. D (6) Elizabeth Pomerene. D (7) Frank Pomerene. Address
(1909) Holyoke, Mass. D (8) Madison Pomerene. Address (1909)
Holyoke, Mass.
D (i) James B. Boyer son of Mary Boyer and Samuel Boyer
(Chapter 35). Married. Children: (a) Elizabeth Boyer. Address
(1909) Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, Monongahela, Pa. D (2) Peter B. Boyer,
•"l>orn Jan. 13, 1S24, in Beaver Co., Pa. Address (1909) Library, Pa.,
Box 44. Intelligent man. Farmer 50 or 60 years. Married Matilda
B. Philips, born July 31. 1828, in Washington Co., Pa. Children: (a)
Lemuel E. Boyer, born May 26, 1861. Baptist. Mail carrier, Lavvton,
Oklahoma. Married Elizabeth Kerr. He died about 1910. (b) Mary
E. Boyer. Mrs. William H. Philips, Port i\orfolk, Va. No childreii.
She was born May 2, 1854. (c) Frances A Boyer. Mrs. Henry E.
Waring, Linesville, Pa. No children. She was born Oct. 4, 1856. Mar-
ried Henry E. Waring, (d) Elizabeth H. Boyer. Mrs. Howard Thomas,
Thomas, Pa. She was born June 17, 1862. Children : Guy, Walter, Emil,
Glendon. (e) .Ella B. Boyer. Mrs. Dr. James E. Vogan, Lowellville,
■Ohio. She was born Aug. 4, 1869. Children: Plilda, Herbert, (f)
Samuel L. Boyer, Library, Pa., Box 44. Born Nov. i, 1864. Married
Daisy Bently. Children: Plelen M., born May 20, 1899; Grace D., born
Jan. 22, 1901 ; Philips B., born July 30, 1902; Charles A., born June 23,
1904; Alice M., born Aug. 23, 1906; Robert L., born Feb. 29, 1908. D
(3) John W. Boyer. Married. Children: Joseph, of Finleyville, Pa.;
Samuel F., of Library, Pa. ; James, of Monongahela, Pa., and Charles, of
Monongahela. D (4) Elizabeth Boyer married David Higbee. Chil-
<lren: (a) Sarah Higbee. Address (1909) Pittsburgh, Pa. D (5) Nancy
Boyer married Elijah Townsend. Address (1909) Venetia, Pa. Chil-
dren: (a) Joseph Townsend. Engineer in Texas. No children, (b)
Mary Townsend married Joseph Templeton. Two children. Thomas,
Pa. (c) Robert Townsend, Venetia, Pa. (d) Amma Townsend (Mrs.
Welsh). No children. D (5) Lucinda P. Boyer, born Aug. 28, 1845,
'-married Higbee. Children: (a) John Higbee. Married Elizabeth Mc-
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Nulty. Address (1909) Venetia, Pa. (b) Dora Higbee. (c) Delia
Higbee. D (6) Amnia Boyer married Welsh. No children.
D ( I ) Matilda Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and Elizabeth
Philips, born near Library, Pa., about 1831, married R. L. McCully.
Address (1909) Carnegie, Allegheny Co., Pa., R. F. D. 2. He was, born
Feb. 21, 1831, in Baldwin Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa. No children. D (2)
Mary A. Boyer, born Dec. 26, 1S40, in Snowdcn Twp., .Allegheny Co.,
Pa., married Robert E. McCorkle, born Sept. 18S3, in Washington Co.,
Pa. Address (1909) Mrs. Mary A. McCorkle, Box 62, Castle Shannon,
Pa. Children: (a) Milton JL, born Dec. u, 1862. 107 Main St., Car-
negie, Pa. IMarried to AloUie A. Patterson in 1892. Children: William
Robert, Milton Leslie, George D. (b) C. .\rtlella married Thomas J.
Patterson, Dec. 21, 1893. 618 Gold St., El Paso, Texas. Children:
Anna May, Joseph Boyd, (c) M. Gertrude, (d) M. Evaline. (e) S.
AdcUa McCorkle. D (3) Sarah B. Boyer married John Neyman. D
(4) Leonard Boyer, son of Peter P>.jyer and Sarah Jane Cochran, second
wife, died unmarried in the battle of Fair Oaks, Civil War. D (5) James
Cochran Boyer v/as born Jan. 14, 1855, "car Library, Allegheny Co., Pa.
Graduated with honor from Washington and Jefferson College, Wash-
ington, Pa., in 1880. Taught school. Studied law. Admitted to bar of
Allegheny Co., Pa., Sept. 22, 18S8. Address (1909) Frick Annex, Pitts-
burgh, Pa. Married April 6, 1S92, to Mattie A. Brown. Children:
(a) Eleanor Elizabeth, aged 14 in 1908. (b) John Alexander, (c)
James McGill.
D ( 1 ) Leonhart Boyer, son of Andrew Boyer and Margaret
Cochran. Married to Rachel. Address (1909) Mrs. Rachel Boyer,
Library, Pa., R. F. D. i. Children: D (2) William Boyer. Married.
Children: (a) S. Glenn Boyer. Address (1909) New Brighton, Pa.
(b) William Boyer. Address (1909) New Brighton, Pa. D (3) Mar-
garet Boyer. Married Joseph Tobin. Address ( 1909) Mrs. Margaret
A. Tobin, 228 Lidiana St., Newark, Ohio. D (4) Finetta Boyer, born
Oct. 13, 1849, married J. Ross Patterson, born July 17, 1841. Address
(1909) Library, l\a. Children: Richard C, Andrew B., George Ross,
Leonard Franklin, Robert Edwin, Margaret Edna, and Mary Jane. D
(5) ]\Iary Jane Boyer married Andrew Fox.
D (i) James B. McDonough, son of Ann Boyer and Harvey
McDonough. ]\Tarricd Eli.-'-abeth. Address ( 19CX)) Mrs. Elizabeth
McDonough, Wilkinsburg, Pa. D (2) Mary G. McDonough married
Joseph J. Hughey. Pittsburgh, Pa. D (3) Hiram McDonough, of
Cheswick, Pa. D (5) William H. McDonough, of Carnegie, Pa., R. D. t.
D (i) Lucinda Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Matilda IL
Philips, born Aug. 28, 1845, niarried Henry S. Miller, born Jan. 24, 1846.
Address (1909) Broughton, Pa. Children: (a) Gertrude Miller, born
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Jan. I, 1876. Address (1913) Broug-hton, Pa. (b) William J. I\[iller,
Broughton, Pa. (c) Stella Miller, Broughton, Pa. D (2) Elvira Boyer,
born May 17, 1848, married Thomas Miller, born March 14, 1844. Ad-
dress (1909) Library, Pa., R. F. D. i. Children: (a) Eva M. Miller,
born Jan. 9, 1873. Married J. F. Flicks Boyer, of the same family as
Samuel Boyer, who marrietl Elvira Boyer'.s aunt Mary. This Eva M.
died childless, (b) Anna L. Miller married Walter L. Wright, Library,
Pa. Children: Harold Miller Wright, (c) Bertha M. Mil'ler. (d)'
Edna B. xMiller, Library, Pa. D (5) Anna L. Boyer married I. M. Simp-
son, of McMurray, Pa. D (6) Alfred L. Boyer, of Lawrence, Wash-
ington Co., Pa. D (7) Elmer E. Boyer, of Poplar Blufif, Missouri. D
(8) Emeline Boyer married Sanniel Giffin, of Versailles Ave., McKees-
port, Pa.
E ( I ) Albert B. Murray, son of Elizabeth Boyer and James Gailey
Murray, born Nov. 17, 1849. Presbyterian. Address (1913) Bridge-
ville, Pa. Married Elizabeth Wiley. Children: ALirv Elizabeth, Anna,
James G., Sarah, Alberta. E (2) James Frank Murray, born Aug. 18,'
1857. Address (1913) Bridgeville, Pa. Graduate of University of
Pittsburgh, Pa. (1880). Director of Bridgeville Trust Company,
Waynesburg and Washington Railroad Company, and the Chartiers Rad-
way Company. On April 21, 1887, he married Sarah Lewis Davitt.
Child: Thomas D., born Aug. 29, 1892. E (3)- George Piersol Murray,
born Nov. 23, i860. Address (1913) 905-9 Berger Bldg., Pittsburgh^
Pa. Graduate of University of Pittsburgh, Pa. (1882). Lawyer, So-
licitor for Allegheny County, president of several improvement com-
panies. Presbyterian. On Oct. 16, 1894, he married Margaret Ralston
Kid.loo. Child: George P., born Feb. 5, 1896. E (4) Grant Sidney
^lurray, born (let. 22, 1865. Address (1913) Bridgeville, Pa. Presby-
terian. Educated in Pittsburgh University. Partner with brothers..
On Oct. 27, 1892, he married Nellie Hurd. Children: Margaret, James
Lawrence, Elizabeth, Edward.
CHAPTER XXIII
JOHANN FRIDERICH BOYER (BEYER)
The "Burial Records" of the old "Red Church" (Zion's), near Or-
wigsburg", Pa., inform us that Johann Friderich Boyer, born in Germany,
■died Sept. ii, 1804, at the age of 86 years, 4 montlis and 16 days. Ac-
cordingly he was born April 25, 1718. The same records inform us
that Anna Maria, born at Schaffshausen (?), Germany, died Nov. i8th,
1805, at the age of 76 years, 10 months and 23 days. She was therefore
born Dec. 25, 1728. The Pennsylvania Archives record in Vol. 17, that a
Joh. Georg Friederich Bayer came to America on the ship "Nancy," last
from Rotterdam, landing at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 27, 1752. Tliis was
imdoubtedly the man in question, but his wife is not named in the list of
passengers. She may have arrived later, as was sometimes the case.
From the fact that a Frederick Beier appears in the tax-list of Ruscomb-
manor Township, Berks County, Pa., as early as 1758 and up to 1772,
and that this name then occurs in Brunswick Township (then Berks,
but later Schuylkill County), we must infer that the couple first settled
in Ruscomanor Township, and that their children were born here. The
family moved to the neighborhood of the old Red Church about 1774,
where they spent the rest of their life, and where they, together with a
number of their descendants are interred. They were Lutherans as we
judge. The children, so far as we know without access to Court House
Records at Pottsville, Pa., were Frederick, George, John Jacob, Johann
Gottfried, and Peter. Whether the Leonard Bayer who died in Bruns-
Twp., Berks Co., Pa., in 1777, was a brother, or son, or neither, remains
to be proved.
B (i) Frederick Bayer, son of Johann Friderich Bayer and his
wife Anna Maria, was born about 1750, as the Pennsylvania Archives
show. (See Vol. 4, page 133.) He died in North Manheim Twp.,
Schuylkill Co., Pa., and is buried at the "White" Church, Orwigsburg, Pa.
A red gravestone behind the church shows the spot. He was a soldier
of the Revolution, remaining in Virginia through the war. He belonged
to the 4th Regiment, Continental Line. See page 1073, Vol. 2, Pennsyl-
vania Archives, and page 133, Vol. 4, where we learn that in 1835 he
was 85 years old. From this fact it appears that he must have been born
in Germany. After the war he came to North Manheim Township,
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Berks County, later Schuylkill County, Pa., and took up 800 acres of
land. A "Thomas" family lived on parts of this land in "Tumbling Run"
about 1 910. By and by Frederick found Margaret Rabenold at Paradise,
near Danville, Pa., and brought her to his North Manheim home. Here
all his children were born and raised. He belonged to the old "Red"
Church, and why he is buried at the "White" Church is not known tCK
the historian. His children were Michael, l^oUy, Sarah, Jolni, and Daniel.
B (2) George Bayer, son of Johaim Friderich I'ayer and his wife
Anna Maria, was born about 1752, if the historian guesses correctly. His
descendants report that he lived on a large farm before the Revolu-
tionary War, "just across the Second Mountain," from the place where
his brother Frederick afterwards settled down. It apjiears, so his de-
scendants report, that he had gone with his brother Frederick to Vir-
ginia, but was not a soldier. He died about 1820, as Daniel S. Boyer,
of Minersville, Pa., reports, and, although he belonged to the "Red"
Church, he was buried at the "White" Church, probably because he lived
at Orwigsburg, or because his wife was Reformed and was buried there.
He married Maria Hossinger. The children were Daniel, Kate, Henry,
David, Peter, and Mary.
B (3) John Jacob Bayer, son of Johann Friderich Bayer and his
wife Anna Maria, was born Nov. 20, 1771, as the "Red Church" burial
records show. He belonged to the old Red Church, where his birth and
baptism are recorded, but the historian has not found his grave. The
historian has not learned the name of his wife, but knows the names of
three sons, Peter, Andrew, Benjamin, and one daughter Mary. The
Pottsville, Pa., Court Records may add to our information. Note. — John
Boyer, born about 1793, and settling in Jefferson Co., Pa., almost cer-
tainly a son.
B (4) Johann Gottfried Bayer, son of Johann Fridrich Bayer and
his wife Anna Maria, was born Jan. 2, 1774, probably in North Manheim
Twp., Berks, but later Schuylkill Co., Pa. He died Sept. 29, 1826, and
is buried on the Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. From Rev.
Weller's burial records we know that his wife Magdalene Hardinger,
was born in 1771 and died 1848. Children: Abraham, Philip, Lewis,
Henry, Daniel, and Anna Maria, so far as the historian knows without
access to Court Records or Bibles.
B (5) Peter Bayer, son of Johann Friderich Bayer and his wife
Anna Maria, was born Sept. 10, 1777, and died March 5, 1851, as we
learn from the inscription on his toml)Stone in Union Cemetery, Schuyl-
kill Haven, Pa. He was Lutheran and a farmer. He married Anna
Maria Kamp, l)orn March 22, 1782, dying Jan. 22, 1871. Children:
Peter, Israel, Elijah, Nellie, Polly, and Kate.
C (i) Michael Boyer, son of Frederick Bayer and Margaret Ra-
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bcnold, was born in 1802, above tlie iiig Dam, at Tumbling Run, North
Alanheim Twp., Schuylkill Co., I'a. lie was a "Red" Church Lutheran,
but is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, Urwigsburg, Pa. A miner
nearly all his life. Worked with his son Daniel vS. iioyer about 20 years.
Married liarbara Tittle. She is buried beside her husband. The family
at one time lived on a farm in Walker Twp., Schuylkill Co., I'a., known
to thp historian as the property of John Koch, and also in the house near
the old saw miU belovv' Simon Aierkel's home, v/here the historian passed
on his way to church and school. Children: Daniel S., Joshua, Kate,
Sarah, William, Susan, ami lienjamin; C (2) Polly Boyer marrietl
George Stoudt. Children: James and George, lioth died single ; C (3)
Sarah Boyer married James Lyons. Both are buried at Laudertown,
near Port Carbon, ] 'a. The hislurian has no data to record ; C (4) John
Boyer was born in Tumbling Run, Pa. Lutheran. Wood chopper. Mar-
ried Kate Schmidt. Both are buried at Laudertown, Port Carbon, I'a.
Children : John, Daniel, and Frank. The son John was a soldier of the
Civil War, and his address in 1910 was Soldiers' Home, Norfolk, Va.
No children. Plis brothers, Daniel and Frank, both single, and good
soldiers, were captured at South Mountain, Little Round Top, Pa., and
perished in Andersonville prison; C (5) Daniel Boyer was born about
1810. Luther;m. Gunsmith. Went to Indiana before the Civil War,
and" afterwards to Michigan. His wife's name is not known to the his-
torian. The children v/ere Frank, and others; C (0) Katherine Boyer
married Peter Singley. Both buried at I^audertov/n, F'ort Carbon, Pa.
The children were Henry and others.
C (i) Daniel Boyer, son of George Bayer and j\Iaria Hossinger,
was born about 1790 (Historian's guess). He and his wife, Llizabeth
Schock, are both buried in the J /athevan Cemetery, Hegins, Pa. Lutheran.
Lived in Deep Creek Valley, I'a. Owned a saw mill. Children: Jcjseph,
Catharine, Mary, i'hoebe, Caroline, Hannah, and Elizabeth; C (2) Kate
Boyer, born 1798, died about 18S4. Married Thomas Schock. Lived
in Lewistown Valley, Walker Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa., and were almost
neighbors of the historian's father. Children: Haniiah, Adam, and
Henry; C (3) Henry Boyer was born Sept. 1812, probably in Oley, Pa.,
but where the historian does not know. Lutheran. Blacksmith. His
home was at Pottsville, Pa. ALirried Sarah Rishel, and after iier death,
Sarah Frayzer. Children : .Vnianda, Emma, Ella, Celinda, W^illiam,
Ellen, Linda, Edward, and Deborah; C (4) David Boyer was born April
3, 1806, and died June 23, 18S8. Buried on the Lutheran Cemetery,
Orwigsburg, Pa. Lutheran. Gunsmith. Married Susannah Montgom-
ery, and after her death Hannah Beck. Children: Joseph (of first
wife), Violet, Lawrence, ALitilda, George J)., William, Anna, David,
Barney, Lillie, and George; C (5) Peter Boyer was born Jan. i, 1816,
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and tlic'd Aug-. 15, 181J5. lUiricd on the Lutheran Cemetery, Or\vig"s-
burg', I'a. Lu'dicran. Livetl on his father's farm. Address used to be
Orwigsburg, i\i. Married Esther llullenljaoh. Cliikh-en : James Boyer,
who died single, and Louisa Loyer, who married Jolni Potts, and whose
address (1910) was Orwig^burg, ]^a. ; C (6) Ahiry Ikiycr apparently
died single.
C ( 1 ) Peter Boyer, son of John Jaeob ]3ayer and wife, was born
1S02, tlied in Harrison Co., (jhio, 1875. Lived in the vicinity of Orwig:^-
burg, Pa. Farmer. Lutheran. I\Lirrieil Susannah Fritz. Children:
Nathan, Jacob, Reuben, William, Noah, Elizabeth, Laura, Susana, T^ean-
na, Rebecca, Joseph; C (2) Ijenjamin Boyer, born Nov. 25, 1S05. Luth-
eran. Farmer on "Sculp's Hill," vicinity of "Red Church," below
Orwigsburg, Pa., ]\Lu"ried Leah Schrader. Children : Jacob Bo}er,
Amanda £. Bo}'er, Ix^wis Bo}'er, Mary Jjoyer, Sarah Boyer, Matilda
Boyer, Kate Boyer; C (3) Andrew Boyer has not been reported; C (4)
JMary Boyer married Mr. Rider. Mary had a sister, but Mrs. Thrall can
not name her. But she recalls the name of Benjamin's wife, "Leah
Schrader"; C (5) John Boyer, almost certainly a son of John Jacob
Ba}er of the "Red Church," was born about 1793, and moved to Jeffer-
son Co., T'a., in 1842. He died 1S55, and is buried in JelTerson Co., Pa.
Lutheran. Farriier. Married. Children : Benjamin, James, Harriet,
two other girls and one other boy.
C (1) Abraham^ Boyer, son of Johann Gottfried Bayer and Mag-
dalena Jlardinger, v»'as born Dec. 20, 1795, in Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
He died Sept. 24, 1880, and is buried on the Lutheran Cemetery, Schuyl-
kill Haveil, Pa. Schuylkill Haven now covers the large farm which
he owned. His wife, Susannah Luckenbill, was born in 1829 and died
in 1888. Children: Frederick Gottfried, Ik-nry, C'.eorge, Daniel, and
Anna Maria; C (2) Lewis Boyer. Married. Children. He died at
Columbus, Ohio; C (3) Philip Boyer was born in Schuylkill Haven,
Pa. His wife Maria, born 181 1, died 1829. Children: Edward, Lewis,
and -perhaps others; C (4) Daniel Boyer was born 1836, died 1893.
Married IMiss Megerly. Moved to Ohio. Died there. Children: (a)
Marcus Bo}'er. Address (1910) Columbus, Ohio, (b) Perhaps others ;
C (5) Anna Maria Boyer, born Jan. 4, 1793, died Dec. 27, 1837. Mar-
ried John Rudy, born July 9, 1816. Both are buried on Union Cemetery,
Schuylkill Haven, Pa. See H. J. Stager letters, Glenside, Pa.; C (6)
Henry Boyer, born 1829, died 1888. ALirried Miss Aliller. No children.
C (i) Peter Boyer, son of Peter Bayer and Anna Maria Kamp,
born March 20, 1808, died March 30, 1857, and is buried on Union Ceme-
tery, Schuylkill 1 laven, Pa. He lived in Cressona, Pa. His wife Eliza-
beth. Children: Peter, David, Amanda, Sarah, Elizabeth; C (2) Lsrael
Boyer, lived in Easton, Pa. Married. Children: Charles, David, Emma,
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and Ella; C (3) Elijah Boyer, born Nov. 10, 1810, died May 25, 1895,
and is buried on Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Carpenter.
Lived at Cressona, Pa. Married Theresa Oldt (Ault). Children:
Elijah, Frank, George W., Pamilla, Eovina, Fannie, Daniel; C (4) Nellie
Boyer married John Zechman. Children: John, of Easton, Pa. (1910)^
William, of Mahanoy City, Pa. ; Frank, in Colorado ; Sarah, Ella, and
Paul, Cressona, Pa.; C (5) Polly Boyer, born Dec. 18, 1803, married
Abraham Morgan. Her daughter Sallic, born July 22, 1833, married
Daniel M. Brown, of Cressona, Pa. (1910). The Brown children are
Sarah C. (Lamp), Cressona, Pa.; Jane, and Rev. D. A. Ijrown, of Weiss-
port, Pa. (1910). Polly Bo)er Morgan's other children were Abraham,
buried at Friedensburg, Schuylkill Co., Pa. ; William, buried on LInion
Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. ; Samuel, buried on Charles Baber
Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, Pa., and Polly, buried at Cressona, Pa. ;
C (6) Kate Boyer, born March 3, 1806, died July 27, 1883. Her hus-
band was Daniel Ault. No children. Her sisters were Lovina, Susan,
and Sallie.
D (i) Daniel S. Boyer, son of Michael Boyer and Barbara Tittle,
was born July i, 1830, in North Manheim Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa. Ad-
dress (1910) Minersville, Pa. Lutheran. Miner. Enlisted Aug. 16,
1861, Company I, 48th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Infantry,
under Colonel Nagle. Plonorably discharged after many battles and a
wound, Sept. 25, 1863. The historian visited him in 1910, and found
him a very well preserved man, and a most valuable informant. His
wife, Hannah Geiger, born April 5, 1838, was a charming hostess. Chil-
dren : J. Catherine, William B., Martin M., Amelia M., Edward R.,
George A., and Albert G. ; D (2) Joshua Boyer was born March 3J,
1832. He died March i, 1910, and is buried at the old "Red Church."
Lutheran. Farmer at Landingville,' Pa. Soldier Company E, 48th Regi-
ment, Capt. William Winlack, under Colonel Pleasant. Honorably dis-
charged. Married Catharine Grater. Children: (i) Amanda, (Mrs.
Thomas Shappell), George St., Pottsville, Pa. (2) Annette Boyer, S.
Centre St., Pottsville, Pa. (3) Diana Boyer, Orwigsburg, Pa. (4) Ida
Boyer, daughter of Joshua Boyer and second wife Kate Reichwine, I^and-
ingville. Pa. ; D (3) Kate Boyer, born about 1834, married Henry Freed,
and lived at Fort Washington, Ohio; D (4) Sarah Boyer married John
Otto. Both buried at Cressona, Pa. The son John lives at Cres.sona, Pa.
(i9io);D (5) William Boyer. Soldier. Enlisted 1861. Wagon mas-
ter. Ran ammunition train. Returned after the war. Went to Texas,
a single man, but may have family now. Considered the strongest man
in the Army of the Potomac. His cousin, Edward J. Boyer, 400 Miners-
ville St., Pottsville, Pa., has photograph; D (6) Susan Boyer, born in
Walker- Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa., married John Frit;^. Address (iQio)
PROFESSOR EMMANUEL R. BOYER
EDUCATOR
Chapter XVXIl, Page 347
ATTORNEY SAMUEL A. BOYER
Chapter XXVU, Page 347
JUDGE ISAAC W. BYERS
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Mrs. Susan Fritz, Landingville, Pa. Children: (a) Albert Fritz. Ad-
dress (1910) Lauding-ville, Pa., (b) Reuben Fritz, (c) Mary Fritz, (d)
Edward Fritz, (e) Daniel Fritz, (f) Lory Fritz; D (7) Benjamin Boyer,
born in Walker Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa., died 1902. Buried at the
"Red Church." Lutheran. Farmer. Married Emma White. Children:
(a) Lovina, Mrs. John Dimerling, Palo Alto, Pa. (b) Sarah, Mrs.
Joseph Wisemiller, Palo Alto, Pa. (c) Louisa, Mrs. Louisa Hummel,
Palo Alto, Pa. (d) John Boyer, Pottsville, Pa. Married. Soldier in
I^hilippine Islands. Child: Benjamin Boyer. (e) IXdward J. Boyer, 400
Minersville St., Pottsville, Pa., born 1879. Plumber. Married Margaret
A. Children: Florence May, Martha Pearl, Edward James, William
Earl, Ethel M.
D (i) Joseph Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and Elizabeth Schock,
born April 8, 1828, died May 20, 1905, and is buried on the Church of
God Cemetery, Weishample, Pa. Farmer in Deep Creek Valley, Pa.
Married Salome Bixler. Children: (a) Catharine, born May 8,' 1850.
Mrs. Catharine Snyder, 1131 Church St., Reading, Pa. (b) William
Boyer, born July 10, 1852. Single, Hegins, Pa., R. F. D. 2. (c) Mary,
born May 12, 1854. Mrs. Mary Derr, Ashland, Pa., R. F. D. 2. (d)
Emma M., born Jan. 1856. Mrs. Emma M. Ahrensfield, 225 Coal St.,
Port Carbon, Pa. (e) Sarah L., born Oct. 7, 1857. Mrs. Sarah L. Wolf-
gang, Mohnton, Pa., R. F. D. 2. (f) James M. Boyer, born June 15,
1861. Address (1910) 333 Walnut St., Ashland, Pa. Married Elizabeth
Kessler. Children: (i) Robert E. Boyer, Garfield, Utah. (2) Calvin
A. Boyer, 37 Market St., Ashland, Pa. (3) Howard J. Boyer, 1620
Walnut St., Ashland, Pa. (4) E<lward E. Boyer, 333 Walnut St., Ash-
land, Pa. (g) Lewis E. Boyer, born Sept. 16, 1863. 237 W. Douglass
St., Reading, Pa. (h) Elmira Boyer, born Jan. 6, 18.65, Mrs. Elmira
Hepler. 1136 Mulberry St., Reading, Pa. (i) Savilla Boyer, born Dec.
20, 1868, Mrs. Savilla Derr, Hegins, Pa., R. F. D. 2. (j) Joseph E.
Boyer, born Nov. 6, 1870, Hegins, Pa., R. F. D. 2, Box 69. No children,
(k) Ida S. Boyer, born Oct. 31, 1872, Mrs. Ida Schadel, Hegins, Pa.,
R, F. D. i; D (2) Catherine Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. Catharine
Frederick, Lavelle, Pa. ; D (3) Mary Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. Mary
Mervine, Hegins, Pa., R. F. D. 2; D (4) Phoebe Boyer. Address (1910)
Mrs. Phoebe Deeter, 909 Walnut St., Shamokin, Pa.; D (5) Caroline
Boyer. Single. Address (1910) Care of James Geer, Shamokin, Pa.;
D (6) Hannah Boyer, Mrs. Frederick (dead) ; D (7) Elizabeth Boyer,
Mrs. Williams, (dead).
D (i) Hannah Schock, daughter of Kate Boyer and Thomas
Schock; D (2) Adam Schock. Lutheran. Farmer. Superintendent of
Sunday School for years. Married. Only son Henry Schock. Address
(1910) Tamaqua, Pa. Married Florenda Miller. No children. Farmer
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on father's old estate; D (3) Henry Scliock. Farmer near brother
Adam Schock. Lutheran. Married Violet Boy-er, his cousin, daui^hter
of David Boyer. Children: (a) Thomas E. Schock. Address (1910)
Lehighton, Pa., (b) George G., (c) E. Kathryn, (d) Hannah.
D (i ) Amanda Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Sarah Rishel,
married Ellicker; D (2) Emma Boyer married Skeen ; D (3) Ella
Boyer married Treher, of Philadelphia, Pa.; D (4) Celinda Boyer mar-
ried Charles Christian, of Schuylkill l^Iaven, Pa.; D (5)' William Boyer.
Married. Children; D (6) Ellen Boyer married Albert Hunsicker ;
D (7j Linda Boyer. Married; D (8) Edward Boyer, son of Henry
Boyer and second wife Sarah Frayzer, born March 24, 1863, died July
22, 1908. Married. Only daughf^r Marion Boyer, at home with ]\Irs.
Joseph Franklin ; D (9) Deborah Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and
Sarah Frayzer, married Joseph Franklin. Address (1910) 314 N. 3rd
St., Camden, N. J. Mrs. Ellicker and Mrs. Franklin helped the historian
very much.
D ( I ) Joseph Boyer, son of David Boyer and Susannah Mont-
gomery, born 1828, died 1908, is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery,
Orwigsburg, Pa. Farmer. Married Rebecca Deibert, born Aug. 8, 1832.
Children: (a) Edgar Boyer. Address (1910) Care of Mrs. James
Heiser, Orwigsburg, Pa. (b) Savannah Boyer married James Heiser,
Orwigsburg, Pa. Children: (i) Cora Heiser (Mengel) ; (2) Florence
Heiser. Address (1910) Mrs. Howard Koch, Orwigsburg, Pa.; (3)
Walter Heiser, Orwigsburg, Pa. (c) James Boyer, Palo Alto, Pa.,
married Emma Long. Children: Charles Boyer^and Pearl Boyer. (d)
Catherine Boyer married Daniel Riegel, Shenandoah, Pa. Children ;
D (2) Violet Boyer, daughter of David Boyer and second wife, Hannah
Beck, born Jan. 1832, married Henry Schock, born Jan. 27, 1832, her
first cousin. Children: (a) Thomas E. Schock. Address (1910) Le-
highton, Pa. (b) George G. Schock, 12th St., Pottsville. Pa. (c) E.
Katherine Schock. Address (1910) Mrs. Howard Trout, Orwigsburg,
Pa. (d) Hannah Schock, at home with Mrs. Trout; D (3) I^awrence
Boyer, Coupeville, Allen Co., Wash., married Phoebe Faust. Children :
(a) Susan Boyer, (b) Kate Boyer married Sills, (c) Professor Charles
O. Boyer. Address (1910) Coupeville, Allen Co., Washington, (d)
Perhaps others ; D (4) Matilda Boyer married F. Jenkins. Children :
(a) Violet, (b) Annie, (c) Mary. Address (1910) Mrs. Wm. Elliott,
Tower City, Pa. Married John Dietrich, after death of Mr. Jenkins, now
dead. Only child: Howard Dietrich. Married William Elliott, after
Mr. Dietrich's death. Address (1910) Tower City, Pa.; D (5) George
B. Boyer, railroader, lived at Easton, Pa. Married Sarah A. Dreher.
Both lived at Easton, Pa. Children: (a) Lewis E. Boyer, born Oct. 26,
1869. Address (1910) 1009 Lincoln St., Easton, Pa. Married Henrietta
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Waltman: Children: Floyd E., Walter S., John W, Levels A. . (b)
Sallie N. Boyer married George M. Apgar, 437 Tilghman St., Allen-
town, Pa.; D (6) William B. Boyer was an engineer. Address (1910)
Centre St., Easton, Pa. Alarried Martha Yeager. Children: (a) Han-
nah Boyer married William Schoenbergcr. Address (1910J Easton, Pa.
Children, (b) Robert Boyer, Easton, Pa. (c) Doctor Charles Boyer,
Riegelsville, N. J. Physician. Married. Children, (d) Mary Boyer.
Mrs. William Eckert, Phillipsburg, N. J. (e) Harry Boyer, Easton, Pa.;
D (7) Anna Boyer married Phanes Garber, of N. 5th St., Lehighton, Pa.
No children ; D (8} David Boyer, proprietor of planing mills, Easton,
Pa. Married. Children: (a) Alice Boyer, (b) Perhaps others ; D (9)
Barney Boyer lives at Easton, Pa. Married. Children. D (10) Lillie
Boyer married William Nixson, Easton, Pa.; D (11) George Boyer,
Trenton, N. J.
D (i) Nathan Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and wife Susan, was
born perhaps near Orwigsbnrg, Pa., and died at Connoton, Ohio. Mar-
ried Sarah Thrall. Child: (i) Joseph William Boyer, lived at Connot-
ton, Ohio, and died there aged 45- Wife's name was Lavina. Children:
(a) Clemens Allen Boyer, born Aug. 27, 1888. Brethren Church. Brake-
man. Address (1915) Dennison, Ohio. Married Jessie, (b) Sophia,
wife of Mr. Forney. Address (1915) Dennison, Ohio; D (2) Jacob
Boyer; D (3) Reuben ])Oyer lived at Leesville, Ohio, where he died,
single; D (4) William I'oyer was killed in the Civil War, single; D (5)
Noah Boyer lived at Urichsville, Ohio. Married Elizabeth Sproul ; D (6)
Joseph Boyer lived at Louisville, Kentucky. Married Katharine Rhine ;
D (7) Elizabeth Boyer married Christopher Nign. Address (i()i5)
Eighth St., Urichsville, Ohio; D (8) Laura Boyer married Mr. Thrall.
Address (1915) North Parish St., Urichsville, Ohio. She helped Clemens
A. Boyer identify his people; D (9) Sustmna Boyer married John
Criger. Address (1915) Philadelphia Roack. Ohio; D (10) Leanna
Boyer married Mr. Chaney. She lived at Philadelphia Roads, Ohio;
D (11) Rebecca Boyer married Mr. Archman, but is dead.
D ( I ) Jacob Boyer, son of Benjamin Boyer and Leah Schrader,
born Sept. 10, 1841, died Nov. 1906. Buried at "Red Church," Pa. Luth-
eran. Farmer on "Sculp's Hill." Married Priscilla Freeman. Address
(1910) Auburn, Pa. Children: (a) George W. P>oyer. Lived at Schuyl-
kill Haven, Pa. Lutheran. Railroader. Buried at "Red Church," Dec.
1894. Married Emma Zuber. Only child: Abner H. Boyer, born June
2, 1890, Washington St., Orwigsburg, Pa. (b) Franklin B. Boyer, West
Railroad St., Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Lutheran. Engineer. Married
Christiana Faust. Children: Llarry E., John M., and William H. (c)
Emma Boyer married Morris W. Fahl, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Children :
Ralph, Herman, Bertha ; D (2) Amanda E. Boyer. Married Long.
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Address (1910) Auburn, Pa. Children: Henry B. Long, Auburn, Pa.,
and others; D (3) Lewis Boyer; D (4) Mary Beyer married Allspach.
Address (1910) Mrs. Mary Allspach, Sculp's Hill, Pa.; D (5) Sarah
Boyer. Married. Address (1910) Mrs. Sarah Gentzlinger, Schuylkill
Haven, Pa.; D (6) Matilda Boyer married Long; D (7) Kate Boyer
married Wildermuth.
D (i) Benjamin Boyer, son of John Boyer, of Schuylkill Haven
vicinity, and his wife. Address (1913) Reynoldsville, Pa. Married
Hannah Weaver, and after her death Clara Yohe. Children : \Villis
Aaron, of Reynoldsville, Pa., and Emery, of Desire, Pa.; D (2) James
Boyer was born Jan. 13, 1842, in Schuylkill Co., Pa. Address (1913)
Desire, Jefferson Co., Pa. Farmer. Lutheran. Alarried Mary C. Luic,
born Oct. 5, 1842, Germany. Came to America when she was five
years old, was educated in Philadelphia, and married in 1868. Children:
(i) John E. Boyer, Desire, Pa., born May i, 1869. Lutheran. Book-
keeper and manager of store. Course in Clarion Normal School. Mar-
ried Minnie M. Bish, born Dec. 3, 1879. (2) Lavina, wife of Edward
Lindy, died at Brockwayville, Pa., in 1895. One son, Robert. (3)
Elizabeth E., born 1893, Desire, Pa. (4) Sophia, wife of Orville Clark,
Big Soldier, Pa., born 1875. Three daughters and two sons. (5)
Agnes, wife of Millard Hixenbaugh, Reynoldsville, Pa., born 1877. Two-
sons. (6) Laura, wife of Oscar Clark, Brockwayville, Pa. Two sons.
Mother dead. (7) Stanley M. Boyer, Desire, Pa., born 1883; D (3-6)
Maria (Kaufman), Louisa (F'rantz), Elmira (Frantz), Harriet (Yohe),
were sisters.
D ( I ) Frederick Gottfried Boyer, son of Abraham Boyer and
Susannah Luckenbill, was born 1826 and died 1899. Farmer. Lutheran.
Married Polly Reed. Children: Mrs. Daniel Marburger, Schuylkill
Haven, Pa.; Mrs. John Bowen, Mrs. Milton Deibert, Mrs. Sommers,
James Boyer, of Schuylkill Plaven, Pa., and John Boyer, same place;
D (2) Henry Boyer was born 1829, and buried about 1888, in Schuyl-
kill Plaven, Pa. Farmer. No children. Wife Miss Miller, living in
1907, Schuylkill Haven, Pa.; D (3) George Boyer was born Dec. 4,
1824. Buried on Summit Mountain, Auburn, Pa. Farmer. Married
Phoebe Yohe. Lived near Landingville, Pa. Children: (a) Abraham
Boyer, Auburn, Pa., married Amelia Staller. Children: (i) Daniel
Boyer, (2) William Boyer, (3) Katharine Boyer, married William Reber.
Address (1912) Auburn, Pa. (b) Henry Boyer, Auburn, Pa. Single in
1912. (c) Jacob Lewis Boyer, Auburn, Pa. Single in 1912. (d)
Jonathan Boyer, Schuylkill Plaven, Pa., or Auburn, Pa. Married Clara
Mease. Children: (i) Kate Boyer, (2) Lawrence Boyer, Auburn, Pa.
(e) Albert George Boyer, Schuylkill Plaven, Pa. Married Katie Reber.
Children: (1) Mendon Boyer, (2) Mamie Boyer, (3) Clinton Boyer.
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<f) Washington Boyer, born about 1855. Married. Child: E. H. Boyer.
Address (1910) Mary D., Schuylkill Co., Pa. (g) Susan Boyer, Auburn,
Pa. (h) Mary Boyer married Howard Sommers. Address (1910) St.
John St., Schuylkill Haven, Pa. (i) Phoebe Boyer married John Koch,
Orwigsburg, Pa. Children: George, Cora, Helen, (j) A. Rebecca
Boyer married Levi Raeder. Address (1912) Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
Children: (a) Morris Raeder. (b) Sallie Raeder (Mrs. Wm. Lucken-
bill). Address (1912) Schuylkill Haven, Pa. (c) Herbert Raeder, (d)
Edward Raeder; D (4) Daniel Boyer, born 1836, died 1893, buried at
White Church, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. No children. Lived in Ohio.
Farmer. Lutheran. Plis wife was a Miss Megerly ; D (5) Anna IVIaria
Boyer, born 1834, died about 1883. Married Reuben Fegley. Address
(1910) Orwigsburg, Pa. Children: (a) H. F. J. Fegley, born Nov. 24,
1859, Orwigsburg, Pa. Reformed church. Farmer. Married Elmira
Gerber, born Oct. 20, 1859. Children: (1) Sadie Fegely, born Sept. 25,
1884. Married Allen J. Fetherolf, born May 15, 1883, Ringtown, Pa.
(2) Ray Fegley. Address (1910) Orwigsburg, Pa., married Elsie V.
Meek. (3) Irene Fegley, Orwigsburg, Pa. (b) Thomas Fegley, 4647
Umbria St., Manayunk, Pa. (c) Mrs. Jacob Sharadin, Orwigsburg, Pa.
D (i) Edward Boyer, son of Philip Boyer and wife Maria, born
May 10, 1828, died Jan. 2, 1905, buried on Union Cemetery, Schuylkill
Haven, Pa. Married Sarah Ann DeLong, born July 26, 1832, died
Dec. 17, 1899. Buried near husband. Children: (a) Cecilia Boyer. Ad-
dress (1910) Cecilia A. Leinbach, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. (b) Katherine
Boyer (Quinter), Pottsville, Pa. (c) Edward G. Boyer, 3021 Harper
St., Phila., Pa. (d) Mary M. Boyer (Moyer), Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
(e) Mabel M. Boyer (Burkhart), Schuylkill Haven, Pa. (f) John O.
J. Boyer, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Born 1877; D (2) Lewis Boyer. Mar-
ried. Children: (a) Harry Boyer, Phila., Pa. (b) William Boyer,
Phila., Pa. (c) Perhaps others.
D (i) Peter Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and wife Elizabeth, born
about 1840. Soldier Co. K, 48th Pa. Regt, Civil War. Died of a wound
at the age of 22,. Buried at Cressona, Pa. His wife was Catherine Ault
Address (1910) Mrs. Catherine Ripper, Aurora, Mo. Children of this
Peter Boyer are: (a) William F. Boyer, born 1861. Married. Chil-
dren: Four sons, (b) Sallie Boyer, born Dec. 20, 1863, married Frank
Krommes. There is one son, Leroy Krommes, Vandergrift Heights,
Pa. The father and mother reside at Cressona, Pa. Address Box 177;
D (2) David Boyer died single, a soldier, of the Civil War; D (3)
Amanda Boyer married Hinck. Children: Charles and Peter; D (4)
Sarah Boyer married PeifFer; D (5) Elizabeth Boyer married Schosser.
D (i) Charles Boyer, son of Israel Boyer and wife, lives in Amboy,
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N. J. ; D (2) David Boyer died; D (3) Emma Boyer, Easton, Pa.;
D (4) Ella Boyer, Harrisburg, Pa.
D (i) Elijah Boyer, son of Elijah Boyer and Theresa Oldt (Ault),
born Jan. 7, 1852. Address (1910) Cressona, Pa. Shoemaker. Mar-
ried Hannah Shappell. Only son : Edward Leroy Boyer, Cressona, Pa. ;
D (2) Frank Boyer, Cressona, Pa. Married. Children; D (3) George
W, Boyer, Cressona, Pa., married Miss Brown. Child: Ross Boyer,
Cressona, Pa.; D (4) Pamilla Boyer married Charles Shappell, Cres-
sona, Pa. Children: Ross B. ^and Harry B. ; D (5) Lovina Boyer
married William Lukens, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Children: Edward
Lukens and others; D (0) Fannie Boyer. Married. Children; D (7)
Daniel Boyer, painter, 9th St., Allentown, Pa. Married. Children:
Fairbanks Boyer, Leland Boyer, Claudius and others.
E (i) J. Catherine Boyer, daughter of Daniel S. Boyer and Hannah
Geiger, married Charles Kohler, Minersville, Pa. Children; E (2)
William B. Boyer, Dowdentown, near Minersville, Pa.; E (3) Martin
M. Boyer, Minersville, Pa.; E (4) Amelia M. Boyer. Mrs. Amelia
Fulton, Minersville, Pa.; E (5) Edward R. Boyer, 174 Mercer St.,
Jersey City, N. J. ; E (6) George A. Boyer, 119 N. 25th St., Camden!
N. J. Philippine soldier. Married Carrie Dress. Child: Edward D. ;
E (7) Albert G. Boyer, Minersville, Pa.
CHAPTER XXIV
STEPHEN BOVYER
The liistorian finds, through descendants, that Stephen Boyer, the
subject of this chapter, came to America from England, but that his
ancestors were Huguenots wlio left France at the time of the "massacre"
— likely the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, August 24, 1572 — going
to Holland, and then settling- in Cheshire, England. The letter "v" ap-
])ears to have crept into the name in Holland. Stephen lioyer married
Sarah Campbell of England. They came to Rhode Island in Roger
^Villiams' time. In the "History of the Church of Narragansett," by
John Updike, he is mentioned as warden and vestryman. Being loyalists,
and refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the LI. S., the family
moved to P. E. Island at the time of the American Revolution. At
JUinbury and Cascumpeck is a place still (1910) called "Bovyer's Cove."
There v/ere eight children, but at this writing- only William is known.
William was the third child.
B (3) William Boyer, third son of Stephen Boyer and Sarah Camp-
bell, settled in Stanhope, P. E. Island. Married Margaret Kelly. Chil-
dren : Elizabeth, Isabella, James, Samuel, Rebecca, Albert, Matilda, and
William.
C (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Margaret
Kelly, married Rev. Matthew Smith. Children: Christopher, Margaret;
C (2) Isabella Boyer married Peter Wilson. No children ;C (3) James
Boyer married Mary Lawson. No children ; C (4) Samuel Boyer, born
Nov. 18, 1817, at Cove Head, P. E. Island, died Jan., 1899, buried at
I\It. Auburn, Cambriilge, Mass. Methodist. Builder in Boston and
vicinity. Married Joanna Iliggins, born about 1820. She died at lioston,
Aug. 28, 1859, and is buried at Forest Hill. After her death Samuel
Boyer married a second wife. His children were: George S., Fred-
erick William, Henry Banks, Herbert Lincoln, Homer; C (5) Rebecca
Boyer married William Auld. No children; C (6) Albert Boyer mar-
ried Eliza Shaw. Children: Charles, Alfred, Frank, Nelson, Rhoda,
and Jane; C (y) Matilda Boyer married John Diamond. No children;
C (8) William Boyer went to California in 1855. Married Phoebe
Baker. Children: Alice, Edward, Effie.
D (r) Georg-e S. Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Joanna Higgins,
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born Feb. 6, 1855. Address (1910) 162 Hancock St., Cambridge, Mass.
Congregational Church. Book-keeper. Fine correspondent. Married
Louise Clarke. Chiklren: (a) Mabelle Louise, born Jan. 16, 1882.
Address (1910) 162 Hancock St., Cambridge, Mass. Teacher in Boston,
(b) Sydney Clark Boyer, born May 23, 1885. College graduate, (c)
Helen Miriam Boyer, born Nov. 22, 1893. College graduate; D (2)
Frederick William Boyer, born Feb. 13, 1858. Address (1910) Tbomas-
ville, Georgia. Editor and proprietor of paper. Married. Children;
D (3) Henry Banks Boyer was born Feb. 12, 1863. Boston banker.
]\Iarried Mabel Conant. Children: Conant, Constance, Barbara; D (4)
Herbert Lincoln Boyer was born Feb. 12, 1893. At home in Boston,
]\Iass. Married Fannie McFarland. Children; D (5) Homer Boyer.
Address (1910) Southboro, Mass. Harvard graduate.
D (i) Charles Boyer, son of Albert Boyer and Eliza Shaw, lives at
Mt. Stewart, P. E. Island. Married. Children: Alice, Frank, Leigh,
Earle, Harold, Vernon; D (2) Alfred Boyer, Cove Head, P. E. Island;
D (3) Frank Boyer, Cove Head, P. E. Island; D (4) Nelson Boyer.
Address (1910) Dr. Nelson Boyer, Crapaud, P. E. Island. Physician.
Married. Children: John McCleod Boyer; D (5) Rhoda Boyer, Cove
Head, P. E. Island, daughter of Albert Boyer and Eliza Shaw; D (6)
Jane Boyer, Cove Head, P. E. Island.
D (i) Alice Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Phoebe Barker;
D (2) Edward Boyer lives in San Francisco, California; D (3) Effie
Boyer; D (4) Perhaps others.
CHAPTER XXV
ANDREAS BAYER (BEIER)
The records of the New Goshenhoppen Church (Lutheran, St. Paul's,
Six Corner), below Pennsburg, Pa., show that Andreas Bayer was elect-
ed June 5, 1752, as Elder. From this fact we may judge thatjie was not
a very young man. The Goslienhoppen connection suggests that he may
have been a cousin of Andreas Bayer, son of Christopher Bayer, of the
Old Goshenhoppen Church, and that he was born in the Palatinate,
Germany. The Andreas of the New Goshenhoppen Church can not be
the Andreas of the Old Goshenhoppen Church, for the wife of the latter
lived long after the New Goshenhoppen Andreas married a second time.
His first marriage was to Elizabeth, probably in 1752, and there was one
son, Thomas. She must have died soon after Thomas was born. On
Dec. 22, 1758, Andreas married Dorothy Gabel. The children were
John Peter, Andreas, George, Michael, and perhaps others. The his-
torian can not identify this Andreas with any Revolutionary War data,
and thinks he was not a soldier.
B (i) Thomas Bayer, son of x\ndreas Bayer and his wife Elizabeth,
was born Nov. 7, 1753. Lutheran. Married .Christina. Children: Eva,
Maria, Jacob; B (2) John Peter Bayer (Beier), son of Andreas Bayer
and his second wife Dorothy Gabel, was born Sept. 5, 1763. Lutheran.
Married. Children: Peter C, Charles, and perhaps others; B (3)
Andreas Bayer married Catharine Jacobs. She died 1867, and is buried
at Boyertown, Pa. Children: Samuel, Llenry, John, Elizabeth, Lydia ;
B (4) George Bayer (Beier) married Catharine. Children: Manassa,
Henry, George; B (5) Michael Bayer was born Aug. 15, 1771 ; B (6)
Henry Bayer. Lutheran. Mrs. Blank says he is buried at the Six Corner
Church. Farmer. Married Madeline Wisler. Children : Henry, Jacob,
and Mary.
C (i) Eva Boyer, daughter of Thomas Bayer and wife Christina,
died unmarried; C (2) Maria Boyer died uimiarried ; C (3) Jacob
Boyer was born May 25, 1785, died June 26, 1879, and is buried at the
Sheetz Church, Spinnerstown, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer and veterinary
surgeon. Married Magdalena Kline, born Jan. 23, 1791. Children:
George, Mary, Sarah, Thomas, Theresa, Jacob, Benjamin, I^ydia.
C (i) Peter C. Boyer, son of John Peter Beier and wife, was born
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Aug. 3, 1803, in Frederick Township, Montg. Co., Pa., died Oct. 27,-
1860, and is buried at Keelor's Church. Lutheran. Weaver. Married
Hannah Shettler. Children: Peter S., Lewis, Daniel, Benjamin, Levi,
Isaac, Kate; C (2) Charles Boyer was born Dec, 1800. Reformed.
Farmer. Married Sarah Christman. Children: Elizabeth, Esther.
C (i) Samuel Boyer, son of Andrew Boyer and his wife Catherine
Jacobs, was born June 14, 1812; C (2) Menry Boyer died unmarried;
C (3) John Boyer was born Jan. 10, 1816. Lutheran. Wheelwright.
Buried at Boyertown, Pa. AL'irried Angelina Spotts (Spatz). Chil-
dren: Henry .S., John S., Franklin S., Elizabeth, Angelina; C (4) Eliza-
beth Boyer, born 1809, died 18S4, and was buried at Limerick Center,
I'a. She married Jacob Smoycr. Children: Mary K., Jacob B., Martha,
Esther, sister, brother, sister; C (5) Lydia Boyer married liem-y Fegley.
They lived at Sassamansville, Pa. Among her children were Elizabeth
(Mrs. Jacob Hoffman). Address (1913) SassamansvSlle, Pa., ,and
Sophia (Mrs. Sophia Wartman), Pottstown, Pa.
C (i) Manassas Boyer, son of George Bayer and wife Catherine,
was born Dec. 9, 1812, and is buried at the Old Goshenhoppen Church.
Lutheran. Tailor. Married Mary Jones. Children : ]\Ianassas J.,
George J.; C (2) Henry Boyer was born Dec. 11, 1815, and lived near
Pennsburg, Pa. Married. Children : George, Henry, William, Oswin ;
C (3) George Boyer was born Nov. 12, 18 16, and lived at Emaus, Pa.
C (i) Henry Boyer, son of Henry Bayer and Madeline Wisler, was
born 1801, died about 1876, and is buried at the Six Corner Church.
Lutheran. Farmer. Afarried Hannah Hersh. Children: Lydia, Reub-
en, William, Henry, John, Miriah ; C (2) Jacob Boyer, born about 1808.
died in Philadelphia, Pa. Married Sarah. Children : Nathaniel, PTenry,
.others; C (3) Mary Boyer. Lutheran. Married John Plenry. He died
in Pennsburg, Pa. Children: Mary Henry (Mrs. Bolle), died in the
West, and John Henry died single.
D (i) George Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife ]\Lagdalena
Kline, was born Feb. 14, 1834, near Spinnerstown, Pa. Lutheran.
Farmer, Trumbauersville, Bucks Co., Pa. Married Catharine Keiper.
Children : Samuel Wilson, of Spinnerstown, Pa. ; Andora Catherine,,
Mrs. Levi Funk, IMillersburg, Pa. ; Sarah, Trumbauersville, Pa. ; Allen,
Spinnerstown, Pa. ; Eugene, Spinnerstown, Pa. ; Plarvey H., Trumbauer-
ville. Pa. ; David, Milford Square, Pa. ; Amanda, Mrs. Oliver J. Pleist,
Milford Square, Pa.; D (2) Mary Boyer married Peter Trumbauer.
Moved to Iowa. Children: Mary Trumbauer. Address (1910) Mrs.
Freed, Iowa. Perhaps others; D (3) Sarah Boyer was born Feb. 20,
181 5, died Oct. 15, 1896, and is buried at Sheetz Church, Spinnerstown,
Pa. Lutheran. Married Henry Hillegas. Children: (a) Benjamin
Hillegas, Brick Tavern, Pa.; (b) Katie Hillegas, (c) Edwin Hillegas^
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(d) John HiUcg-as, Oiuikertown, Pa.; C (4) Thomas Boyer was bom
Dec. 19, 1822, died Jan. 4, 1868. Farmer. Married Maria Walt Iwrn
Jan. 26, 1827. Children: Charles W. Boyer, of Spinnerstown' Pa. ;
Henry Boyer, Milford Square, Pa.; Amanda Boyer; Diana Boyer. Mrs!
Daniel Heffentrager, Spinnerstown, Pa. ; Catherine Boyer. Mrs GeoroJ
Walker, Pennsburo- Pa.; D (5) Theresa Boyer. Lutheran. Married
Aaron Dietz. Children : Thomas Dietz, Peter Dietz, Owen Dietz, Ed-
win Dietz, Susannah Dietz; D (6) Jacob Boyer. Lutheran. Veterin-
ary suro-eon, Milford Square, Pa. Children: Edwin Boyer Spring-
town, Bucks Co., Pa., Jacob Boyer, Milford Square, Pa., Emma Boyer,
Thomas Boyer, Milford Square, Pa., Kate Boyer, Susan r:!oyer Mrs'
Houseman, Lansdale, Pa., Mary Boyer, Sarah Boyer, and Jennie Boyer.
Mrs. Charles Erdman, Milford Square, Pa.; D (7) Benjamin Bo'ver.
Lutheran. Farmer. Single. Trumbauersville, Pa. ; D (8) Lydia Boyer
born April 20, 1817, died Oct. 5, 1848. Lutheran. Married George
Erdman.
D (i) Peter S. Boyer, son of Peter C. Boyer and wife Hannah
Shetler, was born April 6, 1S35, in Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co.,
Pa. Address (1910) Schwenksville, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. Civil
War veteran. Married Susan K. Walt, born May 5, 1846. Children:
Lydia M. Boyer, Mrs. Elmer B. Ziegler, la; West 4th Ave., Consho-
hocken, Pa., Susan W. Boyer. Mrs. Henry C. Kehs, Schwenksville, Pa.,
K. Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. Sylvanus B. Ziegler, Lederach, Pa.;
D (2) Lewis Boyer, born April 10, 1824, died Nov. 22, 1893, and is
buried at Keelor's Church. Lutheran. Farmer. ALirried Susan Walter;
P) (3) Daniel Boyer was born in Frederick Twp., Montg. Co., Pa.,'
about 1829, and is buried at Lower I'rovidence, Pa. Presbyterian!
Farmer. Married Mary Davidhciser. Children: (a) Irvin D. lioyer,
Reading-, Pa., born Sept. 27, 1S57. Lutheran. Electrician. Married
Laura Stroh. Children: Edwin S.. Richard H., E. Evelyn, 1318 Linden
St., Allentown, Pa., and Helen, (b) Horace Boyer, Oaks, Pa. (c) Lewis
Boyer, Oaks, Pa. (d) Kate, and others; D (4) Benjamin Boyer was
born Aug. 3, 1828, died July 23, 1888, and is buried at Limerick Center,
Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Deborah Schlichter. Children: Sar-
ah, Amanda, Mary, Amos. All deceased, and no descendants; D (5).
Levi Boyer was born about 1830. Reformed. Farmer, Rich Valley,
Bucks Co., Pa. Married Frederica Long-. Children: (a) Hannah
Boyer. Mrs. Michael C. Wenhold, Schwenksville, Pa. (b) Maria Boyen
Mrs. Levi Kulp. Care of son Edg-ar, Quakertown, Pa., R. F. D. i. (c>
Daniel Boyer, Quakertown, Pa., R. F. D. i. Married Kulp Children:-
Kate Boyer, Oaks, Pa„ and Lewis Boyer, Oaks, Pa.; D (6) Isanc
Boyer was born about 1837. Lutheran. Butcher. ALarried Hettie Gou-
ler. Children; (a) Clara Boyen Mrs. David Isett, Royersford, Pa.
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(b) Lucien Boyer, Schwenksville, Pa. Married Druckenmiller. Chil-
dren: Isaac Boyer, Fleetwood, Pa., and Wallace Boyer, Schwenksville,
Pa. (c) Elsie Boyer. Mrs. William Ziegler, Schwenksville, Pa.; D (7)
Kate .Boyer, born about 1840, married Jacob Renriinger, Old Men's
Home, 39th and Baring- Sts., Phila., Pa. Children: LilHe, Mina, Oscar
Renninger. Address (1910) 55th and Woodland Ave., West Phila., Pa.
D (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Charles Boyer and Sarah
Christman, born Feb. 8, 1822, died Oct. 7, 1882. Married Peter K.
Roth. Children : Charles, Anna B. Roth, Eliazbeth Roth, Angelina
Roth, and Esther Matilda; D (2) Esther Boyer married Isaac Penne-
packer. Both buried at Schwenksville, Pa. Children : John B. Penne-
packer, Schwenksville, Pa.
D (i) Henry S. Boyer, son of John Boyer and Angelina Spotts.
Grocer, 926 Oley St., Reading, I'a. Married xA.manda Brunner. Chil-
dren: (a) Elmer Boyer, grocer, 963 N. nth St., Reading, Pa. (-b)
Edith Boyer. Mrs. Charles Thomas, 926 Oley St., Reading, Pa.; D (2)
John S. Boyer, grocer, 657 N. nth St., Reading, Pa. Married M.
Emma Bauman. Children: (a) Walter Boyer, at home, (b) Mar-
garet Boyer. Mrs. Harry C. Harding, 657 North nth St., Reading, Pa.;
D (3) Franklin S. Boyer buried at Boyertown, Pa. Married a Prizer.
Child: Florence Boyer. Single 1910; D (4) Elizabeth Boyer married
Mr. Amy, of Philadelphia, Pa.; D (5) Angelina Boyer married Clayton
Sassaman, and moved West.
D (i) Mary K. Smoyer, daughter of Elizabeth Boyer and Jacob
Smoyer, married Steltz, Pottstown, Pa.; D (2) Jacob B. Smoyer was
born 1840. Address Royersford, Pa., R. F. D. i. No children; D (3)
Others.
D (i) Manassas J. Boyer, son of Manassas Boyer and Mary Jones,
was born July 10, 1836. Lutheran. Carpenter, Perkiomenville, Pa.
Soldier of the Civil War with fine record. Married Margaret H. Huf-
•nagel, born 1834. Child: Albert B. Boyer, Perkiomenville, Pa.; D (2)
•■George J. Boyer. Lutheran, wheelwright, is buried at Catasauqua, Pa.
Married Equilla Wenhold. Children: George Boyer, Catasauqua, Pa.,
Amandus Boyer, Catasauqua, Pa., Ellen Boyer (Mrs. Plerbert Knecht),
Ida Boyer, and Clara Boyer;
D (i) George Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and wife, lives at Penns-
burg, Pa.; D (2) Henry Boyer lives at Red Hill, Pa.; D (3) William
Boyer; D (4) Oswin Boyer lives at Kumry, Pa. ; D (5) Perhaps others.
D (i) Lydia Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and Hannah Hersh,
born May 14, 1834, married Daniel Plank. Address (1910) Mrs. Lydia
Plank, Trumbauersville, Pa. Children: Allen Henry Plank, Trum-
bauersville, Pa. ; Edwin Plank, Quakertown, Pa. ; Frank P, Plank, Lang-
liorn. Pa. ; Ida Plank. Mrs. Milton Hinkle, Trumbauersville, Pa. ; Osman
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I B. Plank, Trumbauersville, Pa.; D (2) Reuben Boyer died single;
i D (3) William Boyer, single, Pennsburg, Pa. ; D (4) Plenry Boyer was
I born April 18, 1841, and died April 26, Kjog. Lutheran. Farmer. Mar-
I ried Susannah Shuler, born Nov. 13, 1853, and died April 26, 1913.
I Children: Rev. Elmer D. S. Boyer, of 510 North loth St., Lafayette,
[ Lad. Lutheran minister; Vida E. S. Boyer, 510 N. loth St., Lafayette,
1 Lid,; D (5) John Boyer. Lutheran. Laborer, Quakertown, Pa. Alar-
1 ried Diana Wolfe. Children : Kate Boyer, Stella Boyer, Oswin Boyer,
I Quakertown, Pa., Eugene, William, and Robert, all at Quakertown, Pa.;
I D (6) Miriah Boyer married William Snyder, Trumbauersville, Pa.
! D (i) Nathaniel Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Sarah, died
in Philadelphia, Pa.; D (2) Henry Boyer lives at Philadelphia, Pa.;
D (3) Others.
CHAPTER XXVI
GEORGE PHILIP BAYER
George Philip Bayer, born Jan. 30, 1750, in Baden, Germany, was a.
son of Conrad Bayer. This Conrad was the "Rathscrhreiber" von
Gemmige, Liebenstadt A. R. Grandduke of Baden. He left his home and
country a young man, but we do not know why. On board the ship
which brought him to New York he met and married Catharine. They
were both "redemptioners" for several years in New Jersey, where sev-
eral children were born to them. Eventually they settled in Richmond
Township, Berks County, Penns}lvania. George Philip Bayer died Sept.
18, 1824. Pie and his wife are buried in Mertz Church yard, Rockland
Twp., Berks Co., Pa. They were Lutherans and farmers. The chil-
dren, so far as the descendants can ascertain, were William, Jacob,
Abraham, Michael, and Lydia. When, several years ago, the descend-
ants of John Philip Bayer, sent an attorney to Baden to inquire into
Conrad Bayer's family and estate, they found that this estate had been
distributed among other children, and that John Philip's descendants
could not lay claims to any share that might have fallen to them hatl
John Philip kept in touch with his family.
B (i) William Boyer, son of George Philip and Catharine Bayer,
was born in New Jersey. Shoemaker in Richmond Twp., Berks Co., Pa.
Married Susannah Cronrath. They are both buried in the Mertz church
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yard. Children: Abraham, Reuben, Jacob, Joshua, Katharine, Lydia,
i\Iag"(ialene and Daniel; B (2) Jacob Boyer was born 1793, in IJerks
Co., Pa. Like his parents, he was a Lutheran, and like his brother,
he was a shoemaker near Kutztown, Pa. He married Sarah Boot, daugh-
ter of Charles Boot, and, in 1848, moved to Union County, Pa. He died
Aug. 27, 1863, and his wife in 1869. Both buried in Mifflinburg, I'a.
Children : Rachel, Samuel, Isaac, Joel, Sarah, John, David, Jonas, and
William; B (3) Abraham Boyer was born May 10, 1791, in Rockland
Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. A skillful weaver. Married Maria
Welder, daughter of Michael Welder of Rockland. She was born July
10, 1794, and died about 1879. Abraham died in 1848. Buried in the
Mertz church yard. Children: Abraham, Daniel W., Esther, Sarah,
and Katharine; B (4) Michael l)Oyer, No data; B (5) Lydia Boyer
married Jacob Wanner of Rockland Twp., Berks Co., I*a. Children:
Jacob, Peter, Daniel, etc.
C (i) Abraham Boyer, son of William and Susannah Cronrath
Boyer, was born about 1825. Lutheran. Married Susannah Bieber.
Lutheran. Both lived at Mertz church. Children: David, Isaac, Mar}-,
Benneville, Hettie, and Susannah; C (2) Reuben Boyer was born ]May
19, 1813, and died March 14, 1894. Lutheran. Shoemaker in Rockland.
Married Esther Miller, daughter of Jonathan Miller, Rockland. Both
buried in New Jerusalem Cemetery. Children; James IM., William I\l..
Sarah M., Levi M., Hannah M., Henry M., and Isaac M. ; C (3) Jacob
Boyer was born Dec. 30, 1820, and died about 1875. Lutheran. Shoe-
maker in Rockland. Married Hannah Keeler, daug"hter of Jacob Keeler.
Both buried at Mertz church. Children: Sarah A., Rachel, Mary A.,
Mahlon, Caroline, Esther A., Hannah B., and Jacob K., Amanda, and
Kate; C (4) Katlierine Boyer married Ain-aham Ruppert, of Pike Twp.,
Berks Co., Pa. Children: Abraham and otliers ; C (5) Lydia Boyer
married George Ebcrhardt, of Pike Two., Berks Co., Pa. Buried (prob-
ably) at Lobachsville, Pa. Children : Moses, Samuel, Lavina, others ;
C (6) Daniel Boyer; C (7) Magdalene Boyer married a Mr. Read-
inger; C (8) Joshua Boyer was born 1817, Rockland, Pa. Settled three
and one-half miles southeast of Wauseon, Ohio, in 1850. Married Susan-
nah Keller, l)orn Oct. 16. 1822. Children: William, Samuel, Benjamin,
Abraham, Mary, and Joshua.
C (i) Rachel Boyer, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Boot Boyer,
was born 1817. Married Jonas Shell. Children: Jonas Shell. Ad-
dress (1909) Lewisburg, Pa. Others; C (2) William Boyer was born
1819, and died 1903. Buried at Ray's Church, Mifilinbur^g, Pa. Shoe-
maker. Moved from Berks to Union County, Pa., 1848. Here his wife
Caroline Oswalt died. He then married Julia Burns, still living 1908.
Children: Jacob, Sarah, Elizabeth, George, Marg-aret, Rachel, and'
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Annie; C (3) Samuel Bo}'er was born 1824, and died 1905. Stone
mason. Married. Children : Jacob, John, William, Samuel, and Mrs.
James Gottshall ; C (4) Isaac Boyer. Addre;^s (1909) New Berlin,
Snyder Co., Pa. Stone mason. Married. Children: John, (31iver,
Rachel, and several others; C (5) Joel I'^oyer was born 1828. Farmer,
Mifflinburg, Pa. Died before 1913. Married Aliss Morningstar. Only
cliild : Albert Boyer, Mifflinburg, Pa. Farmer. Bachelor; C (6) Sarah
Beyer, born 1831, marrietl Samuel Ilarman. Chiklren : Angelina Edcl-
inan. Mifflinburg, Pa. Others ;C (7) John Boyer was born 1833. Farm-
er. ]\Iarried second time to Miss Hummel. Address (1909) Bellevue,
Ohio. Died before 1913. Children: John Boyer, Bellevue, Ohio, and
several other children; C (8) David Boyer was born i83f). Lutheran.
Stone mason, Mifflinburg, Pa. Married Miss Houtz. She died leaving
four children. Pie married Miss Coleman. Children : James II. Boyer,
Frank, Lorena, Ralph A., D. Monroe, Dora, Margery, Floyd; C (9)
Jonas Boyer was born 1839. Address (1909) Millmont, Union Co.,
Pa. Married. Children.
C ( I ) Abraham Boyer, son of Abraham and ]\Iaria Welder Boyer,
was born Jan. 15, 1837, in Maxatawny Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Address
( 1913) Schofers, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. The honored treasurer of the
Boyer Reunion from its inception. Married Lucy .\nn Youse, daughter
of John Youse, of Rockland. She died 191 5. Children: Charles A.,
Louisa PL, Solomon F., Jeremiah D., Edwin A., and Alice D. ; C (2)
Daniel W. Boyer was born April 11, 1834, in Maxatawny Twp., Berks
Co., Pa., and died June 24, 1886. Buried at Mertz church. Lutheran.
Farmer. Married Judith Youse. Address (1909) Dryville, Pa. Chil-
dren: William Y.. John Y., Jacob Y., Milton Y., Daniel Y., Mary Y.,
llettie Y., Lucy Y., and Missouri Y. ; C (3) Esther Boyer married
Daniel Heist, of Rockland. Children: Henry, Samuel, Zacharias, Eme-
line, Catherine. Louisa, Esther, and Mary; C (4) Katherine Boyer mar-
ried Daniel Heist, her deceased sister Esther's husband. Children: Dan-
iel Heist, Allcntown, Pa.; C (5) Sarah Boyer married Benjamin Rup-
pert, of Rockland. Children : Jacob, Herman, Mary, and others.
D (i) David Boyer, son of Abraham and Susannah TUeber Boyer,
married daughter of Levi Losch, antl lived in Cumberland Co., Pa. Chil-
dren: Fianna, and perhaps others ; D (2) Isaac Boyer was born August
1828, in Oley, Pa. Carpenter. Lutheran, Fleetwood, Pa., R. F. D. 2.
Married Eliza Noll. Children: Charles N., Lewis, Oscar W., Mrs.
James Diener, Mrs. W. Allen, ]\Irs. H. Christian; D (3) Mary Boyer
married Welder; D (4) Benneville Boyer; D (5-6) Llettie and Susan-
nah were sisters, not reported.
D (i) James M. Boyer, son of Reuben and Esther Miller was born
in Ruscombmanor Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. Miner. Killed in ore
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bank, Oct. lo, 1881. Buried at Pricetown, Pa. Married Mary Frey,
daughter of George Frey. Children: Esther, Cyrenius F., WilHam F.,.
Charles F., Peter F., Emma F., Howard F., Clara F., and James F. ;
D (2) William M. Boyer was born in Ruscombmanor Twp., Berks Co., Pa.
Lutheran. Settled in Illinois, but afterwards in Omaha, Nebraska. Very
able contractor. Identified with the finest buildings in Omaha. Buried
near Omaha. Married. Children ; Frank Boycr, clerk in post office,
Omaha, Nebraska, and perhaps others; D (3) Sarah M. Boyer. Luth-
eran. Married William Gauker. Address (1909) Tuckerton, Pa. Chil-
dren: Ellen, Wallace, Nora, etc.; D (4) Levi M. Boyer was born in
Ruscombmanor Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Married Hannah Ludwig, and after
her death, Hannah Rothermel. Lutheran, Fleetwood, Pa. Children :
Levi, son of first wife. Harry and Jeremiah; D (5) Hannah M. Boyer
married Jonas Keefer, Fleetwood, Pa. Children; Morris, Harry, etc.;
D (6) Henry M. Boyer was born in Ruscombmanor Twp., Berks Co.,
Pa. Lutheran. Wheelwright, Maidencreek, Pa. INIarried Alice Trexler.
Children: Florence and Paul R., a skilful worker in wood ; D (7) Isaac
Boyer was born in Ruscombmanor Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran, Fleet-
wood, Pa., R. F. D. Married. Children : Agnes, Annie, Warren, Forest,
William, and Edna.
D ( I ) Sarah A. Boyer, daughter of Jacob and Hannah Keeler,
born Jan. 19, 1843, i^i Rockland Twp., Berks Co., Pa., married George
Mull. Address (1909) Leesport, Pa. Lutheran. Children: Emma B.,
and others; D (2) Rachel Boyer, born July 20, 1844. Lutheran. Mar-
ried Frank M. Dehart, 725 N. 9th St., Reading, Pa. Children: Harry,
Frank, Gussie, Minnie; D (3) Mary A. Boyer, born June 34, 1846,
married James Keller, Topeka, Kansas. Children : Carrie, Lizzie, and
Adam; D (4) Mahlon Boyer was born May 17, 1847, in Rockland.
Lutheran. A miller by trade, Mulberry St., Reading, Pa. Married
Mary Lutz. Children: Susan, Hannah, Kate, Sallie, and Jacob; D (5)
Caroline Boyer was born April 9, 1840, in Rockland. Adilress (1909)
Fleetwood, Pa. Married John M. Rothermel. Children: Charles,
Mahlon, Milton, Edwin, William, Sallie; D (6) Esther A. Boyer, born
Sept. 21, 1851, married Jacob Wagley, N. 9th St., Reading, Pa. Chil-
dren: Mary A., Charles H., Milton G., Jacob A.; D (7) Hannah B.
Boyer, born July 7, 1857, married Jacob B. Mell. Address (1909) Rich-
land, Pa. Children: Mary, Jacob, Robert; D (8) Jacob K. Boyer was
born June 7, 1857, in Rockland, Pa. Lutheran. Meat market, and large
farm, Kutztown, Pa. Married Amanda Schucker. Children: Mary A.,
Charles PI., Milton G., Jacob A. ; D (9) Amanda Boyer, born Sept. 19,
1865, married James O. DeLong, Topton, Pa. Children: Carrie, Fred,
Jacob, Delia, George, Harold; D (10) Kate Boyer, born Dec. 9, 1867,
married William Stoudt. Children : Delia, Charles, Maude, Paul.
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D (i) William Boyer, son of Joshua and Susannah Keller Boyer,
died in Missouri ; D (2) Sanuiel Boyer lived at Gleanwood, Iowa; D (3)
Benjamin Boyer went to Oklahoma. Married. Address (1910) Mrs.
Benjamin Boyer, Goodnight, Oklahoma; D (4) Abraham Boyer may be
in Oklahoma. Married Sarah Labar. Address (1910) Mrs. S. J. An-
drews, Swanton, Ohio, R. D. 3. Children: Warren A., Alice L. Ad-
dress (1910) Mrs. George M. McCoy, Box 1008 Wauseon, Ohio; 13 (5)
Mary Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. John Rupp, Topeka, Kansas; D (6)
Joshua Boyer was born June 1857, died April 19, 1906. Married Edith
Wood. Address (1910) Mrs. Edith Boyer, 115 Michigan St., Toledo,
(3hio. Children : Myrtle iioyer. Mrs. Emmett Swope. Clyde Boyer,
Charles Boyer (dead), Ada Boyer, Joshua Boyer.
D (i) Jacob Boyer, son of William and Caroline Oswalt Boyer,
was born 1843, in Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. Moved with his parents
to Union County, Pa., in 1848. Enlisted in Civil War, August 21,
1862, serving until June 23, 1865. Contract carpenter. Married Sarah
Moll. Children : Charles M., of Lewisburg, Pa. ; Annie J., Clara E.,
Clyde W., and Grace M. ; D (2) Sarah Boyer married William Kemerer,
Shamokin Dam, Pa. Children; D (3) Elizabeth Boyer married John
Springer. Children; D (4) George Boyer, son of William Boyer and
second wife Julia Burns. Lutheran, Newville, Cumberland Co., Pa.
Married. Children; D (5) Margaret Boyer married Jacob Boyer (cous-
in), Miftlinburg, Pa. Children; D (6) Rachel Boyer married Albert
Hixson, Millmont, Union Co., Pa.; D (7) Annie Boyer married William
Hixson, Millmont, Pa.
D (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer (son of Jacob Boyer and
Sarah Boot). Lutheran. Laborer, Milflinburg, Pa. Married Margery
Boyer, daughter of his uncle William. No children ; D (2) John Boyer.
Single in 1900, Cleveland, Ohio; D (3) William Boyer, railroader,
Bellefonte, Pa. Married; D (4) Samuel Boyer, laborer. White Spring,
Pa. Married. Children; D (5) A daughter married James Gottshall,
Rand, Union Co., Pa.
D (1) John Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer (son of Jacob Boyer and
Sarah Boot). Stone mason. New Berlin, Snyder Co., Pa. Alarried.
Had a brother Oliver, and sisters Rachel and others.
D (i) Albert Boyer, only son of Joel Boyer (son of Jacob Boyer
and Sarah Boot). Farmer, Mifflinburg, Pa. Bachelor about 60 years
old in 1913.
D (i) John Boyer, son of John Boyer (son of Jacob Boyer and
Sarah Boot) lives at Bellevue, Ohio. Single in 1900; D (2) Perhaps
others.
D ( 1 ) James II. Boyer, son of David Boyer and Lavina Hontz, was
born Nov. 28, 1861, in Mifflinburg, Pa. W. Centre St., Lewisburg,
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Pa. Married Martha Elmira Morningstar, born July 28, 1861. Chil-
dren: Sarah J., Ida Ma}-, Ralph C, and Grace; D (2) Ralph A. Boyer
was born Nov. 29, 1869, West Bufifalo Twp., Union Co., Pa. Carijcnter,
1005 N. I2th St., Readinj^, Pa. Married Katie M. Zeller. Children:
William D., Francis R., Dora M., Ralph A., Charles C. ; D (3) Franklin
L. Boyer, carpenter, Mifllinbury, I'a. Married Oberdorf. Children;
D (4) Forenna Boyer married Frank Culp, Mifflinburg', Pa.; D (5)
David I\L Boyer, son of David lioyer and second wife Coleman. Mar-
ried. Children in West Virginia; D (6) Dora M. Boyer married Clar-
ence Spickelmyer, Mifflinburg-, Pa. Children: Sarah, Pauline, John;
D (7) Margie Boyer married Guy Yetter, Lewistown, Pa., R. F. D. 3;
D (8) Floyd Bo}er married Esther Baker, i\Iiftiinburg, Pa.
D ( I ) Charles A. Boyer, son of Abraham and Lucy Youse Boyer,
was born Aug. 3, 1857, in Rockland, Pa. Lutheran. ^lachinist, Tatani}-,
Pa. President of the Boyer Reunion at Mertz Church, iv;04, and f(jr a
number of years. Married Fmma Fritch, daughter of William Fritch,
Alburtis, Pa. Children : J. Warren and Hattie M. The latter is a grad-
uate of the Kutztown Normal School; D (2) I/3uisa II. Boyer, born
Jan. 5, 1859, married Henry Ebert, Monterey, Pa. Only child: Annie,
graduate of Normal Sciiool, Kutztown, Pa.; D (3) Solomon F. Boyer
was born July 22, 1861. Lutheran. Repair boss at Packerton, Pa. Mar-
ried Vesta Bortz. Children : Harvey H., 2244 INIaster St., Phila., Pa. ;
Edwin, Delia, Lulu, Willard; D (4) Jeremiah D. Boyer was born July
2, 1864. Lutheran. Laborer, Lyons, Pa. Married Mary A. Roth. Chil-
dren: Arline; D (5) Edwin A. Boyer was born Sept. 19, 1871, in
Maxatawny Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. Organist of several
churches and a musical composer. Author of the Boyer song used at
all reunions. Every Boyer shoidd know it by heart. Married Eliza-
beth Smith, sister of Rev. George B. vSmith ; D (6) Alva D. lioyer, born
Jan. 23, 1876, married Jeremiah T. Trexler, of Maxatawny Twp., Berks
Co., Pa. Children: Lillie M., Mabel M., Plarris E., Fred J., Hattie L.,
and Margaret B.
D (i) William Y. Boyer, son of Daniel W. Boyer and Judith
Youse, was born Feb. 18, 1856. Merchant, South Fork, I 'a. Married
Mary Liffcrt, and after her death again. Children: (i) D. Augustus, of
South Fork, Pa., married Miss Maid. (2) Daisy, wife of Levi P. Hars-
berger, of Johnstown, Pa., (3) Nellie; D (2) John Y. Boyer was born
Feb. 3, i860. Lutheran, lirownstone, Lancaster Co., Pa. Married Fianna
Birkenbine, and after her death. May 19, 1886, Kate F. Kamhof. Chil-
dren: Norman B., of Brandywine vSummit, Pa.; William, Clayton, Dan-
iel, Elam, Conrad, Warren, and Angelina; D (3) Jacob Y. Boyer was
born May 7, 1869. Hardware clerk, 316 N. loth St., Reading, Pa. Mar-
ried Elizabeth Lease. Children : Venus V., Walter E., Robert E., Ruth M.,
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Martin AL, John C. ; D (4) Milton Y. Boyer was born April 20, 1876.
Lutheran, O'lcy, Pa. Married Rebecca Rhoad. Child: MaryR.;D(5)
Daniel Y. Boyer was born Dec. 13, 1872. Lutheran, Lyons, Pa. Married
Annie Yoder. Children: Leon, Grace; D (6) Mary Y. Boyer, born
Feb. 18, 1856, married Henry Bieber, Lyons, Pa. Children; D (7)
Esther Y. Boyer, born Jan. 20, 1862, married Hiram F. Dry, Oley, Pa.
Children: Sallie, Horace, Laura, Hlda, IMinnie; D (8) Lucy Y. Boyer,
born April 7, 1S58, married Georg-e A. Funk, of Fredericksville. Chil-
dren: Emma, Harry, Fremont, Alice, George; D (9) Missouri Y.
lioyer, born Jan. 26, 1864, married J. D. Drumheller, 763 N. 8th St.,
Reading", Pa. Children : Stella V. (Lease), Reading, Pa.; (2)
Anson B., (3) Hettie E., wife of James Smith. Son: Donald. Note:
Mr. Drumheller has done wonderful things in our attempts at Boyer
reunions and Boyer history.
E (i) Norman B. Boyer, son of John Y. and Fianna Birkenbine
Boyer, was born Jan. 27, 1883, Rothsville, Lancaster Co., Pa. Methodist.
Farmer, Brandy wine Summit, Pa. Married Hannah Kunkel, July 17,
1883. Children: Catharine F. ; E (2) William ; E (3) Clayton ; E (4)
Daniel ;E (5) Elam ; E (6) Conrad ; E (7) Warren ;E (8) Angelina,
born Dec. 3, 1886.
E (i) Charles V\^ Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Eliza Noll, was born
Dec. 13 ,1866, in Ruscombmanor Twp., Llerks Co., Pa. Reformed. Farm-
er, Oley, Pa. Married Plannah Shollenberger. Children: Daniel S.
Boyer, born Feb. 25, 1893. Address (1913) Oley, Pa.; E (2) Lewis
Boyer, laborer. Reformed, Temple, Pa. Married Sarah Faust. Chil-
dren: ILarvey, of Oley, Pa.; Charles, Warren, Jenks, Isaac, Daisy, and
T\ate;E (3) Oscar W. Boyer, born March 16, 1860. Rcpairsman. Re-
formed, Oley, Pa. Married .Vrnanda Angstadt. Children: Jennie and
Katie; E (4) A daughter married James Dicner, Stony Creek Mills, Pa. ;
E (5) A daughter married W. Allen, 3042 P.allz St., W. Phila., Pa.;
E (6) A daughter married H. Christian, 1172 E. State St., Trenton, N. J.
E (i) Esther Boyer, daughter of James M. Boyer and Mary Frey,
was born July 24, 1859, and died Jan. 31, 1893. Married Jona. Stabler.
Children: Jeremiah, of New Jerusalem, Pa., and Cora; E (2) Cyrenius
F. Boyer, merchant, Fleetwood, Pa. Married Elizabeth Boyer, sister of
Martin Boyer, late of Kutztown, Pa., and a descendant of the Moselem
Boyers. See Chapter 9. Children: Helen E.. wife of Frank Slavin;
Grace, wife of Isaac Merkel ; lierbert C, and Frank F., all at Fleet-
wood, Pa.; E (3) William O. Boyer, moulder, of Reading, Pa., married
Kate Manwiller. Children : Florence, wife of George Stettler ; Raymond,
of Fleetwood, Pa.; Lulu, Catharine, Elmer; E (4) Charles E. Boyer,
Fleetwood, Pa., married Lydia Baer. Children: Beulah, wife of Eugene
Schlegel, Fleetwood, Pa. ; E (5) Peter F. Boyer married Jennie Geisler.
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Children: Arthur, of Fleetwood, Pa.; E (G) Emma F. Boyer married
Jacob Ruppert, Pikeville, Pa. Children: Stella, Lester, William, Caro-
line; E (7) Howard F. Boyer, Fleetwood, Pa., married Harriet Schaef-
fer. Children: Minerva, Nora; E (8) Clara F. Boyer married Wil-
liam Brodbeck, Reading-, Pa. Children: Eva, of 1155 Church St., Read-
ing-, Pa.; E (9) James F. Boyer married Mame Kemp, Fleetwood, Pa.
Children : Mary and Walter.
E (i) Ellen Gauker, daughter of Sarah i\I. Boyer and William
Gauker, married John Groff; E (2) Dora Gauker married Dr. William
Wallace ;E (3) Nora Gauker married Mahlon Snyder. Address ( 1009)
Tuckertbn, Pa.
E (i) Levi Boyer, son of Levi M. and Hannah Ludwig Boyer.
House painter, Reading-, Pa. Married. Children; E (2) Harry ISoyer,.
son of Levi M. Boyer and second wife, Plannah Rothermel. Railroader,
Pottsville, Pa. Married. Children; E (3) Jeremiah Boyer, farmer,
Fleetwood, Pa., married Keefer. Children.
E (i) Morris Keefer, son of Hannah M. Boyer and Jonas Keefer.
Stone cutter, Fleetwood, Pa.; E (2) Harry Keefer, Fleetwood, Pa.;
E (3) Others.
E (i) Florence M. Boyer, daughter of Henry M. Boyer and Alice
Trexler, married William Fisher, Monterey, Pa. Children; E (2) Paul
R. Boyer, wheelwright, Maidencreek, Pa. Married Elva Peters. Chil-
dren.
E (i) Ag-nes Boyer, daughter of Isaac M. Boyer and Ellen Kersh-
ner, married Mahlon Rothermel, Reading, Pa. Children; E (2) Annie
Boyer married George; E (3) Warren Boyer. Address, Rockland Twp.,
Berks Co., Pa. Married Sterner. Children ; E (4) Forrest Boyer lives
in Ruscombmanor, Berks Co., Pa. ; E (5) William Boyer, Fleetwood, Pa.,
R. F. D.; E (6) Edna Boyer, Fleetwood, Pa.
E (i) Susan Boyer, daughter of Mahlon Boyer and Mary Lutz,
married Pierce Delp, Exeter, Pa. Children; E (2) Hannah Boyer mar-
ried Amos Bickel, Bern, Pa. Children; E (3) Sallie Boyer. Married;
E (4) Kate Boyer married Stufflet; E (5) Jacob Boyer. Lutheran.
Farmer, Alsace, Pa. Married. Children.
E (i) Charles Rothermel, son of Caroline Boyer and John M.
Rothermel. Address (1909) Bowers, Pa. Farmer. Married Amanda
Long. Children: Anna, Katie, Verna ; E (2) Mahlon Rothermel, baker,
Reading, Pa., married Agnes Boyer, daugliter of Isaac Boyer. ChiUlren;
E (3) Edwin Rothermel, moulder, Alburtis, Pa. Married. Children;
E (4) Milton Rothermel, farmer. New Jerusalem, Pa. Married Annie
Merkel. Children; E (5) William Rothermel, farmer, Lobachsville, Pa.
]\Iarried Kate Schcet?^. Children ; E (6) Sallie Rothermel married
George Keller, Fleetwood, Pa. Children: Ruth.
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E (i) Mary A. Wagley, daughter of Esther A. Boyer and Jacob
Wagley, married and left children. Her brothers were Charles H.,
Milton G., and Jacob A,
E (i) Mary A. Boyer, daughter of Jacob K. Boyer and Amanda H.
Schucker, was born March 16, 1875. Married Jacob H. DeLong, Kutz-
town, Pa. Children: Florence M., Jacob H., Paul, Charles; E (2)
Charles H. Boyer was born Dec. 11, 1879, Egypt, Pa. Clerk in store.
^Married Carrie Kramer; E (3) Milton Boyer was born June 3, 1881.
Expressman, Kutztown, Pa. Married Jennie Ramer. Children: Wil-
liam J., Maude E. ; E (4) Jacob A. Boyer was born March 3, 1886, Kutz-
town, Pa. Married Minnie Dry. Children: Marion Frances.
CHAPTER XXVII
HENRY BAYER
The researches made by the late Emmanuel R. Boyer, of Chicago,
Illinois, go to show that his immigrant ancestor, Henry Bayer, settled in
York County, Pennsylvania, where he took up 375 acres of land. That
lie came from Germany is certain, but the ship lists do not contain his
name, which is not unusual. The historian has not examined the patent
<leeds of York County, nor church records. From '"Wills" recorded in
York, Pa., antl which were cojiied for the historian by Dr. A. Stapleton,
we infer that the family lived in Manheim Twp., York Co., Pa. We do
not know to whom he was married but Hible records furnish the names
of his children. They were flenry, Jacob, John, Benjamin, Jonas, Chris-
topher, Daniel, and Maria. Mr. D. V. Byers, of Sterling, Illinois, re-
ports the tradition that these boys were soldiers of the American Revolu-
tion. What the Archives record will be stated presently. Perhaps, ac-
cordingly, the oldest son was born about 1740, so that we may assume
that the father was born in Germany about 1720 or 1725. It is just
possible that tienry Bayer was the brother of Sanniel Bayer of Chapter
28, and that their father was Samuel Bayer from Switzerland.
B (i) Plenry Boyer, son of Plenry Bayer, of Manheim Twp., York
County, Pa., and his wife, was born about 1740, judging from his
"will." Lived in Manheim Township, and left a "considerable estate."
His "will" was probated at York, Pa., August, 1812. He had made it
when be was "old and weak." Married Barbara Winter. Children:
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John, Henry, Christian, Daniel, and Magdalena. From page 486, VoL
2, Sixth Series, Pennsylvania Archives, we infer that this Henry Beyer
was a soldier of the Third Battalion, York county. Pa. Militia in 1781,
together with his brother John. The name is spelled Byer in the archives.
B (2) Jacob Beyer, son of Henry Bayer, of Manheiin, ami his
wife. On page 606, Vol. 2, Sixth Series, Pa. Archives, we find Henry,
John, Jacob, and Philip Beyer, enlisted in the York County, Pa. Militia
m 1776. We take it that these boys were relatives. Probably one of
Jacob's sons was Jacob of Frederick Co., Md. See C.
B (3) John Boyer, son of Henry Bayer, of JManheim, and his wife,
was born a year or two beh^re or after 1740, as we judge from the
statement "old and weak" in his "will." Left large estate in Manheim
Twp., York Co., Pa., probably his portion of his father's 375 acre property.
The "will" was probated April 1809. In it he names his wife Elizabeth,
and speaks of nine children. They were Henry (the "eldest"), Daniel,
Christian, Benjamin, John, Magdalena, Eli/^abeth, George, and one other
not known. George is not mentioned in this will, but brother John's,
nor is John mentioned, but implied by the phrase "John, Senior." H,
.as D. V. Byers, of Sterling, Illinois, says, this "John Senior" came from
Switzerland, the family must have come after 1740.
B (4) Benjamin Boyer, son of Henry Bayer, of Manheim, and his
wife. Perhaps he and Jacob, his brother, were killed in the Revolu-
tion. There is no trace of descendants.
B (5) Jonas Byer, son of Henry Bayer, of Manheim, and wife,
was born March 17, 1760, probably in Manheim Twp., York Co., Pa.
He died Feb. 10, 1849, in Markham, Canada. Settled near Markham,
Ontario. Canada, 181 1. Farmer. Married Fdizabeth Schwartz, born
ATarch 21, 1761. She died Sept. 24, 1822. Children: David, Benja-
min, Sanniel, Susanna, Elizabeth, Christina.
B (6) Christopher Boyer, son of Henry Bayer, of Manheim, and
his wife, lived in Pennsylvania. Alarried. Children: Samuel, John,
David, Elizabeth, Nancy, and Mrs. Moul.
B (7) Daniel P)Oyer, son of lienry Bayer, of Alanheim, and his
wife, was born about 1795, as reported by his son Amos. Moved from
York County, Pa., to East Germantown, Ohio, where he and wife are
buried. Lutheran. Marrietl to Rosina Gladfelter. Children: Amos,
Cassilius, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Daniel, and John. The last one was mar-
ried, but left no children.
B (8) Maria Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer, of Manheim Twp.,
York Co., Pa., and wife, married Mr. Caslow. Children: Henry, John,
Jacob, Samuel, Magdalena.
C (i) John Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and wife Barbara Winter,
moved to Bedford County, Pa. His nephew John H. Boyer, of Brad-
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ford, Ohio, says he hears that uncle John had two sons, one a conductor
on tlic 1j. and O. Raih-oad, and the other had a liotel in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Perhaps Daniel Boyer, of Bedford, Pa., is a son; C (2) Irlenry Bo}er
lived at Iron Ore, York Co., Pa., married Elizal:)eth Weikel. Children:
Michael, Geori.ye, Elias, Rebecca, and Elizabeth; C (3) Christian Boyer.
Plis nephew John PL Boyer, says he knows very little about this uncle.
Oren Boyer says Abraham Boyer, of Canton, Ohio, is a son; C (4)
Daniel Lioyer was born in ATanheim Twp., York Co., Pa., in 1799, died
Dec. 30, 1846, and is buried at Garber Cemetery. Lived on one-third
of the "old homestead." Married Elizabeth Ploff, born 1800. She died
1885, in Darke Co., Ohio, where she had gone with her children. Chil-
dren: Jonas, Maria, Barbara, Manassas, Kate, Henry, Daniel, John 11.,
Samuel, Elizabeth, and Aaron; C (5) Magdalene.
C ( i) Jacob Beyer, probably son of Jacob l;'e\er, of Manheim Twp.,
York Co., Pa. Our correspondent Charles W. Boyer, of Martinsburg,
West Virginia, says that "Jncob Beyer, born about 1785, was a soldier ot
1812." Married a girl of the same name from Garrett County, Mary-
land. They were both Protestants. The same corresjjondent says that
Jacob Beyer's father served with Washington in the American Revolu-
tion, but he can not name the man. Jacob Beyer lived in Erederick
Count}', Maryland. Our correspoiuU'ut thinks Jacob Beyer's father v,as
a descendant of John P>eyer — perhaps Henry — who settled near York^
]*a., in 1710, about 30 or 40 miles from where tlie Jacob in question,
and his sons, were at home. Children : Jacob, Solomon, George W.
C (T) Henry Boyer, eldest son of John Boyer and his wife Eli."a-
beth; C (2)' Daniel Boyer; C (3) Christian Boyer; C (4) Rev. Benja-
min lio_\'er was born about I7r)0-i7()(). P>ishop in River Brethren Church.
Died several miles north of Carlisle, l^a. Married .\nua Miller, April 2,
1786. Children: Elizaljeth, John, Barbara, Susannah, Plenry, Sanmel^
Anna, Daniel, Maria, Christian; C (5) John Boyer lived in Eranklin
Township, York Co., Pa., as his "will" shows. It was probated August
1823. Owned a farm. Left it to his brother George. This would seem
to mean that John had no children. Pie also provided for his wife
Barbara and left something for his mother Elizabeth. He was weak in
body when he made the "will"; C {(t-j) Magdalena and Elizabeth were
daughters of John Boyer and wife Elizabeth, as known from the "will"
in 1809; C (8) George Boyer fell heir to the farm of his brother George
in 1809.
C ( i) Amos Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife Rosina Gladfelter,
was born Nov. 4, 1830, in York Co., Pa. Carae with parents to I^ast
Germantown, Indiana, in 1838. "Christian Church." Alarried Sarah
Hamm, born Dec. 14, 1834, in Berks Co., Pa. Children: (i) Clara,
born Dec. j\, i860. Saleslady in Atlanta, Hamilton Co., Ind., and Clem,
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born Sept. 25, 1862. Address (191 5) Atlanta, Indiana. Tinplate work-
er. Married. Child: Hugh, born Oct. 28, 1896; C (2) Cassilius Boyer,
Cambridge City, Indiana; C (3) Charles Boyer, Galesburg, III.; C (4)
Rebecca Boyer married Mr. Sninn, 2001 E. Main St., Richmond, Ind. ;
C (5) Elizabeth Boyer married Oldacker, East Germantown, Indiana;
C (6) Daniel Boyer, Cambridge City, Indiana.
C (i) David Byer, son of Jonas Byer and wife Elizabeth Schwartz,
was born June 16, 1791, in Canada, and died Sept. i, 1844, Markham,
Ontario, Canada. Married Anna Donner, born May 6, 1798. She died
Nov. 18, 1865. Children: Jonas, Susanna, David, John llcciver, Anna
Christina, Elizabeth; C (2) Benjamin Byer was born Nov. },, 1787, and
died Nov. 6, 1852. Married Elizabeth Martin, born Oct. 30, 1787.
Children: David, John, Mary, perhai)s other daughters; C (3) Samuel
Byer was born Feb. 2, 1806, and died Aug. 19, 1878. Married Mary
Whitney, born Sept. 24, 1803. Children: Abraham, Jonas, Catherine,
Elizabeth, Dinah, Mary, Susanna; C (4) Susanna Byer married .Abra-
ham Miller. She died Oct. 2, 1833, -g'<^<^l 3- years, 10 months and 3 days;
C (5) Elizabeth Byer married Peter Ramer. She died March 2, 1876,
aged 81 years, 5 months and 20 days ; C (6) Christina Byer married
John F. Hoover. She died April 15, 1861, aged 76 years, 6 months, 29 days.
C (i) Samuel Boyer, son of Christopher Boyer and wife. Mar-
ried. Children: (i) Sarah, wife of Mr. Stambaugh ; (2) Magdalene,
wife of Mr. Rorbaugh ; Andrew, of Iron Ore, York Co., Pa.; (3) Leah,
(4) Maria, (5) Rebecca; C (2) John Boyer; C (3) David Boyer. Ad-
dress (1915) Hanover, Pa.; C (4) Elizabeth Boyer married Mr. Hoff;
C (5) Nancy Boyer married Mr. Forry; C (6) A daughter married
Air. Moul.
D (i) Michael Boyer, son of Henry Boyer, of York Co., Pa., and
his wife, moved to Covington, Ohio. Farmer. Married Fannie Driver.
Address (1915) Spring-field, Ohio. Children: Jacob (deceased), David,
of Piqua, Ohio; Eli, of Dayton, Ohio; Fannie, wife of Mr. Wade, Green-
ville, Ohio; Rebecca, wife of Mr. Free, Springfield, Ohio., Sarah, and
Annie; D (2) George Boyer lived in Manheim Twp., York Co., Pa.
Married. Children : Martin, of East Berlin, Pa. ; George, of Hanover,
Y'ork Co., Pa., or of Jacob's Mills, Pa. ; Moses, perhaps of same address,
and Nathaniel, of same address ; Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Baker, of Green- ■
ville, Ohio, R. F. D. 7, and Mrs. Miller; D (3) Elias Boyer lived in
York County, Pa. Married Katie Luckenbaugh. Children : Annie,
wife of Mr. Dubs; Edward, of Hanover, York Co., Pa.; Emma, wife of
Mr. Hoke, and Noah, perhaps of Hanover, Pa.; D (4) Rebecca Boyer
married Mr. Wonner, and lived near Bradford, O. Children: John and
Plenry, both of Bradford, Ohio; D (5) Elizabeth Boyer married Hock-
ins, and lived in York Co., Pa.
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D (i) Abraham Boyer, son of Christian Boyer and wife, of Canton,
Ohio.
D (i) Jonas Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and his wife Ehzabeth
Hoff, was born Nov. 24, 1823, near Hanover, York Co., Pa., and died
Dec. 28, 1901. Buried at Spava, 111. Farmer. Mennonite. Wife's
nar.ie, Susannah. She was born Aug. 10, 1829, near Hanover, Pa.
Address (1909) 607 W. 6ist Place, Chicago, 111. Children: Emmanuel
R., Samuel A., Rebecca, Isaiah R., William H., Susan L., Sarah J.,
Catharine, Charles J., Angelina, and two that tlied }'oung; D (2) Maria
Boyer, born in 1825, married Jacob Etter. Children: (i) Henry, Brad-
ford, Ohio; (2) Eli, (3) Samuel, of Gettysburg, Ohio; (4) Eydia, wife
of Mr. Aikey; (5) Lucinda, wife of Mr. Inman ; (6) Sarah, wife of Mr.
Seaman, and Susannah, wife of Mr. Knusley ; D (3) Barbara Boyer,
l)orn 1827, married Peter Moul. Children: (i) Daniel. Address ( 1914)
Pleasant Hill, Ohio; (2) Sarah, wife of Mr. Gauby, of Gettysburg, Ohio;
(3) Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Wagaman; (4) John, of Gettysburg, Ohio;
(5) Aaron, of Columbus, Ohio; (6) Susan, wife of Mr. Keller, of Dallas
Center, Iowa; (7) Samuel, of Akron, Ohio; D (4) Manassas Boyer was
born May 3, 1829. Address (1908) Bradford, Ohio. i\larried Lovina
Euckenbaugh. born 1830. Children: Henry L., Albert L., Sarah, Obed
L., Daniel L., John L., Manasse, Melinda, Cassie, Ida Mae, and Oren ;
■D (5) Kate Boyer, born 1831, died 1902; D (6) Henry Boyer, born
1832, lives in Horatio, Ohio. Married Mary Ann Miller. Children:
Elizabeth, Susan, Daniel, Andrew; D (7) Daniel Boyer was born 1834,
and died 1892. Married Elizabeth Cable. Children: Sarah, Ellen,
John, Milton, Maggie, Emma, Daniel, Madie, Edward; D (8) John H.
Boyer was born 1836. Address ( 1915) Bradford, Ohio. Farmer. River
Brethren Church. Married Lydia Martin, born 1841, and after her death,
in 1874, Millie Maurer. Children: Rose, Sarah, Lizzie, Susanna, Frank-
lin, Laura, of first wife, and Charles, Alva, Jacob, Harvey, Clara; D (9)
Samuel H. Boyer was born 1839, and died 1903. Married Sarah ]\Lirtin.
Children: Amanda, Lydia, Levi, Noah, William S., Mary M., Jessie,
Bessie; D (10) Elizabeth Boyer, born 1841, married Benjamin Gibboney,
Horatio, Ohio. Children: Aaron, John, Ezra, Jonas. Address (1914)
Dayton, Ohio; D (11) Aaron Boyer was born 1843. Address (1915)
Horatio, Ohio. Farmer. River Brethren Church. Married Ellen Blue.
No children.
D (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Jacob Beyer and his wife, died at Rich-
mond, Virginia, in i860, leaving no children. Teacher. See C; D (2)
Solomon Boyer was born in Frederick County, Maryland, 1814. Dunk-
ard. No war record. Married Susan Bemis, at Sharpsburg, Md., about
1836. Children : Charles William, Anne, Frisby David, Francis T.,
Aaron A., Augusta Virginia, Margaret Helen, James liamilton, Mary
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Elizabeth; D (3) George W. Boyer was a farmer. Methodist. Soldier
of Stonewall Brigade, C. S. A. Member of Jury that tried and convicted
John Brown in 1S59, and died 1891. Married Ehza Young, of Charles-
ton, W. Va. Children : George W. Boyer, Chicago, Blinois, and John
G. Bo3^er, Charleston, W. Va. Farmer.
D (i) Rev. John Boyer, son of Rev. Benjamin Boyer and wife
Anna Miller, was born Dec. 17, 1788. Lived below Roxbury, Pa. Went
to Ohio. Minister. Married Nancy Brenneman, and afterwards another
woman. Children: Elizabeth, llenjamiin, Rev. John C, Andrew, Lydia,
Annie; D (2) Barbara Boyer,. l^orn Jan. 28, 1792, married Philip Alillcr,
of Newbury, Pa. Farmer. Children: John, I'hilip, Sarah (Mrs. Wil-
liam Keeseman) ; D (3) Susannah Boyer, born April 6, 1794, died,
single; D (4) Henry Boyer was born May 20, 1796, died Nov. 6, 1863,
and is buried at P'ogelsangers Church, between Shippensbnrg and New-
bury, Pa. Belonged to the River Brethren. Farmer. Married Rachel
Jacoby, born May 11, 1800. Children: Samuel, Susannah, William,
Jacob, Henry, Maria, Ann, Benjamin F. ; 1) (5) Samuel Boyer was
born March 11, 179S. No records; D (6) Anna l^oyer, born May 31,
1800, married, but there are no data to record; D (7) Daniel Boyer
was born July 29, 1802. Lived in Shippensbnrg, Pa. Married Sarah
Pague. Children : Anthony, Harriet, Samuel, Sarah, Ann, Kate, Caro-
line; D (8) Maria Boyer was born July 13, 1804. No records; D (0)
Christian Boyer was born July 7, i8o(5. Went West.
D (i) Jonas Byer, son of David Byer and wife Anna Donner.
Farmer. Lived in Pickering Township, Ontario Co., Canada. Married
Katherine Welsh. Children: Henry, Jane, Anna, Susanna, Daniel,
Elizabeth; D (2) Susanna ]iyer married Daniel I^ehman. Children:
David, Elizabeth, ]\L'iry, Sanuiel, Fannie, Nancy, Abraham, Elizabetli,
Anthony, Caroline. Family lived at Markham, Ontario; D (3) David
Byer was born March 3, 1820, and died Dec. 10, 1894. Lived and died
at Markham, Ontario, Canada. Married Esther Plainer, born Nov., 1823.
Farmer. Saw mill owner. Inventor of Byer's "Cancer Cure." River
Brethren Church. Children: Peter, Fannie, Christina, Catharine, John,
'I'^.nna, Daniel, David, Susanna, Elizabeth, Mary; D (4) John IK')Over
Byer was born March 3, 1820, and died Dec. 19, 1892. Address (1892)
Markham, Ontario, Canada." Farmer. Married Elizabeth Ramer, and
afterwards Margaret Cover. Children : Christian, Peter Stover, George
Kitley, John, Peter, Mary Jane, Elizabeth, Daniel Ra>'mond, Nancy,
Simeon Stover, Mary, Albert Brunfelder, Susan, Peter Sherik, Rebecca;
D (5) Anna Byer married Lyman Conner. Children: PJaniel, Regina,
Nancy, Obadiah, Timothy, Nelson, Mahala, Jesse; D (6) Christina
Byer married Daniel Strickler. Children; Annie, Meno, Susanna, Elijah
W., John, Barbara; D (7) Elizabeth Byer married Abraham Ramer..
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She died Feb. 23, 1903, aged 79 years. Children: Susanna, Andrew^
Fannie, Joseph, Esther, Anthony, Annie, John S., Ehzabeth, Enoch, and
Abraham.
D (i) David Byer, son of Benjamin Byer and wife Ehzabeth
Martin. Married. Children : Joseph Boyer, Ira B3'er, and some daugh-
ters; D (2) John Byer married a Miss Whitesides, left Ontario, Canada,,
and moved into the United States, but at this writing Mrs. Sander
and her people can not tell of his descendants. His children were
David, John, Angeldne, Mary Ann, perhaps others. Note: A Mrs.
Ramer, of \^ancouver, B. C, has an old Bible which may contain im-
portant data.
D (i) Abraham Byer, son of Samuel Byer and wife Mary Whit-
ney, was born Oct. 23, 1836, and died Jan. 28, 1904; D (2) Jonas
Byer was born Sept. 25, 1S41, died Dec. i, 1913. Married Jane Mc-
Keown, born Aug. 15, 1869. Children: Earl, born Oct. 3, 1897; Leslie,.
lH:irn May 18, 1899.
E (i) Emmanuel R. Boyer, son of Jonas Boyer and wife Susannah,
was born April 15, 185 1, in York Co., Pa., died Feb. 24, 1900, in Chicago,
II!. Removed to Fulton Co., 111., after Civil War, with parents, who
were farmers. Graduate of State Normal School, Bloomington, 111., in
1879. Principal of schools at Astoria, Fulton Co., 111. In 1882 became
County Superintendent of Fulton Co., 111. In 1886 went to State Uni-
versity, Champaign, 111. Graduate of Harvard University, 1890. Became
celebrated in Cliicago High School work under Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews.
Appointed director of Chicago Institute endowed by Mrs. Emmons Blaine.
Friend of Col. Francis W. Parker. Identified with "PIuU House" settle-
ment work. Specialist in biology. Wrote a manual used in Chicago
schools, and an unfmislied te.xt buok. Admired and loved by all. T\]ar-
ried. Left four children; y\ttorney Samuel R. Boyer was born Sept. 7,
1854. Address (1914) 930 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Mo. Manager
of Loan Department of Farm and Home Savings and Loan Associa-
tion. Helped ]5oyer historian. Married Julia Adelaide Waketield. Chil-
dren: Lucius Trent, Don Wakefield, and Samuel A., all at home; E (3)
Rebecca Boyer, born May 17, 1853, married Lewis Manhartz. Farmer,
Ipava, 111. Children: Lulu and Esther; E (4) Attorney Isaiah R.
Boyer, born May 21, 1856, died July 6, 1907. Single. Founded the
Boyer Institutional Home for Cliiklren, Kansas City, Mo. Very fine
character; E (5) Susan Boyer died single; E (6) Sarah Boyer, bom
l\Iay 14, 1865, married Bert Errol Fisk, Chicago, 111. Druggist; E (7)
Angelina Boyer, born Oct. 9, 1849. Wife of Samuel Fitz. Only child:
Farie Fitz, Astoria, 111.; E (8) Catharine Boyer, born May 1865, mar-
ried Dudley W. Clark, Kansas City, Mo. Electrician; F, (9) Attorn y
William Flenry Bo3'er was born Feb. 7, 1859. Attorney. Banker. Farm-
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er, Bloomington, III. Married Lillian Gay Wakefield, sister of wife of
Samuel A. Children: Ruth, Miriam, Gaylord, Wakefield; E (lo)
Charles Jonas Boyer, born July ii, 1872, at Ipava. 111. Address (1914)
Detroit, Mich. Graduate of University of Chica-o, Course Ph D Fine
genealogist. Working for Allen and Bacon, publishers. Married Zilpha
Campbell. Children: Charles Harold.
E (i) Henry L. Boyer, son of Manassas Bover and wife Lovina
Luckenbaugh, was born 1851. Address (1914) Bradford, Ohio. Mar-
ried Sarah Bayman, and after her death, Sadie Schuster; E (2) Albert
E Boyer was born 1852. Address (1914) Bradford, Ohio. Farmer
Married Malinda Brant. Children: (i) Pearl, wife of Mr. Sargeant
Owosso, Michigan; (2) Maude, wife of Mr. Hartle, Covington, Ohio!
(.3) Cora, wife of Mr. Wolfe, Tippecanoe, Ohio; (4) Fannie, wife of
Mr. Miller, Indianapolis, Ind. ; (5) Goldie, Bradford, Ohio; E (3)
Sarah Boyer was born 1853. Married Linn Powell. Child- B F
Powell, Bradford, Ohio. Farmer; E (4) Daniel L. Boyer was born
1857, and died 1910. Married Ellen Crowell. Children- (i) Ira Get-
tysburg, Ohio. Carpenter. Married Daisy Homer. Child: Gerirude
(2) Clarence married Florence Fiery. Child: Emerson. (3) Eva wife
■of Mr. Christian, Covington, Ohio. (4) Lowell, (5) Linas; E (5) 'john
L. Boyer was born 1859, and died 1891. Married Ida Alexander Chil-
dren: (I) Earl, Bakersficld. California. Clerk. (2) Myrtle wife of
Mr. Voissard, Covington, "Ohio. (3) Arthur, San Pedro, California
Confectioner. (4) Anna Mabel, Long Beach, Cal. Teacher- E (6)
Manasse Boyer was born 1861. Married Mina Klinger. Children-' (1)
Lottie, (2) Henry Lee, Bradford, Ohio. Merchant, married Bertha
Smithy Children: Emmett. Myron. (3) Otto, Bradford, Ohio. Clerk
(4) ivobert, Anderson, Indiana. Machinist; E (7) Malinda Boyer
born 1863, married Thomas Wilson. Children: (i) Gertrude, wife of
Mr. bmith, Versailles, Ohio. (2) Mina, wife of Mr. Wolfe. (3) Orville
(4) Russell, (5) Homer, (6) Jennie, wife of Mr. Lanich, of Brock Ohio'
(7) Rhondo, of Versailles, Ohio; E (8) Ida May Boyer, born 1872, mar-
ried Leonard Marvel, Versailles, Ohio; E (9) Obed L. Boyer was born
1874. Address (1914) Bradford, Ohio. Married Sarah Hetzler Chil-
dren: (i) Charles, Bradford, O., married Effie Haines; (2) Mary a
^erk; F_(io) Oren Boyer was born 1875. Address (19x4) Bradfonl.
Ohio. Farmer. A fine genealogist. Married Ella Miller. Children -
Forest, born 1905, and Elsie Mae, born 1908.
E fi) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Henry Boyer and wife Mary
N. Miller, married Mr. Martin. Children: Harvey, Else (McCrea),
Lawrence, Gohlie; E (2) Susan Boyer married Mr. Fulkarth. She died
1913- Children: Ida (Boyd), Henry, Charles, Bessie (Thomas), Stella
<McGriiT) ; E (3) Daniel Boyer, Bradford, Ohio. Farmer. Married
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I.urc„a Jackso,. Children: Bessie (Newbauer) and Myrtle (Marker) ;
J- (4) Andrew Hoyer, Lamont, Oklahoma. Farmer MarrieH <;,ll
Mose. Children: E.he, (M,.,keyl. of Lan,o„e. Ok^hom May, R
sell, lahner, iiern.ce, Lowell, Daniel, John, Ennice, Tl,eln,a, Zeln,a
Cable''- K'(^^t, ''T' "'"''"'' °' °"''" ^°^"- ^"■" "'f^- Elizabeth
Famer VV "','■, '^ ^^ <"" "!'"» Boyer, StilvKleo, Ohio
rn ■ ? "'"" '"'• ^'"'"^"'^ ^'-'"KO (died .9,., David
™ • E ;'o'm"p ^"'"'"' ^'"""' "^'^^'' «-^'""-' Kenneth, "Zt
E^r Ed^r' Kansas. • a:^:''Z!^^:;, t^^-^:^
E (8) Edward lioyer, Greenville, Ohio. Farmer. Married Bertha '
E (I) Rosa Boyer, daughter of John H. Bover and wit,- T v,li,
Marttn, born ,86., ,narrie<l Mr. Miller, Greenville, Ohio. C ild l- V
E i? ^S,i ' "' m"'"' "' ^""-'»P°'-. l"d- a brakema , nar i d
nunice. Children; Mary and Martha {'2\ A.t\ r t ,
Ind., a braken,an, nrarr.ed I.nlu. CI :' M R„: L "0';^ "tf"
f;:l°'-'v ;:'.T'* ?;"""" <=> ^^-^^^'^ ^^' ^-- ' ^l' «;
iiorence, Ij, (2) Sara lioyer married Mr Youn-r V.^r.n,-n.. r^l-
Ch.^lren ( , , ,vy, wife of Mr. Marker, of Stilvi "."ohl 'Ven™?
of Versailles, Ohio. (3) Uster, of Versailles, Oho; e'(3) Eh eh
lioyer marned Mr: Bernhart, Bradford, Ohio Children- M-,.vT
Ro er, N ,lie; E (4) Snsannah Boyer.'born ,S^^Z^, ^'liD
John I. Boyer and second wife Mollie Ma,„-er, was born',877 Ad
<lress (19.4) Bradfor.1, Ohio: E (6) Alva Boyer was born ,879'' Fan -"
er, Ansoma, Oh,o. Married Sallie Hoke. Child: Leroy ■ E ( 7 Wacob
Boyer was born 188,. Teaeher, Bradfor.l, Ohio; E (8) Harvey I o er
w born ,883. Fa,.r,er, Versailles, Ohio. Married Naomi Me ^
Ch Idren : Florence, Annabel, Mary, Carl ; E (9) Clara Bover was Ln
1893. Address (1914) Bradford, Ohio. '
E (I) Amanda Boyer. daughter of Samuel H. Boyer and wife
Sarah Martnt, n,arr,cd Mr. I lardn,nn. Children: Mvrtle Charts W
l.an,, Leonard, VValter; E (.) Lydia Boyer n,arried Mr. Shea r ' cIl-'
< n: Ralph, M.anon, Mabel, Orval, Kenneth, Florence; E 3) I i
Boyer, farmer Versailles, Ohio. Married Catharine Hanbaker E (a
ortsl, E (5) VV.Iham S. Boyer, farmer. Bradfor.l, Ohio. Married I il
l.an Evans. CInldren: Maude C, O. Hubert, D. Carl; E (6) Mar;
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M. Boyer, married Mr. Weyant. Children : Charles, Dortha, Earl,
jNIildred; E (7) 'Bessie H. Boyer.
E (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Rev. John Boyer and wife
Nancy Brenneman, married Eevi Burkhardt. Children: (1) Elizabeth,
wife of Albert Coates, of Pandora, Ohio (1913). Their daughter: Alir-
iani C. (2) John Y. Burkhardt married Clara Thrapp. (3) Andrew
Burkhardt. (4) Naomi, wife of David Thrapp. (5) Samuel Burk-
hardt married Etta AlcCish. (6) Amanda Ann, wife of Stanley 11.
Crawford; E (2) Benjamin Boyer was the oldest child. jMarried. Chil-
dren: (i) Henry Byers (deceased). (2) David V. Byers. Address
(1913) Sterling-, Illinois, R. D. 3. Born about 1833. Farmer. ^Minister
of Winebrennarian Church. Married Esther I'attiman. Children : ( i )
David (dead) ; Ida, Joseph, both near Dixon, 111.; Amanda and Clinton,
of Iowa; Lilly, at home; Emma, of Sterling-, 111.; Edward and Irwin,
(dead) ; Laura, Emmanuel, of Sterling-, 111. (3-8) Jacob (deceased) ;
Lydia Ann; Fannie, wife of C. M. McKnell ; Elizabeth, wife of Mr.
Keffelfiner; Benjamin (deceased); John (deceased); (9) Benjamin
Byers, the second. Address (1915) Highspire, Dauphin Co., Pa. Mar-
ried Miss McCannick. Children: Rosa Mae, of Middletown, Pa., R.
F. D. 2; Maude E. and Cora M., of Mighspire, Pa. ; Frank Oscar, of 1726
Susquehanna St., Harrisburg, Pa., married to Margaret Lyter ; Ralph
Emerson, Olive M., and Warren Clyde, all of Highspire, Pa. Olive M.
married Wm. P. Dintiman. (10) Anthony Byers, lived or lives, in Ohio.
(11) Kate Byers, wife of George Cave; (12) Mary Byers; E (3) Lydia
Boyer married Mr. Shollenberger ; E (4) .-^nnie Boyer. Married;
E (5) Rev. John C. Boyer was born April 16, 1815, Franklin Co., Pa.,
and died Nov. 25, 1887. Settled near Springfield, Ohio. Bishop of River
Brethren. Married Elizabeth Wingert. Children: (i) Anna, wife of
Christ Hoover, Newbury, Pa. (2) Leah, wife of Mr. Ulrey, 1322 Maiden
Lane, Springfield, Ohio. (3) Mary C, wife of Mr. Springer, LIpland,
Cal. Born Sept. 21, 1855, Clark Co., Ohio. Married Christian W.
Wing'-ert, and afterward Christian Springer. Children: Harry H. Win-
gert, of Twin Falls, Iilaho; Jacob B. Wingert, of Oakley, Cal.; Daniel
B. Wingert, of South Africa, Missionary of Brethren in Christ; .\nnie
Elizabeth Wingert, of 52 Cumberland St., San Francisco, Cal. ; Andrew
C. Wingert, of Ganda, Rhodesia, South Africa ; Esther Wingert, of LIp-
land, Cal. (4) Elizabeth Byers, wife of Eli Linkey, of Ui)land, Cal.
Children: Anna, wife of J. C. Benfold, 1825 ]\f organ St., S'^ringfield,
Ohio; Andrew, of Ashland, Ohio; Harry H., of 386 Audubon Ave., New
York; Irvin, of Upland, Cal. ; Fannie Ellen, wife of E. J. Broyles, lT])land,
Cal.; I. J. Ivinkey, of Upland, Cal., and Elizabeth Esther, of Upland.
(5) Kate, wife of Christian Herr. (6) John, born Jan. 12, 1842. No
■descendants. (7) Fanny married J. B. Wingert. (8) Andrew N. Byers.
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River Brctliren ]:^vangelist. Aildress (1915) Springfield, Ohio. Born
July 28, 1851. 3tlarried Etta Morninyslar. Fine people. Children:
Edna J., Emma, 1x3. Al., Idela, Charles E., of 1418 Maiden Lane, Spring-
field, Ohio, and Maude \'. (9) Malizie, born Oct. 28, 1857. (10) Sarah
M., born Oct. 21, 1859; E (6) Andrew Byers was born July 8, 1827,
near Roxbury, Franklin Co., Pa., and died yy years old. Member of
i\iver Brethren Church. Farmer. Married Nancy Whistler. Both
'[»uried near Albany, 111. Children: (i) Nancy, wife of A. N. Wingert,
Springfield, Ohio. Children: Andrew, Elbert, Abram, Sydney, Vernon,
Arthur, Nancy. (2) John S. Byers, born Dec. 26, 1856. Deceased. Alar-
ried Tamma C. Eddy, Albany, 111. Children: Viola, Mabel, Stella,
Glenn, Flora, Ivy. (3) Jacob W., born March 26, 1859. Address ( 1913)
719 Fifty-fourth St., Oakland, California. Married Jennie Shirk. Chil-
dren: Olive, Cora, Laude. (4) Annie E., born Sept. 4, 1862, married
William M. Gnagy, Waterloo, Iowa. Children : Earl, Jesse, John, Lulu.
(5) Andrew L. Byers, born Aug". 26, 1869. Address (1913) Anderson,
Indiana. Church of God. Publisher: Gospel Trumpet Company. Fine
g-eneaiogist. Married Delia W. Wickersham, born April 6, 1874. Chil-
dren: Virgil A., M. Celestine, Gladys B., Ilomer L., Helen I., Ronald
L., Delflura. (6) Luella Byers, born March 12, 1872, married William
J. Henry, Graydon Springs, iNIo. Children: Nancy, Plettie, Ray, May,
and Floyd.
I£ (i) Samuel Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and wife Rachel Jacoby,
was born July 13, 1819. Lived in Philadelphia, Pa. Married Elizabeth
Shoop. Children: (i) William, who died in the Civil War, single.
(2) Elizabeth A., no children; E (2) Susannah Boyer, born Sept. 21,
1821, married Benjamin Wagner. Children: David, William, of New-
bury, Cumberland Co., Pa. ; John, of Newvillc, Pa. ; Henr\-, Elizabeth
(Coleman), Newburg, Pa.; Catherine, Jennie (Burkholder), of New-
ville, Pa.; Sarah Shoop, Newbury, Pa.; E (3) William Boyer, born Feb.
21, 1826, and died Sept. 12, 1897. Buried at Antrim Church. Married
Jane Givler. Farmer. River Brethren Church. Children: (i) Mary
E., born March 11, 1855. Single. (2) Joseph Byers. Address (1913)
Green Castle, Pa., R. D. 2. Born March 19, 1856. Married Anna M.
Aloyer, born June 24, 1865. Only child : Adam M. Byers, born Oct.
27, 1909. (3) Isaac Byers, Chanibersburg'-, Pa. Born July 31, 1857.
Alarried. ■ Children: William P., Margaret J., Viola. (4) Alfred IL
Byers, Chambersburg, Pa., R. D. i. Born March 7, i860. Farmer. Mar-
ried Hannah M. Burkhardt. Children: Joseph W., Laban, Emma Jane,
Ezra, Mary E., Alma E., John Alfred, Anna, Charles. (5) Emma Byers,
born Dec. 13, 1863. Single. (6) William C. Byers, Greencastle, Pa.,
R. D. 2. Born April 21, 1866. Married Mary A. Ausherman. Children:
Lewis T., born Aug. 10, 1905; Mary J., liannah E. (7) Henry Byers,
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Rochester, N. Y., born Oct. 24, 1869; E (4) Jacob Byers was born Aug,
8, 1829, and died Jan. 13, 1892. Married to May Ann Stroke. Children:
c'vnthia, Benjamin F., George, Sahnda, Henry, Rev. Calvin, of Hagers-
town, Md., R. D. 7, Rachel, Mary; E (5) Henry Byers was born June
3 1834 and died July 4, 1863. Married Sarah Martin. Children: (i)
Dora, wife of Mr. Halter, Mansfield, Ohio. (2) Rachel, wife of Mr.
Ocher, Shippensburg, Pa.; E (6) Maria Byers was born June 8, 1836,
and married Joseph Bowman. Only one living (1910) Samuel A., of
Grcencasde, Pa.; E (7) Ann Byers was born March 7, 1841, and mar-
ried Samuel Hade. No children; E (8) Benjamin F. Byers was born
June 17, 1843. Married Judith Wingert. Chddren: (i) Isaac W.
Byers Address (1913) Iron River, Mich. Graduate of Keystone State
Normal School. Judge of Courts and Attorney of great success. Fine
genealogist. Married Dora Rosenstock, a graduate of the same Normal
School. 1 -r
E (i) Charles WiUiam Boyer, son of Solomon Boyer and wite
Susan Bemis, was born Sept. 5, 1858. Address (1913) Martinsburg,
West Virginia. Presbyterian. Fruit grower. Married Elizabeth Sher-
rard ChUdren: (i) Ethel, wife of Lcmen, Shepherdstown, W. Va.,
(2) Inez, wife of Conkling, Greenville, Ohio, (3) Charles William Boyer,
Bunker Hill, West Virginia ;E (2) Anne Boyer married Catharn ; E (3)
Frisby David Boyer, son of Solomon Boyer and wife, was a Baptist.
Dead Huntingdon, W. Va. Married Camelia Butterworth, Lynchburg,
Va Children • Mrs. William Kratz, Baltimore, Md. ; Mrs. Charles Swo-
boda, Huntingdon, W. Va. ; Mrs. Robert L. Hutchinson, Hunthigdon,
W Va • E (4) Francis T. Bover, Baltimore, Md. Married. Child:
Frank Boyer. of Baltimore, Md. ; E (5) Aaron A. Boyer, Bunker Hdl,
W Va Married Naomi Welch. Children: Susan, Edna, Andry, all at
home in 1913, and Claude; E (6) Augusta Virginia Boyer married
Daniel J Holmes, of Chesterfield Co., Virginia. Six children; E (7)
Margaret Helen Boyer married Daniel Hewett, of Sharpsburg, Md.
Three children; E (8) James Hamilton Boyer, of Quinter, Kansas,
married Miss Long. Children; E (9) Mary Elizabeth Boyer married
Kephart, Washington, D. C. ^ , -n
Ed) Anthony Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife Sarah Pague.
Married. Children: Mrs. Frank Seitz. Address (1911) Newville
Pa Perhaps others; E (2) Harriet Boyer married Mr. Getter; L (3)
Samuel Boyer; E (4) Sarah Boyer married John Miller; E (5) Ann
Boyer married David Miller; E (6) Kate; E (?) Caroline.
' E (i) Henry Byer, son of Jonas Byer and wife Catharine Welsh.
Address (1915) Atha, Ontario, Canada. Farmer. Married Jane Wal-
lace; E (2) Susanna Byer married Nelson Harrington, of Michigan;
E (3) Daniel Byer, Washington, D. C. Government policeman.
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Chapter XXIX, Page 358
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Chapter XXiX. Page 359
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E (i) Peter Byer, son of David Byer and wife Esther Ramer, was
born Jan. 21, 1846, and died Oct. 29, 1849. Laborer. Lived at Rose-
vain, Manitoba. Married Elizabeth Weidman. Children : John K.,
Mt. Joy, Ontario. Factory employe; Alice Stover, Hannah Jane, David
Franklin, of Mt. Joy, Ontario. Factory employe; Martha Lehman,
Benjamin Asa, of Kindersley Sask., Canada; E (2) Fannie Byer married
Henry Klippert, York, Pa., R. D., Box j^. Children: Esther, Samuel
W., Mary K., William, Emma, Charles C, Martha; E (3) Christina
Byer, born Jan. 7, 1850, married Jonas Sander, Dec. 30, 1875. Address
(1915) Box 218, Markham, Ontario, Canada. Children: (i) Esther,
wife of Edward Allen. Children: Christina, David, Katherine, Wilifred
R., Lottie, Merrill, William. (2) David Sander married Anna Nissley.
Children: Katherine, Samuel M., Ernest, Susan L (3) Isaiah, (4)
Katherine, (5) Levi, (6) Benjamin, (7) Peter; E (4) Catharine. No
data; E (5) John Byer was born Feb. 26, 1854, and died Aug. 24, 1900.
Farmer. Married Susannah Cover. Lived at Markham, Ontario, Can-
ada. Children: Adeline, wife of William Raymond, Gormley, Ontario;
Joseph, Elizabeth B., Asa, and Mabel C, of Mt. Joy, Ontario; E (6)
Anna; E (7) Daniel Byer was born April 17, 1858. Address (1915)
Kendersly, Sask., Canada. Married Fannie Cover. Children: David,
Florence B., Susanna, John, Jesse, Esther, Samuel, Ora, and Daniel;
E (8-10) David, Susanna, Elizabeth, died in infancy; E (11) Mary
Byer, born June 22, 1867, married William Shank. Children: David
M., Elizabeth, Ida, Eli, Berna W., Jacob, Elsie, Ralph, Oliver, Mabel,
and Mary.
E (i) Christina Byer, daughter of John Hoover Byer and wife
Elizabeth Ramer, married Peter Stover, Stouffville, Ontario, Canada;
E (2) Esther Byer married Rev. George Kitley, of- Michigan; E (3)
Peter Byer. An apiarist; E (4) EHzabeth Byer married Daniel Ray-
mond, a Alichigan farmer; E (5) Nancy Byer married Simon Stover, a
laborer, Mt. Joy, Ontario, Canada; E (6) Mary Boyer married Albert
Frounfelder, a Michigan farmer; E (7) Susan Byer married Peter
Sherik, telephone employe, Claremont, Ontario, Canada.
E (i) Joseph Boyer, son of David Byer and wife, of Markham,
Ontario, was born about 1850. Address (1913) 637 Woodward Ave., De-
troit, Mich. President of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company,
Married a girl from Limerick, Maine, Feb. 5, 1874. She was born
July 20, 1853, and died Aug. 1913. She was Trustee of Grace Hos-
pital and the Protestant Orphan Asylum. An active member of the
Twentieth Century Club. Unitarian. Children: Frank PL, Myron L.,
Flint, Mrs. H. E. Chandler, Mrs. Standish Backus, Mrs. F. S. Stearns,
Mrs. W. A. C. Miller; E (2) Ira Boyer, of Claremont, Ontario, Canada.
F (i) David Sander, son of Jonas Sander and wife Christina Byer,
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was born Feb. 17, 1878. Married Anna Nissley, Dec, 1904, Box 66 A,
R. D. No. 2, Dallas Center, Dallas Co., Iowa. Farmer; F (2) Esther
Saucier, born Dec. 7, 1879, niarried George Edward Allen, Vandorf,
Ontario, Canada. Railroad section man; F (3) Isaiah Valentine Sander
was born Feb. 14, 1881. Address (1915) Vernon B. C, Canada. Hide
and wool merchant. Married Annie Merrill Storey, June 5, 1906; F (4)
Katharine Sander, born March 2, 1883; F (5) Levi Sander was born
May 19, 1885. Contractor, Simmins, Ontario, Canada; F (6) Benja-
min Sander was born Jan. 11, 1889. Laborer, Fort Appelle, Sask., Can-
ada; F (7) Peter Sander was born Oct. 5, 1894. Medical student, Mark-
ham, Ontario, Canada.
CHAPTER XXVIII
SAMUEL BOYER
The historian's correspondent hands down the tradition that Samuel
Boyer came from Switzerland. An old Bible records the dates of birth
and death, 1725 and 1824. In 1734, or just before that, a Samuel Boyer
purchased land from Amos Strettle, of Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co.,
Pa., and the record belongs to this family. It would indicate that
Samuel's father was the purchaser, and that his name also was Samuel.
The Samuel born 1725 founded a family in York County, Pa. To whom
he was married has not been reported, nor do we know how many
children he left. The only one definitely reported is Jacob, born 1754.
It is just possible that the older Samuel Bayer was a brother to Henry
Bayer, the founder of the York County line of Chapter 27.
C (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and wife, was born 1754.
It is not known at this time how he made a living and what his church
affiliations were, nor whether he took any part in the Revolutionary
War. He married Christiana Shultz, born 1755. The correspondent, Mr.
Martin E. Boyer, a descendant, has records to show that there were at
least the following children: Samuel S., John, Henry, Elizabeth, and
Daniel. There may have been others.
D (i) Samuel S. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and his wife Chris-
tiana Shultz, was born Aug. 16, 1795, in Lancaster Co., Pa., died Feb.
20, 1867, and is buried on Carroll's Manor, near Frederick, Maryland.
Moved about 1842 from Lancaster County, Pa., to Carroll Co., Md.,
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near what is now (1913) called Lineboro. Afterwards he moved to
J^rederick Co., Md. "He came from Pennsylvania with part of his chil-
dren," says one correspondent, who copied the statement from a "Fred-
erick" paper of 1867. Married Sarah Lefever, daughter of Samuel Le-
fever. Children: John L., Samuel L,., George L., Jacob L., Henry L.,
Mary, Sarah, Barbara, Leah; D (2) Daniel Boyer was born about 1799,
and died 1864. Before 1840 he moved to Freystown, York Co., Fa. The
place is now a part of York, Pa. Married Anna Maria Kissinger, born
1802. Children: Abraham, Daniel, Simpson, ]\Iary, Conrad, Sarah,
Rachel, Jacob, Christie, Henry, Susan; D (3-5) John, Henry, and Eliza-
beth Boyer, children of Jacob Boyer and Christiana Shultz, have not
been reported.
E (i) John Lefever Boyer, son of Samuel S. Boyer and wife
Sarah Lefever, was born Nov. 7, 1820, in Spring Twp., York Co., Pa.,
and died Jan. 16, 1892. Baptized by Rev. Mayer, Reformed minister.
Fie and his wife are buried at New Freedom, York Co., Pa. Married
.Nancy Lamotte, born Feb. 7, 1830. Children: (i) John Henry Lamotte
Boyer, New Freedom, Pa., R. D. liorn Nov. 22, 1857, Carroll Co., Md.
Reformed. Merchant. Teacher for 11 years. Married Priscilla E.
Stanford, born Jan. 22, 1857. Children: John Roy, born June 21,
1890. Telegrapher, New Freedom, Pa.; Blanche Marie, born March 18,
1895. (2-3) Sarah Jane and Belinda died single. (4) Elizabeth W.
married Hoover, but left no children, New Freedom, Pa.; E (2) Samuel
L. Boyer. Married. Children: (i) Sarah J., born July 19, 1854. She
married Charles W. Eagle, Brunswick, Md. Children: Samuel I>.,
Knoxville, Md. ; Margaret C, Laura F., wife of W. S. Fluck, Gettys-
burg, Pa.; George AL, and Kate B. (2) Barbara, wife of C. Newton
Trundle, left seven children : Thomas, whose daughter Mrs. A. A.
Thomas, resides at Brunswick, Md. ; Kate, Lillie R., wife of Caroll
Alill, Brunswick, Md. ; Charles N., Samuel B., George B., and Alfred, at
home; E (3) George L. Boyer died single; E (4) Jacob Boyer lived
east of Stiltz, York Co., Pa. Married Mary Keller. Children: Samuel
lived near New Freedom, Pa., moved to Florida about 190S. Married
Emma Sheffers. Children: Eli, Charles, Howard, all at New Freedom,
Pa. (2) Amanda. Address (1913) Mrs. Amanda Fisher, New Freedom,
Pa. Lias three children; E (5) Henry Boyer, so far as J. H. L. Boyer
can ascertain, was killed in the Civil War. a single man; E (6) Sarah
Jane Boyer, born March 2, 1827; E (7-9) Barbara, Mary, and Leah
liave not been reported to the historian.
E (i) Daniel Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife Anna Maria
Kissinger, was born in York Co., Pa. Moved West. Resided near Lima,
Indiana. Married Sarah Sleeger and later Miss Boechel, of York, Pa.
Four children; !•' (2) Simpson Boyer was born 1831, and died 1913.
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Married Sarah Brandenburg. Children: May, Grace, Arthur, Ira,
Address (191 3) near Dayton, Ohio; E (3) Conrad lioyer was born
1824, and died 1904. Resided in Yorlc, Pa., and is buried there. Married
Margaret Ann Adams. Children: (i) William Pierce Boyer, Falls
Road, North Baltimore, Md. Married Elizabeth Stefi'y and then Nannie
Barner. No children. (2) Calvin A. Boyer, 958 East Market St., York
Pa. Born Aug. 4, 1854. Lutheran. Contractor and builder. Highway
Commissioner. Married Ella M. Blouser. Children: (a) Harry S.,
1533 S. Albermarle St., York, Pa. Born Sept. 14, 1873. Lutheran.
Carpenter. Married Ella Campbell. Children: Minnie M., Calvin W.,
Charles E., Leroy, Ethel M.^ all at home, (b) Edgar A., 1108 East
Philadelphia St., York, Pa. Married Myrtle Gibson. Child: James B.
(c) Annie M., wife of Edward A. Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. Child:
Floyd, (d) Cora Grace, 958 East Market St., York, Pa. (3) Mary
V, Boyer, born 1856, wife of Clinton Frey. Five children: Eva, Victor,
.Caroline, Ivan, Grace. (4) Walter E., born 1858, married Elizabeth
Wilt. (5) Martha E., wife of Albert Stair. Child: Charles, of York,
Pa. (6) Alpheus G., born 1864, lives at York, Pa. Married Caroline
Keller. Children: Myrtle E., Russell, Charlotte, Helen. (7) Rufus S.,
born 1865, lives at York, Pa. Married Selina Nicolas. Children: Hest-
er, Paul, Luther, Morgan. (8) Marvin A., born 18G7, married Lida
Bender. Children: Oliver A., Bessie, Ada, Chester, Pierce, Gwendolyn.
(9) Harry D., born 1870. Address (1915) York, Pa. Married Annie
Campbell. Children: Ralph, Margaret, Herbert, Evelyn; E (4) Mary
Boyer married Mr. Seitz, Mountville, Lancaster Co., Pa. Ten children;
E (5) Rachel Boyer married Mr. Meissenhelter, York, Pa. Four chil-
dren; E (6) Sarah Boyer married William Dietz, of Stony Brook, Pa.
Ten children; E (7) Susan Boyer married Emmanuel Lehr. Children:
Annie, Mira, Laura; E (8) Jacob Boyer was born 1839 and died 1883.
Lived at York, Pa. Married Hannah Rostetter. Children: (i) Martin
Elias, 1422 East 7th St., Charlotte, N. C, born Oct. 9, 1865, at York, Pa.
Accountant 20 years in Pennsylvania, 23 years in Virginia, and. 5 in
North Carolina. Married Joanna McMichael, 1888. Children: Donald,
Martin E., Lavinia. Pie helped the historian very much ; E (9) Chris-
tiana Boyer was born 1842, and married Marcellus Frey; E (10) Henry
Boyer died 1905. Resided at York, Pa. Married to Millie WoUet.
Children: William, Edward, Laura, Frank.
CHAPTER XXIX
FREDERICK BEYER
Correspondents report that this Frederick Beyer lived mostly in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Judging from the date of his
marriage he was born about 1750, but the historian can not find his
parents. The ship list, Vol. 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives,
records a Frederick Beyer coming to America in 1772, on the ship
"Crawford," landing at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 16. The fact that the
Frederick of this chapter was married to Margaret Mann, of Berlin,
Germany, about 1768, seems to identify the man. A grandson reports
that Frederick is buried in the neighborhood of Germantown, Pa. The
children were George, John, Catherine, Margaret, Frederick, and Jacob.
B (i) George Boyer, son of Frederick Beyer and wife Margaret
Mann, was born about 1790, died Oct. i, 1867, sixty-eight years old,
and is buried with wife near Connellsville, Pa. Potter by trade. Large
farm. Town of Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., Pa., now on this land. Married
Mary Lighty, Jan. 18, 1813. She died Jan. 21, 1852. Children: Frances,
Jacob, Frederick, John, and Robert; B (2) John Boyers son of Fred-
erick Beyer and wife Margaret Mann, lived in Armstrong Co., Pa. Mar-
ried. Children; B (3-4) Catharine and Margaret Boyers left no chil-
dren; B (5) Frederick Boyers, son of Frederick Be}er and wife Mar-
garet Mann, was born Oct. 11, 1795, moved to Butler Co., Pa., in 1840.
Maker of spinning wheels. Married Elizabeth Sowers. Both are buried
near Avondale, Butler Co., Pa. Their only child was Frederick S. ;
B (6) Jacob Boyers, son of Frederick Beyer and wife Margaret Mann,
was born Jan. 5, 1798, in Westmoreland Co., Pa., died April 17, 1876, in
Venango Co., and is buried with wife at Venus, Pa. Married June 1,
1824, to Mary Magdalene Shakely. Left an orphan quite young, he grew
up in the family of his oldest brother George. A miller by trade. Luth-
t;ran, like wife. Children: Samuel Wallace, Henry S., Margaret, Eliza-
beth, Jacob L., Frederick W., Joseph K., Maria, and Albert L.
C (i) Frances Boyer, daughter of George Boyer and his wife
Mary Lighty, born April 3, 1S14, married William McBurney. Chil-
dren: Robert, Mary, Maria, George; C (2) Jacob Boyer was born
Dec. 26, 1815. Potter by trade, married Elizabeth King, Feb. 11, 1840,
and both died Aug. 30, 1840, leaving no descendants; C (3) Frederick
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Boyer was born Feb. 19, 1818, and died at Buda, Illinois, in 1884. School'
teacher. Presbyterian. Married Isabella McCloughlin, Oct. 20, 1839.
She was born 1820. Children: Jacob B., Mary Ann, Lindley, Wilford,
John, Belle, George, Thomas L., and Eugene E. ; C (4) John Boyer was
born July 31, 1820. Married Jane Demuth, of Wintemiuth, in 1842.
Five children; C (5) Robert Boyer was born P^eb. 17, 1825, and died
Sept. 20. Buried at Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Vanderbilt, Pa.
Owner of coal fields. Wealthy. Married Sarah Hair, March 8, 1846^
and after her death, Elizabeth M. Sinclair. Children of the first mar-
riage: Annie Elizabeth and Mary. The others were Sarah A., George,
Pressly, Andrew Bowman, Frances M., Alpharetta, and Robert M. xAnd-
rew and Pressly died yoimg.
C (i) Frederick S. Byers, son of Frederick Boyers and wife Eliza-
beth Sowers, was born March 18, 1831, in Armstrong Co., Pa. Farmer.
Lutheran. Helped historian. Address (1912) 820 Butler Ave., New
Castle, Pa. Married Sarah Sloane, born March 10, 1831. Children:
George W., Margaret, Amanda, D. A., Elizabeth, ^Minnie Y., Celesta, and
James.
C (i) Samuel Wallace Byers, son of Jacob Byers and wife Mary
M. Shakely, was born Feb. 27, 1827, in Clarion Co., I'a., and died May
4, 1902, in Texas. Soldier in Civil War, 38th Iowa Volunteers. After
surrender of Vicksburg, stationed in recruiting office at Davenport, Iowa.
Married Susan Walter, born March 23, 1828. Congregationalists, and
are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nashua, Iowa. Children : Anthony
Walter, George W., Josephine M., and Margaret; C (2) Flenry S.
Byers was born Feb. 20, 1827, and died at Des IMoines, Iowa. Married
Mary Plunt. One child, Luella, wife of George Palmer. Her address
is Grennel, Iowa. Henry S. Byers married again. One son: Ask Mrs.
Palmer; C (3) Margaret Byers, born July 28, 1829, married Mr. Walter,
and died Nov. 3, 1893, in Iowa; C (4) Elizabeth Byers, born May 3,
1831, died June 18, 1<P9, in Towa ; C (5) Jacob L. Byers was born Feb.
10, 1834, and died July 2, i()04, at East Brady, Clarion Co., I'a. Mar-
ried Anna James in 1867. Children: Mrs. W. G. McDowell, Knox, Pa.;
Ellwood E. Byers, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Box 804. Oil operator and
superintendent of same ; Orra C. Byers, of Jeannette, Pa. Civil en-
gineer; C (6) General Frederick W. Byers was born Feb. 10, 1837, died
June 191 5, at Monroe, Wisconsin. Soldier in Civil War, 96th Illinois
Infantry. Commissioned lieutenant, captain, major, and in 191 2 was
brigadier general. Graduate of Rush Medical College. Episcopalian.
Vice Commander of Loyal Legioners. Member of Wisconsin Assembly
1885-1886. Married Olive DeHaven. Children: Harry S., Joseph R.,
Ben B., Norma, Grace, Alice, and others; C (7) Joseph K. Byers was
born Nov. 26, 1839. ''ied Nov. 30, 1878, St. Louis, Mo. Soldier in Civil
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War, Pennsylvania Reserves, later in U. S. Infantry. Made a major.
Died single; C (8) Marie Uyers, born June 30, 1842, married Jacob
W. Kable. Fine liistorian, Shippensville, Pa. Children: Albert L.,
Charleston, W. Va. Oil operator; ]\Irs. Harvey R. Mong, Shippensville,
Pa.; Mrs. Linn McClintic, Watertown, S. Dakota; C (9) Albert L.
Pyers was born x\ug. 30, 1847. xAddress (1911) Venus, Venango Cc,
Pa. Soldier in Civil War, yth Iowa Infantry. Married Margaret J 1.
Henlen. Children : Caroline May, Emma L., Mary Elizabeth, and John
Garfield.
D (i) Jacob Bradford Boycr, son of Frederick 15oyer and wife
Isabella McCloughlin, was born Sept. 10, 1840, at Connellsville, Fayette
Co., Pa., and died at Hastings, Nebraska, June 7, 1910. Presbyterian.
Much interested in family tree history. Helped the historian. Came
with parents to Illinois in 1854. Served four years in Civil War. Re-
turned to father's iiome in Fulton Co., ill. Jiook-keeper. Drygoods
merchant. Moved to Hastings, Nebraska, in 1884. Fine man. Mar-
ried Sarah Leighty, Dec. 10, 1868. She was born in Fayette Co.,- Pa.,
1844, and died 1904. Children: (i) Adeline, wife of Attorney Fred-
erick P. Olmstead, of Hastings, Nebraska. Born Se])t. 16, 1869. (2)
Annabelle, 117 Bellevue Ave., Hastings, Nebraska. Born Nov. 1871.
Fine correspondent; D (2) Mary A. Boyer, born i8.|2, married D. B.
Hildreth, of Davenport, Iowa. There are three children, all girls; D (3)
Lindley Boyer was born 1844. Address (1912) Buda, Illinois. Married
Eura Hcdlin. Children: (i) Harvey. Address (1912) California Col-
lege, Cal., and (2) Retta ; D (4) Wilford Boyer was born 1846. Ad-
dress (1912) Table Crove, McDonough Co.. 111. Alarried Eli^a Ulinor.
Seven children; D (5) John W. Boyer was born 1848. Address (1912)
Tacoma. Washington. IMarried Mary E. McKane. Seven children;
D (6) Isabella I'oyer, born 1850, married J. H. Miller, Galesburg, 111.
Only son Frederick; D (7) George Boyer was born 1852, and died
about 1905, C. and B. railroad comluctor for 33 years. Married Mary
Andrews. Two children; D (8) Thomas L. Boyer was born 1854. Ad-
dress (1912) Buda, 111. Contractor. Married Hilnia Nelson. Four
children; E (9) ]£ugene E. Boyer was born i860, at Buda, 111. Address
(1912) Wichita, Kansas, R. F. D. 2, Box 80, or 843, East South St.,
Galesburg, 111. Owns farm near Wichita. Railroad conductor aliout 35
years. Married Mary Mackey. Children : Leonard, Helen.
D (i) Emma Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Robert Boyer and first
wife, Sarah Hair, l)orn March 3, 1847, married John Woodward, Nov.
8, 1866. Children: Davis, Mary Ann, Robert M., Sarah L., John A.
(of Vanderbilt, Pa.), Jacob F., Susan F., Ida F. ; D (2) Frances M.
Boyer, daughter of Robert lioyer and his second wife, Elnzabeth Sin-
clair, born Sept. 26, 1868, married Robert M. McCloughlin. Address
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(1915) Vanderbilt, Pa. Children: Orville P., Grover C, Bessie E., Eliza-
beth I., Mary N., Helen R., Henrititta, Frances Roberta; D (3) Al-
pharetta Boyer, born Feb. 5, 1871, married L. F. Dayton. One child is
Frances Marie, Vanderbilt, Pa. ; D (4) Robert M. Boyer was born
April 1873. Address (1915) Vanderbilt, Pa. Married Minnie Page.
Children: Robert Orville, Clarence Ray, Alpha B., Sara Mildred, Roy
Davis, George Frederick.
D (i) George W. Byers, son of Frederick S. Byers and wife Sarah
Sloane, Edenburg, Lawrence Co., Pa., R. D. 3, Box 88; D (2) Margaret
Byers is wife of Mr. Thompson^ 820 Butler Ave., New Castle, Pa.;
D (3) Amanda Byers is wife of Mr. Adams, Wise, Pa.; D (4) D. A.
Byers, ii^Yo Garfield Ave., Detroit, Mich.; D (5) Elizabeth Byers is
wife of Mr. Small, 15 78th St., E. N., Portland, Oregon;; D (6) Minnie
Byers is wife of Mr. Clark, 428 Croton Ave., New Castle, Pa.; D (7)
Celesta Byers, 321 East North St., New Castle, Pa.; D (8) James Byers,
Enon Valley, Lawrence Co., Pa.
D (i) Anthony W. Byers, son of Samuel Wallace Byers and wife
Susan Walter, was born Nov. 7, 1847, i'l Venango Co., Pa. Educated in
Upper Iowa University. Address (1911) 415 N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas
City, Mo. Capitalist and banker, married Martha Reed. He died Oct.
20, 1912. Children: (i) Reed Byers, 1218 Commerce Bldg., Kansas
City, Mo. Born May 10, 1882. Educated in Kansas State University.
(2) Ward Byers, 1218 Commerce Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. Born March
13, 1885. Michigan University man; D (2) George W. Byers was
born 1849, in Venango Co., Pa. Lhiiversity education. Single, Byers,
Texas; D (3) Josephine M. Byers is wife of S. B. Householder. Chil-
dren : Samuel, Frederick, Mary, Plelen.
D (i) Harry S. Byers, son of General Frederick W. Byers and
wife. Address (1912) Rockford, III; D (2) Joseph R. Byers. Ad-
dress (1911) Minneapolis, Minn.; D (3) Benjamin B. Byers; D (4)
Alice Byers ;D (5) Norma Byers. Address (1912) Monroe, Wisconsin ;
D (6) Grace Byers. Address (1912) Monroe, Wisconsin.
D (i) Caroline May Byers, daughter of Albert L. Byers and wife
Margaret H. lienlen, married E. M. Ditton ; D (2) Emma L. Byers
married T. PI. Zenk ; D (3) Mary Elizabeth Byers married M. B. Hann ;
D (4) Joseph Garfield Byers was born August 4, 1880. Address (1911)
Venus, Venango Co., Pa. Married Verna Smith. Children: John
Smith Byers and Dorothy Mildred.
CHAPTER XXX
FREDERICK BAYER
From records in the hands of Reverend Madison S. Boyer, a de-
•scendant, the historian learns that Frederick Bayer came to America from
Strassburg, Germany, where he was born probably before 1700. County
Superintendent John Edgar Boyer, of Kingman, who once saw an old
■family Bible, tliinks the date is 1704. Sanuiel S. Boyer, of Duncannon,
reports that Frederick Bayer settled in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania,
before 1760. It is altogether likely that he was the George Frederick
Bayer who came on the ship "Brotherhood," sailing from Rotterdam,
and reaching Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 3, 1750. This corresponds with
the records of Rev. M. S. Boyer, who says that Frederick came between
1725 and 1750. See ship list, Vol. 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania
Archives. The Revolutionary Archives record no Frederick Bayer from
Lebanon County, and we do not expect it, for he would have been too
old to be a soldier. The traditions of Rev. M. S. Boyer record two
brothers, Solomon and another, but do not state whether they came to
America with Frederick. We do not know to whom he was married, nor
just how many children he left, but Samuel S. Boyer says that two of
his boys, Frederick and another, went to Kentucky. Rev. M. S. Boyer
names this other one Philip. A third son, Peter, whose descendant is
Samuel S. Boyer, lived and died in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Rev. M. S. Boyer says there were four brothers.
B (i) Philip Bayer, son of Frederick Bayer, of Strassburg, Ger-
many, and his wife, was born in Pennsylvania about 1750, as Rev. M. S.
Beyer's data show. What his occupation and church connections were is
not reported, nor can the historian identify him with any of the Philip
Boyers in the roster of Revolutionary soldiers. He married Catharine
Metz. After his marriage he moved to Jefferson Co., Kentucky, where
he became a slave holder, but freed his slaves before he died. Cath-
arine jMetz bore him nine children: John, Philip, Frederick, Solomon,
Polly, Katie, Susie, Judith, Betsy. Then he married again, and there
Avere three more children: Abraham, Christina, and vSallie.
B (2) Frederick Bayer, son of Frederick Bayer, of Strassburg, Ger-
many, and his wife, was probably born in Lebanon Co., Pa., like his
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brothers, and settled in Kentucky, but the historian has not identified his
descendants in 191 5.
B (3) Peter Bayer, son of Frederick Bayer, of Strassburg, Ger-
many, and his wife, was born about 1760, in Lebanon Co., Pa., as we
gather from accounts by Samuel S. Boyer. Farmer in Cumberland Co.,
Pa., from 1808 till death, about 1842. Lutheran. Buried at Enola, Pa.
Married three times. The name of the second wife was Moulfair. She
died at Enola about 1850. He left eleven children: Michael, Samuel,
George, Philip, John, Jacob, Barbara, Betsy, Elizabeth, Rebecca, and
Catherine.
B (4) Tradition records a fourth son, but the historian has n6£
found his descendants.
C (i) Michael Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and his wife INloulfair,
born Nov. 10, 1793, died at Markelville, Pa., June 28, 1870, and is buried
there. Lutheran. Farmer. Located at Port Royal, but moved to
Markelville, Pa. Married Eva Anna Koons. She died July 2, 1846. Age
49 years, 4 months and 20 days. Children: Philip, George, John P.,
Catherine, Jane, Polly; C (2) Samuel Boyer, born Oct. 8, 1800, near
Lebanon, Pa., died May 24, 1884, and is buried with wife at U. B.
Hill Cemetery, Buiifalo, Perry Co., Pa. Married to Catherine Elenbarger.
She died Aug. 20, 1859, aged 55 years, 7 months and 3 days. ChiUiren r
Jacob, Christian, John Peter, Samuel S. ; C (3) George Boyer, born
1799, died 1858, buried with wife at Enola, Pa. Farmer. Married
Elizabeth Strayer, born Oct. 26, 1799. Children: John Peter, Philip,
Margaret, Elizabeth, Catharine, Mary, and George; C (4) Philip Boyer.
Farmer. Buried in Irish Grove Cemetery. Married Catherine Brown.
Children: William, Peter, Mary Ann, Elizabeth; C (5) Jacob Boyer
was born 1816, Cumberland Co., Pa., and is buried at Brick Church,
Enola, Pa. Married Mary Howerter. Only child: Jacob Henry, Ke-
wanee. 111. Born Jan. 18, 1863, West- Fairview, Cumberland Co., Pa.
Christian Church. Single in 1913 ; C (6) John Boyer, son of Peter Boyer
and third wife Margaret. Married Elizabeth Seidle, and after her death,
Mary Stucky. Children: Adam Bi^yer, West Fairview, Pa.; John C.
Boyer, Steelton, Pa. ; Catharine Boyer. Mrs. Daniel Eichelbergcr, West
Fairview, Pa. ; Sarah Boyer. Mrs. Benjamin Kimmel, Wormleysburg,
Pa.; C (7-11) Barbara, Polly, Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Catharine, were
daughters of Peter Boyer.
C (i) John Boyer, son of Philip Boyer and wife Catharine Metz,
was born about 1870? He married Elizabeth Derr in Pennsylvania. In
1796 he moved to Kentucky, then to Illinois, and (1820) to Corydon.
Indiana. His second wife was Miss Ponds. They are buried presum-
ably at Corydon, Luliana. His children, as enumerated by his grandson,
John A. Boyer, were William, George, John, Joseph, Cath.arine, Sarah,
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Lydia, Martha, Leanna, Anna Elizabeth, and Mary. C (2) PhiHp Boyer
settled in Edgar County, Illinois. Alarried Miss Pinnell. Children:
Elijah, William, Louis, and two girls. Then he married widow Bennett,
and there were several children. C (3) Frederick Boyer also moved to
Edgar County, Blinois. Soldier of 1812. Married Naomi Kester. Chil-
dren: John K., William F., Ephraim, and Pressly P. Then he married
his first wife's sister, Fannie Ann Kester, and there was one son, Fred-
erick, soldier in the Union Army of the Civil War. C (4) Solomon
Boyer was born 1797, in Kentucky, died Dec. 13, 1806, and is buried near
his second wife at Drakeviile, Iowa. His mother, Catharine, died when
he was a small boy. He also moved into Edgar Couuty, Illinois. Mar-
ried Matilda Shaw, and there was one child, Matilda, wife of Samuel H.
Ashmore, Coles Co., 111. Then he married (1828) Nancy Modrell, born
1809, and moved (1854) to Drakeviile, Iowa, where she died July 15,
1857. Five of her eleven children grew up, namely, Madison Modrell,
Solomon Greenberry, William Henderson, Amanda Susan, Emily Kath-
erine. C (5) Polly Boyer married John Ponds, and remained in Ken-
tucky. C (6) Katie Boyer married V/illiam Weigel, and settled in Illi-
nois. There were children, among them William, Jr. C (7) Susie Boyer
married Jacob Dick. Children: Ferdinand, Nicholas, Solomon, Polly,
Eliza, Kitty, Jane, Lucy. C (8) Judith Boyer married James Ennis, and
moved to Illinois. Children: Frederick, Jonathan, William, John, Kitty
Ann, Eliza, etc. C (9) Betsy Boyer married Robert Anderson and moved
to Illinois. Children : John, Allen, Elvira, Zipporah, Martha, and a boy.
C (10) Rev. Abraham Boyer, son of Philip Boyer and his second wife.
Minister of the "Christian Church." Alarricd Harriet Shaw, sister of
Solomon Boyer's first wife, and settled in Illinois. Children: Philip,
Andrew Jackson (who died single), John Fletcher, Aima (who married
William Kearn, brother of Dr. A. A. Kearn. C (11) Christina Boyer
married Jonathan Rama. C (12) Sally Boyer married Mr. Barnet.
D (i) George Boyer, son of Michael Boyer and Eva Anna Koons,
born Jan. 4, 1819, at Enola, Pa., was still living in 1909 at Port Royal,
Juniata Co., Pa. Lived on same land since he was three years old.
Farmer. Lutlieran. Married to Mary Magdalene Kepner, by Rev. Michael
Boyer. Children: Benjamin Michael, Elmira, Lehman Oliver, Mary
Melinda, Ida Camilla, and George Washington. D (2) Philip Boyer was
born Jan. 6, 1824, died Aug. 7, 1888, and is buried at Markelville, Pa.
Farmer. Lutheran. Married Rebecca Rice Children: David iMichael,
Samuel Jeffries, Lemuel Albert, John Peter, Sarah Calhcnne, Ellen,
Margaret Frances, and William, son of second wife Jane Minnich. D
(3) John P. Boyer, born March 24, 1821, died Dec. 3, 1870. Married
Jane Ann Miller. Children: Philip, Sophia, Dr. Ira E., Lillie Mav,
Meredith Emma, and Walter H. D (4) Catherine Boyer born Sept.
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II, 1807, died Oct. 13, 1900, and is buried with husband at Markelville,
Pa. Married James Foose, born, Oct. 4, 1811. Children: WilHam I.,
Ceorge Michael, Catherine Cradilla, Jane Polk, Mary Jane, Sarah Ellen,
and Lemuel Oliver. D (5) Priscilla Jane Boyer, born ...ril 7, i^^,^^,
died May i, 1905. Married David T. Kilmer, born Dec. 7, US--/. Cliil-
<lren: Alice, Mrs. Alice Calhoun, Port Royal, Pa., R. D. 1, born Jan.
17, i860; James C, Port Royal, Pa.; Ira H. Kilmer, Port Royal, Pa.
D (6) Polly Bo)er.
D ( I ) Jacob Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Catherine Elenbarger.
Married. Only son: Boyer,. Address (1913) Harrisburg, Pa.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. D (2) Christian Boyer. Married.
Children: (i) Charles Boyer, Harrisburg, Pa.; (2) Harry (or Frank)
Boyer, Middletovvn, 111.; (3) Perhaps others. D (3) John Peter Boyer
was born in Cumberland, Co., I'a. U. B. Church. Retired Railroader —
ioreman, Duncannon, Pa. Married Miss DeHaven, of Liverpool, Pa.
•Children : Reverend Flarry Boyer, Shermansdale, Perry Co., Pa. Born
at Duncannon, Pa. Married Miss Kunkle, of York County. John Boyer,
'Greenview, 111. Brakeman P. R. Railroad. D (4) Samuel S. Boyer
was born Oct. 9, 1838, in Cumberland Co., Pa. Address (1909) Dun-
cannon, Pa. LT. B. Church. Worked 36 years for P. R. R. Company.
Married Salina Jane Milligan, born April 18, 1842, at Wapello, Iowa.
Only child: Samuel Edgar Boyer, Duncannan, Pa. Fiorn May 7, 1874,
at Duncannon, Pa. Presbyterian. Puddler by occupation. Employee
of Ohio Oil Company. Married Emma P. Stump, born Dec. 18, 1881,
near Newport, Pa. Children: Herman Edgar, born May 14, 1898;
Alice Margaret, Albert Russell, Lina Blanche, vSamuel Henderson, John
Irwin, Lawrence Allen, Howard Earle, Charles Leroy, William Harrison,
born March 15, 191 3.
D (i) John Peter Boyer, son of George Boyer and Elizabeth
Strayer, was born Aug. 11, 1823, and died at Wyanett, Illinois, March
21, 1912. Lutheran. Laborer. Married twice. First wife Jane Miller.
Second wife. Children : Sophia, Philip, Ira E., Walter IL, Lilly, and
Meardith. D (2) I'hilip Boyer was born Feb. 7, 1826, in Cumberland
Co., Pa. Address (1909) East Fairview, or Enola, Pa. Lutheran.
Teacher. Married Elizabeth (Susannah) Fockler, born Aug. 13, 1840.
Children: Elizabeth, Mary Jane, George W., l^'hilip, and Elsetta. D (3)
Margaret (Peggy) Boyer was born Dec. 16, 1838. Married Joseph Mar-
tin. Left one son and two daughters. Married Robert Valentine. Left
two sons. One son George resides at Sheridan, Illinois. D (4) Eliza-
beth Boyer, born Feb. 15, 1831, married William McDonald. Address
(1909) Dauphin, Pa. Children: Two sons and five daughters. D (5)
Catharine Boyer, born March 29, 1821. Married Adam Stabler. Chil-
dren : One son, John, lives at Harrisburg, Pa. ; D (6) Mary Boyer, born
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May 9, 1828, married Henry Kaufman. Children: Two sons and twa
daughters. John Kaufman. Address (1913) Good Hope, Pa.; D (7)
George Boyer, born March 11, 1834, died March 5, 1904. Buried at
Enola, Pa. Married Ann Jane Wise. Children : William Boyer, Camp
Hill, Pa. ; Harry E. Boyer, Marysville, Pa., and three daughters.
D (i) William Boyer, son of I'hilip Boyer and Catharine Brown,
was born Jan. 19, 1838, in Cumberland Co., Pa. Served three years in
the 73rd Regiment, Co. F, Illinois Volunteers. Farmer. Married Re-
becca Montgomery. Children: Joseph C. Boyer, Paxton, Illinois. Born
Dec. 28, 1871. Married. Edward Boyer. Married. Lilly Boyer, Mrs.
Hays Edgal, Warsaw, Ind. Fred. Boyer, Maynard Co., 111. Married
Isabel Boyer. Edna Boyer, Mrs. Plornbach. Thomas Boyer, Maynard
Co., 111. Married Ella Boyer. Kate Boyer. William Boyer, born May
18, 1895. D (2) Peter Boyer was born vSept. 10, 1832, died June 15,
1905. Farmer at Middletown, Logan Co., 111., where. he and his wife are
buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Married Elizabeth Crane. Chil-
dren: (a) Emma Boyer, Born Dec. 24, 1859. Married Frank Warmuth,
who died March 31, 1905. Children: (i) William Warmuth. Soldier
in U. S. Army. (2) Ella Warmuth. Married Andrew Gunstein, Mid-
dletown, 111. (3) Charles Warmuth. Fanner, Middletown, 111. (4)
Sarah. (5) Peter. (6) Harry. All at Middletown. (b) Lafayette
Boyer. Born Nov. 20, 1861. Farmer. Mayor of Middltown in 1913.
Married Lucy Edith Warren, born Feb. i, 1863. Children: (i) Lafayette
Boyer, born Aug 10, 1889. Farmer, Middletown, 111. Married Bertha
Cecil Snyder, born March 29, 1895. (c) William H. Boyer. Born March
2"], 1865. Factory worker, Louisanna, Mo. D (3) Mary Ann, Eliza-
beth, etc.
D (i) John C. Boyer, son of John Boyer and • Elizabeth Seidle.
Married. Children : Mrs. John Kepler, Steelton, Pa. ; Mrs. C. Rudy,.
Mrs. Otto Hoch, Rochester, N. Y. ; Mrs. Cora Charitz. D (2) Sarah
Boyer married Benjamin Kimmel. Address (1913) Wormleysburg, Pa.
Children: Elmer R., B. Frank. D (3) Catharine Boyer married Daniel
Eichelberger, West Fairview, Pa. Children; Annie P. Eichelberger.
Married Charles E. Bretz, West Fairview, Pa. D (4) Adam Boyer, son
of John Boyer and second wife Alary Stucky, resided at West Fairview,
Pa. Married Julia Ellen Baskin. Children : Charles Wilson Boyer,
Highspire, Pa. Married Elizabeth Heck. Edna Susan Boyer married
R. L. Richmond, Enola, Pa. Sarah Baskin Boyer married W. C. Smith,
Enola, Pa. Herbert Adam Boyer, West Fairview, Pa.
D (i) William Boyer, son of John Boyer and Elizabeth Derr, was
born Dec. 12, 1808 in Kentucky. He died near Sioux City, Mo., about
1897. Came ten years old with his father from Pennsylvania to Indiana.
Farmer. Presbyterian. Lived in Indiana. Married Polly (Mary)
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Stevens, born April lo, 1813. Children: Benjamin S. J., John A., Jacob
Clark, Nancy, and Martha V. D (2) George Boyer married Hurst, and
died in Iowa. D (3) John Boyer married Lydia Hunt, and died in Illi-
nois. D (4) Joseph Boyer married Miss Stevens, and died in Kansas.
D (5) Catharine Boyer married Fuller. D (G) Sarah Boyer married
Stevens. D (7) Lydia Boyer married Isaac Smith, and died at Terre
Haute, Indiana. D (8) Martha Boyer married John Smith, and died
^t Westfield, Illinois. D (9) I^eanna Boyer married Townsend. D (10)
Anna Boyer married Davis, and died at Terre llaute, Indiana. D (11)
Elizabeth Boyer married Ilurst, and died at Brockton, Illinois. D (12)
Mary Boyer.
D (i) Matilda Boyer, daughter of Solomon Boyer and wife Alatilda
Shaw, married Samuel H. Ashmore, of-Coles Co., 111. Children : William
M., Oakland, California; Nancy, and Amanda. D (2) Rev. Madison
Modrell Boyer, son of Solomon Boyer and second wife Nancy Modrell, was
born March 25, 1829, in Coles Co., Illinois. After his marriage, he lo-
cated just North of Drakeville, Davis Co., Iowa. Teacher. Ordained
^Minister of the "Christian Church." Served three years and six months
in the Union Army of the Civil War. Marched with Sherman to the
sea, and was present at the grand review, Washington, D. C, close of
war. County Treasurer of Davis County one term. Preached up to the
end of his life. His marriage to Mary B. Moore occurred August 24,
1854. There were eleven children: Reverend Madison Sherman, Henton
D., Amanda Ellen, Delia Katherine, Sarah Matilda, Elizabeth, Bell, Min-
.nie Hester, Grace, and three who died young. D (3) (4) Solomon Green-
berry Ijoyer and William Henderson Boyer, sons of Solomon Boyer and
second wife Nancy Modrell, have not been reported. There were two
sisters, Amanda Susie and Emily Katharine.
E (i) Benjamin Michael Boyer, son of George Boyer and Mary
Magdalene Kepner, was born Feb. 17, 1841, in Turbett Twp., Juniata Co.,
Pa. Address (1913) Akron, Ohio. Lutheran. Teacher. Farmer.
Married Mary N. Ritter, born Jan. 22, 1843. Children: Philander Mil-
ton Boyer, Myersville, Ohio. Born Oct. 8, 1866. Mail Carrier. Mar-
ried Diana A. l^hoads, born Aug. 4, 1878. Children : Mary Rosella
Boyer, Harry Justice Boyer, Akron, Ohio. Born Nov. 8, 1871. Farmer.
^Married Phoebe W. Gearhart, 1883. Children: Russell Emerson, Clare
Theodore. Emerson Iwerett Boyer, Akron, Ohio. Born June 23, 1874.
B. and O. operator. Altha Augusta Boyer, Akron, Ohio. Born April
28, 1877. E (2) Elmira Boyer, born Aug. 24, 1843, married Mr. Guss.
Address (1913) Mrs. Elmira Guss, East Akron Ohio, R. D. i. E (3)
Lehman Oliver Boyer, born Aug. 31, 1846. Lutheran. Farmer. Port
Royal, Pa., R. D. i ; E (4) Mary Melinda Boyer, born May 14, 1854,
married Mr. Wisehaupt, Port Royal, Pa., R. D. i. E (5) Ida Camilla
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Boyer, born Jan. 4, i860. Lutheran. Married Mr. Robinson, Port Royal,
Juniata County, Pa. E (6) George Washington Boyer, was born Oct.
.23, 1863. Lutheran. Farmer, Port Royal, Pa., R. D. i.
E ( I ) David Michael Boyer, son of Philip Boyer and Rebecca
Rice, 556 Woodbine St., Harrisburg, Pa. E (2) Doctor Samuel Jeffries
Boyer was born July 2, 1856, Sandy Hill, Perry Co., Pa. Taught school.
■Graduate of Baltimore College of Physicians, in 1S81. Lutheran. Mar-
ried Esther Swartzell, born July 24, 1867. Children: Walter Wendell
Eoyer, Lewistown Junction, Mifflin Co., Pa. Telegraph operator. Roy
Swartzell Boyer, Milroy, Pa., R. D. i. Born Dec. 31, 1888. E (3)
Lemuel Albert Boyer, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. E (4) Jolm Peter
Boyer, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. E (5) S. Catharine Boyer. Mrs.
.Sarah C. Miller, Newport, Pa., R. D. 2, care of R. Clouser. E (6) Ellen
Boyer married Carl. Mrs. Ellen Carl, Washington, D. C. E (7) Mar-
garet Frances Boyer married Kleckner. Mrs. Margaret F. Kleckner,
Saville, Perry Co., Pa. E (8) William Boyer was born March 7, 1865.
Address (1909) Loysville, Perry Co., Pa. Lutheran. Laborer. Mar-
ried Aura W^ormley. Children: Anna Boyer (Mrs. Anna B. Smith, of
Blosersville, Pa.), Gladys Boyer, Ida Boyer, Maude Boyer.
E ( I ) Philip Boyer, son of John P. Boyer and Jane Miller, was born
July 14, 1850, South Richmond, Va. Married Catharine Bowman. Chil-
dren: Mary Jane Boyer. Address (1913) Mrs. Mary J. Howard, Was-
siingtown, Beadle Co., S. Dakota. James Colden Boyer, Wassington, S.
Dakota. Born 1877. Laborer. Married Margaret Sweeney. John S.
Boyer. George W. Boyer, Swansboro, Va. Born July 20, 1880. Metho-
dist. Carpenter. Married Nora M. Bookman, born April 12, 1881.
Children: Julian G. Boyer, born Jan. 12, 1895. E (2) Sophia Elizabeth
Boyer, born Aug. 18, 1852, married John W. Stiles, born Aug. 18, 1847.
No children. 3208 Lawson St., Swansboro, Va. E (3) Doctor Ira E.
Boyer, son of John P. Boyer and second wife, was born Feb. 20, 1876.
Address (1913) Peru, Illinois. Graduate of College of Dental Surgery.
Married Amanda M. Merdian, born July i, 1878. Children: Robert Mer-
dian Boyer, born Oct. 11, 1908. E (4) Lillie May Boyer married James
Jackson. Princeton, 111. Children. E (5) Meardith Emma Boyer,
daughter of John 1*. Boyer and second wife, married Fred. Murphy,
Wyanett, 111. E (6) Walter H. Boyer, 433 Juneau St., Fond du Lac, Wis.
Married. Children.
E (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Philip Boyer and Susannah
Fockler, born March 12, 1872, married John Peck. West Fair View, Pa.
Children: Two sons and two daughters. E (2) Mary Jane Boyer, born
June 10, 1879. Married. Children: Boy and two girls. E (3) George
W. Boyer was born July 3, 1877. Farmer on the old homestead. Enola,
Pa. Married Anna Roth. Children: Two boys and a girl. E (4)
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Philip Boyer was born Nov. 20, 1878. Married Birdie Simmons. Chil-
dren. E (5) Elsetta Boyer, born Oct. 13, 1881. Married. Children:
Two sons and two daughters.
E (i) Benjamin Stevens Jackson Boyer, son of William Boyer and
wife Polly, was born July 28, 1837. Taught school 20 years. Presby-
terian. Address (1908) Little Rock, Ark. Married Phoebe J. Mathes,
born Jan. 5, 1841. Only child: Lula A. Boyer, born Oct. i, 1863. She
married John W. Markwell. Address (1909) 1422 Rock St., Little Rock,
Arkansas. E (2) John A. Pioyer was born Jan. 29, 1839. Member of
"Christian Church." Blacksmith. Lived four miles North of Corydon,
Indiana. Helped to fight John Morgan when he made his raid on In-
diana. Married Mary Antoinette Dome, born Jan. 15, 1876. She is
buried at Moulton, Iowa. His address (1908) Burr Oaks, Kansas.
Children: Charles W., Nancy E., Hiram B., Mark A., Mary J., John
Edgar, Jessie G. E (3) Jacob Clark Boyer was born April 22, 1850.
Engineer. Hayti, Missouri. Married Eliza McGradie, born Jan. 2, 1844.
Children: Lulu, William, Mary Ann. E (4) Martin V. Boyer was born
Nov. 22, 1855. Address (1915) Bakersfield, California. Married Anna
Catharine Vincent, nee Norboe, born Oct. 2, 1859. Children: Albert
Martin, born May 29, 1894, and Mary Alice, born May 16, 1897. . Both
single at home. E (5) Nancy Boyer married Zener. Corydon, Harrison
Co., Indiana.
E ( I ) Reverend Madison Sherman Boyer, son of Reverend Madi-
son Modrell Boyer and wife Mary B. Moore, was born March 21, 18G3.
Address (1913) "River View," Ottumwa, Iowa. Soldier. Helped to cap-
ture "Wounded Knee," Indian Chief. Commissary Clerk, Indian Agency
for Government. Charge of "Settlement Work," 334 State St., Chicago,
111., from 1893 to 1897. Ordained to the Holy Ministry 1883, in the
"Christian Church." Married to Mary Rich, Sept. 14, 1886. The chil-
dren of this marriage are (i) Hattie May, wife of H. H. Kilpatrick,
3033 National Park Bldg., Atlanta, Georgia. (2) Ahce L., wife of Ed-
ward M. Boles, Geddes, South Dakota. (3) Grace Wave, daughter of
Ralph Barnes, Griswold, Iowa. On April 5, 1898, he was married to
Bertha Poncey. The children of tliis marriage are Mary Ellen, Uleda
Wave, Madison Everett, Blanche Lucile, Letha Naomi. E (2) Henton
D. Boyer was born August i, 1872. Enlisted with 3rd U. S. Cavalry,
in war with Spain. Two years later in 7th Infantry Band, Fort Lawrence,
Kansas. Married Ida Dunlap; E (3) Amanda Ellen Boyer was born
Oct. 26, 1855. She married J. B. Glassburner, of Arion, Iowa. Children:
Mamie F. (missionary in China for eight years), Frank, Daisy, Grace,
Fred., Ruth. E (4) Delia Katherine Boyer was born April 8, 1866.
Married Robert E. Dunlap. 1323 Pleasant St-, Coimcil Bluffs, Iowa.
Children: Jessie, Louise, Catherine, and Benjamin Lee, child of first
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husband. E (5) Sarah Matilda Boyer was born March 2, 1868. Married
George EHmore. Clay Centre, Kansas. Six children. E (6) Eliza])etli
Bell Boyer was born April 2'], 1875, and ilied 191 1. She Vi^as the wife
of George Noland. Children: Eugene, Edna, John. E (7) Minnie
Hester Boyer was born March 13, 1879. Married Charles Gladfelter,
Moravia, Iowa, R. D. Children : Marie Donald, PVancis, Clifford, Edna,
Grace. E (8) Grace Wave Boyer was born Nov. 4, ]8Si. Married
Thomas Griggs, Feb. i, 1901. D. St., Centralia, Washington. Children:
James, George.
F (i) Charles W. Boyer, son of John A. Boyer and Mary A.
Dome, TuUy, Kansas. Married. Eight children. F (2) Nancy E. Boyer
married M. II. Driskell, Apache, Ukla. F. (3) Hiram B. Boyer, Pond
Creek, Okla. F. (4) Mark A. Boyer, Buffalo, Wyoming. F (5) Mary
J. Boyer married M. J. Bartolett, 2033 Fifth St., Boulder, Colorado. F
(6) John Edgar Boyer was born Jan. 16, 1872. Methodist. Graduate
of State Normal School and higiier courses. City and County Supt. of
Schools, Kingman, Kansas, for ten years. President of Kansas State
Teachers' Association. Member of Board of Regents for Kansas Nor-
mal Schools. Other responsible connections. Fine genealogist. I02
Santa Fe St., Salina, Kansas. Married Grace Walter. Cbiklren : David
W., John E., Paul K. F (7) Jessie G. Boyer was born April 4, 1875.
Married Joseph Osier. Eagle, Idaho, R. D.
F (1) Lulu Boyer, daughter of Jacob Clark Boyer and Eliza Mc-
Gradie, was born Nov. 6, 1872. She married John Antener, J 2^ West
Cottonwood St., Independence, Kansas. Children : John Edgar, born
July 2, 1906; Freda Opal, born Feb. 10, 1909. F (2) William Boyer was
born Feb. 28, 1874. Address (i<}09) 1460 S. nth St., Terre Haute, In-
diana. Died there March 3, 1914.
CHAPTER XXXI
FREDERICK BOYER
Correspondents report that Frederick Boyer lived on a farm near
Isaac Potts, at Valley Forge, Montgomery County, Pa. The Eoyers of
this family were great friends of George Washington. From the data
of his son John we infer that this Frederick was born 1 730-1 740, but
can not identify him with his parents. Perhaps he was the John George
Frederick Bayer who came from Germany, in 1752, as recorded in Vol.
17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives. He may belong to the Lan-
caster County Boyers, judging from the names of his sons. The wife's
name is not reported. There were about a dozen sons : Abraham,
Joseph, William, Daniel, John, and seven other boys. Three of the
dozen boys were killed in the war. Mrs. Kinports says, "I have heard
my grandfather John Boyer tell of Washington being in his mother's
house [Frederick's house]. She gave all but the kitchen to Washing-
ton's men in the memorable winter of 1777, when John was only 15 years
old." Frederick Boyer was buried in the Manor Meeting House Grave-
yard, in the vicinity of Valley Forge. This burial may mean that he was
a Mennonite and should be visited.
B (i — 4) Joseph, Abraham, William, and Daniel Boyer were sons
of Frederick Boyer, of Valley Forge, Pa. B (5) John Boyer, son of
Frederick Boyer and wife, was born 1761 or 1762, at Valley Forge, Pa.,
and died June, 1861, aged 99 years and li months. He is buried at Mt.
Zion, Burnside Township, Clearfield Co., Pa., near Mahaffy. A large
man, like his brothers. Great friend of Washington. Eight brothers
remained at Valley Forge when John started for Clearfield County, about
1820 or 1821. Has Irish friends of Clearfield County called him "Byers,"
but the name on his tombstone is Boyers. His wife's name was Mary
Colgate. The children were : Benjamin, William, John, Gideon, Samuel,
George, Lemuel, and Ellen.
C (i) Benjamin Byers, son of John Boyers and wife Mary Col-
gate, was born Dec. 25, 1793. Died 1876. Lived at Roseland, Pa.
Farmer and postmaster. Buried at Utahville, Pa. Married Sadie Heth-
erington. Children : Benjamin, Coalport, Pa. ; James H., Gideon D.,
Mary, Anna M., Ellen, Amanda. C (2) William Byers was born Feb.
29, 1796. Lived at Selinsgrove, Pa., where he is probably buried. Mar-
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Tied. Children: (i) John Nelson Byers, Williamsport, Pa. (2) Wil-
liam Byers. Address (1890) Selinsgrove, Pa. (3) Others ; C (3) John
Byers was born May 3, 1798; died Oct. 11, 1879, and is buried in Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Washington Twp., Clearfield Co., Pa. (New Washing-
ton). Methodist. Farmer and lumberman. ]\ Tarried Sarah Weaver,
born Jan. 7, 181 1. Children: Samuel, Mary Ellen, Athelia, Ruth, Sarah,
John, Achison, James W., Lorinda, William, Hezekiah, Perry, Esther,
Jane, Amanda, Catharine, and Eliza Tirzah. C (4) Gideon Byers was
born July ii, 1800. Lived at Valley Forge, Pa. Married. Children:
(1) John H. Byers, New Wasiiington, Pa. (2) Others. C (5) Samuel
Byers was born March 19, 1804. Lived at New Washington, Clearfield
Co., Pa. Farmer and lumberman. Alarried. Children : John, Wilkin-
son, Anna Jane, Rebecca, Mary, Angeline, Lydia Ann, Fremont, Eliza-
beth, Maggie, Zachariah, Benjamin, and Samuel F. C (6) George
Byers was born May 29, 1806. No descendants. C (7) Lemuel Byers
was born Feb. 12, 1809, at Warren's Mark, Huntingdon Co., Pa., died
Jan. 12, 1833, and is buried at New Washington, Pa. Farmer, lum-
berman and blacksmith. Married Mrs. Jane Stephenson, nee Acheson,
a very fine woman. Children: John, David, Robert, Mary, Ellen, Sarah,
Margaret, William, and Joseph. C (8) Ellen 'Byers, born Sept. 5, 181 1,
5n Huntingdon Co., Pa., thed Oct. 15, 1897, ^^^ '^ buried at Cherry Tree,
Pa. Married John Mahaffy, and lived at Cherry Tree. Children : Mar-
garet B., William, Mary, Chrissie.
D (i) Benjamin F. Byers, son of Benjamin Byers and wife Sadie
Hetherington, was born Feb. 16, 1837. Address (1915) Coalport, Pa.,
Box 138. Married Mary E. Bowman. Children: S. J. Byers, T. V.
Byers, W. S. Byers, all of Coalport, Pa.; Sarah A. (Cibulka), of Barnes-
t)oro. Pa.; Nancy, dead; Mary C. (Stiffer), of 203 Eleventh Ave., Juni-
ata, Pa. ; T. B. Byers, of Cresson, Pa., and Laura E., of Coalport, Pa. D
(2) James PI. Byers married Phoebe Pierce. Children. D (3) Gideon
D. Byers married Mary L. Lovell. Children. D (4-7) Mary married
G. W. Bowman, of Glasgow, Pa. ; Aima, D. Rowland, Ellen N. Rex,
and Amanda, M. Nelson.
D (i) Samuel Byers, son of John Byers and wife, Sarah Weaver,
was born May i, 1830. Address (1910) Westover, Pa. Married Sarah
Lloyd. Children : Barbara Ellen, John L., Sarah Elizabeth, William,
Jesse, Aaron, Jane and Rose. D (2) Mary Ellen Byers, born Nov. 3,
1 83 1, married Amos Hutton. No descendants. D (3) Athelia Byers,
"born May i, 1833, married Dr. James A. ]3unn. Children: John, of
Altoona, Pa. D (4) Ruth Byers, born July 17, 1834, married William
Wheland. Children (2): Mollie. Address (1910) Mrs. Mollie An-
drew, Altoona, Pa. D (5) Sarah Byers, born Dec. 15, 1835, married
Plenry B. Darr. Five children : Harry. Address (1910) Burnside, Pa.
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D (6) John Byers was born May 14, 1837, and died Aug. 21, 1887,
Civil War veteran. Married Elizabeth Stutchell. Three children : Frank.
Address (1910J Youngstown, Ohio. D (7) Acheson Byers v/as born
Nov. I, 1831, and died June 11, 1908. Married Caroline Frances Black,
w^ho died Aug. 2, 1908. Children: (i) William Craig Byers, born Oct.
20, 1870. University training. Married Bertha Park. Children: John
Acheson, Harry Craig. (2) Orrin Noble Byers, Webster, Pa. Born
Dec. 20, 1872. Justice of Peace. (3) Sarah Alice Byers, wife of Ralph
S. Tozer, of Patton, Pa. Children: Mary C, Ralph N. (4) Grace Dar-
ling Byers, of Patton, Pa. .(5) Nellie Agnes Byers, of Webster, Pa. D
(8) James W. Byers was born Oct. 12, 1840. Address (1910) McGees
Mills, Pa. Box 36. Farmer and lumberman. Married Lucretia Mc-
Cracken, and later Elizabeth Kunsman. Children : ( i ) David Thomas
Byers, of Vandegrift ]Ieights, P^a. Born Jan. 28, 1870. (2) Ada, wife
of Judge Herbert S. Dinsmore, of Fort Pierre, South Dakota. (3) L.
Clare, wife of Dr. J. M. Brown, New Bethlehem, Pa. (4) Minnie, (5) S.
Margaret, (6) J. Blaine, (7) Ruth J., (8) Lorinda R., and (9) Anna,
all at home. D (9) Lorinda layers, born March 6, 1842, married Russell
Rose, and died Jan. 7, 1872, leaving no children. D (10) Hezekiah Byers,
born April 7, 1846. D (11) Perry, born Sept. 2, 1847. D (12) Esther
Jane Byers, born March 23, 1849, married Dr. Innes. Both are dead,
leaving five children. D (13) Eliza Terzali Byers, born Jan. 17, 1853,
married John London. Address (1900) Kane, Pa. Children: Mae
Pearl. Address (1900) Mrs. Eugene Scott, Marionville, Pa. Pearl,
Ward, Maude, Nellie, at home.
D (i) John Byers, son of Samuel Byers and wife, died in the army,
1861 ; (2) Wilkinson died Ferguson Twp., Clearfield Co., Pa.; (3) Anna
Jane married Mr. Bennett; (4) Rebecca married Samuel Kirk, of
Madera, Pa.; (5) Mary married Barclay Haddon, of Tyone, Pa.; (6)
Angelina married Thomas Wertz, of Oklahoma; (7) Lydia Ann married
WilHam Ihy, of Hradd(;ck, Pa.; (8) Fremont resides at lh-ad(l(;ck. Pa.;
'(9) Elizabeth, and (10) Maggie have not been reported; (11) Zacha-
riah resides at Mahaffy, Pa.; (12) Benjamin, at Tyler, Pa., and (13)
Samuel F., at Wilkinson, Pa.
D (i) John Byers, son of Lemuel Byers and wife Jane Acheson,
lived at New Washington, Clearfield Co., Pa. Married Mary C. Ad-
dress (1910) Mahaffy, Pa. Children: Attorney Harry Byers, of Clear-
field, Pennsylvania. Born February 2, 1865. Finely educated. Law-
yer since 1896. Spanish American war. Methodist. Fine genealogist.
Helped historian very nuich. Married Anna Margaret Shirey. Chil-
dren: (i) Esther, (2) Harry, (3) Jane, (4) Margaret, (5) Ida, wife of
Miles Wrigley. Address ( 1910) Mahaffy, Pa.; D (2) David Byers was
born Jan. 30, 1842. Address (1910) Mahaffy, Pa., married Elizabeth
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Chapman. Children: (i) Sarah Jane, wife of A. W. Kapp, Cherry Tree,
Pa.; (2) Mary E., wife of James D. Neflf, of McGees Mills, R. D. i ;
(3) J. C. Byers, of La Jose, Pa. Children : Leonore, Robert, Raymond,
David, Kate, Ruth; (4) Margaret, (5) Hattie, (6) Gertrude. D (3)
Robert Byers was born March 30, 1847, died at Indiana, Pa. Married
Louisa Hall. Only child: Jessie. Address ( 1910) Steubenville, Ohio.
College graduate. D (4) Mary Byers married Mr. NeiT. Children:
I^obert' of Irvona, Pa., and others. D (5) Ellen Byers married Mr.
Rorabaugh, of New Washington, Pa. D (6) Sarah Byers married Ralph
Hutton, of New Washington, Pa. D (7) Margaret Byers married
Robert Mitchell, of New Washington, Pa.; D (8) William Byers died 19
years old in 1865. D (9) Joseph Byers. Married. Wife and family
live at Santa Rosa, California. Children: Grace, Virginia, Orlan, Jesse,
Margaret, Justin, Robert, Clara, Maurice.
D (i) Margaret Byers, daughter of Ellen Byers and husband John
Mahafify, born April 20, 1837, a Methodist, married Peter Kinports,
born Sept. 6, 183 1. She is a fine genealogist and helped the historian
very much. Children: Minetta, wife of John DriscoU. Address (1910)
Roncerverte, W. Va. ; Clyde; Gertrude, wife of Joseph A. Wilson, Alden;
William Estella, Boyd, Nancy, Inez. D (2) William. D (3) Mary.
D (4) Chrissie.
E (i) Barbara Ellen Byers, daughter of Samuel Byers and wife
Sarah Jane Lloyd, married Leonard AlcCracken, of Mahaffy, Pa.; (2)
John L., his son, resides at Burnside, Pa. ; Sarah Elizabeth, married
Joseph McCracken, of Mahaffy, Pa.; (4) William, and (5) Jesse reside
at Westover, Pa.; (6) Aaron, (7) Jane, and (8) Rose are still at home.
CHAPTER XXXII
JOHANNES NICHOLAS BEYER
The historian is indebted very largely to three capable informants for
the chapter of Johannes Nicholas Ikyer. Through Professor Lyman
Fremont Bowyer, West Plains, Mo., we have the direct word of John
Nicholas Beyer's second youngest son. Rev. Joshua Boyer. Attorney L.
S. Boyer, Scott City, Kansas, has the Revolutionary traditions and Mr.
Schroeder the Church and Bible records. According to Rev. Joshua
Boyer, his father Johannes Nicholas Beyer was born in Bavaria, Ger-
many, in 1753. When he was only a few years old his parents — their
names are not given — came with him to America. Vol. 17, Second
Series, Pennsylvania Archives, does not contain this record, which seems
to show that he may have come by way of New York instead of Phila-
delphia. His parents settled in the neighborhood of Reading, Berks
Co., Pa. The father tiled when Johannes Nicholas was about four
years old, but where he is buried can not be ascertained, although it is
possible that he is buried at Spiece Church, Alsace Twp., Berks Co., Pa.
When the father died he committed little Johannes Nicholas to the
mother with most tender concern, requesting that the boy be brought up
a Lutheran. It appears that the family had migrated from Bavaria
for religious reasons. The boy did grow up a Lutheran, and lived in
the neighborhood of Spiece Church. He was a tanner, as reported by
]\Ir. Schroeder. Tradition reported by Attorney L. S. lioyer makes
Johannes Nicholas Beyer a soldier of the Revolution for about a year.
A gun burst either in his own or another's hands, and he had powder
specks in his face, which he removed from time to time even when he was
old. This tradition appears to be confirmed on pages 20, 34. and 52 of
Vol. 4, Fifth Series, Pennsylvania Archives. If these records refer to
him, he belonged to the Third Regiment, Continental Line, serving in
the neighborhood of Philadelphia. His name appears in the tax list
of Alsace Twp., Berks Co., Pa., in 1786. lie died on Pentecost early in
June 1823, and is buried at Spiece Church. Age 74 years, 4 months,
and some days, as Rev. Joshua Boyer reports. He married twice — first
a Wentzel girl, and then after her death, a first cousin of his wife,
i\.mlelia Catharine Wentzel, daughter of Philip Wentzel. There were
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nineteen children, the names of whom except two are as follows: Jacob
and Snsan, children of the first wife. Then Samuel, called the oldest in
the "will" of his father, whose executor he was to be. The historian
has not been able to find this will in the Reading- Court House. It may
not have been recorded. The other children were Susanuah, Solomon
and Daniel (twins), Abraham Philip, Jonathan, William, George, Henry,
John, Rachel, Hannah, Joshua, Nicholas.
B (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Johannes Nicholas Beyer and his first
wife Wentzel, was born Feb. 12, 1776. See Spiece Church records. He
married and a son was born Dec. 11, 1804, l)ut the church records of
the time are so defective that his name is not given. According to Rev.
Joshua Boyer, this brother moved his family into the vicinity of Cleve-
land, Ohio, but thus far (1913) the historian has no trace of his de-
scendants; B (2) Susan Bo)cr married Jacob Hoyer, as reported by
Mrs. Thompson, a relative; B (3) Samuel Boyer, son of Johannes
Nicholas Beyer and his second wife Amelia Catherine Wentzel, was born
about 1780-1785. In his father's will (1823) he is called the "oldest
son." This seems to prove that Jacob was dead in 1823, unless it means
the oldest son of his second wife. lie is buried near the entrance of
the old graveyard at Spiece Church, but has no tombstone. Lutheran.
Farmer in Amity Township, Berks Co., Pa., and also near New Holland,
Lancaster Co., Pa., after 1819, where he lived fotu- niiles from Hinkle-
town, Pa. He married Magdalena Gerber, born July 5, 1789. Children:
Amos G., Levi S., Charles G., Matilda G., Deborah G., Mary G., Sarah
G. ; B (4) Solomon Boyer was twin to Daniel Boyer, but the date of
birth is uncertain. He married Catharine Wellcr, and they were sponsors
at a baptisin of some relative June 15, 1802; B (5) Daniel Boyer, twin
to Solomon, married Catherine. A son was born July 21, 1805, and a
daughter, Elizabeth, March 27, 1818. If there were other children they
were probably recorded elsewhere; B (G) Susannah lioyer was born
March 24, 1781; B (7) Abraham Boyer was born before 1800. Paper
manufacturer. Lived at West Hanover, Dauphin Co., Pa. Married
Elizabeth Heilman. Children : John, Solomon, Stephen, Abraham,
David, Andrew, Rebecca, Sarah, Amanda, Elizabeth, Kate, Ella, Susan.
It was through information obtained from Jno. A. Boyer, West Hanover,
Pa., and an aunt of his, that the identification of this son oi John
Nicholas became possible; B (8) Philip {?oyer lived in Alsace Twj).,
Berks Co., Pa. Married. Cliildien : Emma Boyer. Mrs. J'lnalli.iii
Spayd knows of no other child. This is, however, not conclusive; li {<))
Jonathan Boyer was born Dec. 3, 1797, in Alsace Twp., Berk Co., Pa.,
died March 27, 1873, and is buried at Belleman's Church, Alsace Tw]).,
Berks Co., Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Polly Becker, born Sept.
19, iSoi, died Nov. 24, 1883, and is burietl near her husband. Children:
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Isaac, Sarah, Mary, EHzabetli ; B (lo) William Boyer, son of John
Nicholas Boyer and his second wife Amelia Catherine Wentzel, was born
about 1780, in the neighborhood of Spiece Church, Berks Co., Pa., near
Reading-. It was very difficult to identify him with his ancestral tree
until the historian compared the character of the man as described by
Dr. Turner with that of his father's care by his immigrant father as
recorded in the beginning- of this chapter. When, however, Attorney
L. S. Boyer, of Scott City, Kansas, reported his father's cousin settling
in Stephenson County, Carroll County, and Ogle County, Illinois, it cov-
ered Dr. Turner's complete reports so absolutely that all doubt vanished
forever. lie lived at several places, including Chambersburg and Me-
chanicsburg. Pa. Lost his eye sight while blasting for Cumberland
• Valley Railroad, and died in the 50's. May be buried at Mechanicsburg,
Pa. The name of his wife was Margaret. She died at Altoona, Pa.,
where she lived with her son Solomon. His grandson Albert remembers
that she read a German Bible. She died about 82 years old. There were
twelve children: William, Solomon, Jacob, Margaret, Sophia, Mary,
Samuel, Susan, and four others who probably died young; B (11)
George Boyer, son of Johannes Nicholas Beyer and Amelia Catherine
Wentzel, lived at Centreville, near Belleman's Church, says Mrs. Spayd.
Married. Children: David, Jacob, Adam, Hannah; B (12) Henry
Boyer; B (13) John Boyer. He and Susannah Lorah — probably his
sister — stood sponsors for a child baptized Aug. 17, 1794. If the Spiece
Church records are for him, he married Catharine, and two of their
children were recorded. A daughter was born March 26, 1819, and
John Sept. 22, 1829; B (14) Rachel Boyer; B (15) H[annah Boyer
lived in Alsace Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Mrs. Spayd does not know to
whom she was married; B (18) Joshua Boyer was born Feb. 12, 1805,
Alsace Twp., Berks Co., Pa., died Oct. 28, 1884, Dayton, Ohio. Luther-
an. Became a U. B. minister. Buried in U. B. Cemetery, West Dayton,
Ohio. Migrated from Lancaster Co., Pa., to Carroll Co., 111., and in
1866 to Dayton, Ohio. lie was a young carpenter at work in the neigh-
borhood of Reading, Pa., when he saw General Lafayette on his visit
to the U. S. (1824-25). Married Susannah Buck before he left Penn-
sylvania. She was born March 3, 1803, died Nov. 4, 18S4, and is buried
near her husband. Children: Henry B., Kate, Jonathan, Daniel, Susan-
nah, and others; B (19) Nicholas Boyer lived in Manheim, Lancaster
Co., Pa., about 1880.
C (i) Amos G. Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Magdalene Gerber,
was born Feb. 20, 1814, in Amity Twp., Berks County, Pa., died at Bern,
Pa., and is buried there. Shoemaker. Lutheran. Lived in Oley, Read-
ing, and Bern Township. Married Elizabeth Hartline, of Oley Twp.,
Berks Co., Pa. Children: Rachel, Hetty, William H., Elizabeth L.,
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Sarah H., Samuel T. ; C (2) Levi G. Boyer was born Feb. 23, 1819, at
New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa. On Dec. 4, 1838, he married Catherine
"Dillon, born Nov. 17, 1818. The family lived in Reading, Pa., where
his eight children were born : Wellington D., Virginia D., Mark D.,
Elvena D., Annie D., Edwin D., Emma (Agnes) D. ; C (3) Charles
G. P»oyer. Married. Children: Sarah, Louis, perhaps others; C (4)
Matilda G. Boyer married Womer ; C (5) Deborah G. Boyer married
Haffer, formerly of Reading, Pa.; C (6) Mary G. Boyer, born in Heid-
elberg or Maidencreek Twp., Berks Co., Pa., married Wertz. Children:
Cyrus, Reading, Pa. Perhaps others; C (7) Sarah G. Boyer, born Nov.
27, 1824, in Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., Pa., married Jesiah Thompson.
Children: Charles B., Frank B., Levi B., George B., Howard B.,
Debora^h B., ALaggie B., Ellen B., Jane B., Dora B. Howard B. Thomp-
-son. Address ( 1910) 326 N. loth St., Reading, Pa.; C (8) A daugh-
'ter married Mr. Leinbach.
C (i) John Boyer, son of Abraham Boyer and wife, was born in
West Hanover, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, and died 76 years old iu
Stark County, Ohio. Pie is buried at Centre Church, Louisville, Ohio.
United Brethren Church. Stone mason. Wife's name was Alary. She
died 56 years old. Children : Abraham, John, Henry, Martin, Eliza-
beth, Alary Ann, A'lartha, David; C (2) Solomon Boyer was born Sept.
1830, at West Hanover, Dauphin Co., Pa. United Brethren Church.
Address (1909) 1735 Centre St., Lebanon, Pa. Alarried Elizabeth Wai-
ner. Children : Lavina, Sarah, Elizabeth L., Emma, David, Samuel
F., Cyrus L., John E., Stephen Frank, George Adam ; C (3) Stephen
Boyer was born probably in Dauphin Co., Pa., and died in Ohio. Alar-
ried. I^rge family of children; C (4) Abraham Boyer died Dec. 6,
1902, at Plarrisburg, Pa. See Administration, Jan. 10, 1906. Lutheran.
Turnkey at Capitol, Plarrisburg, Pa. Proprietor of Shellville Hotel,
Harrisburg, Pa., at one time. Alarried Alargaret Taylor. Children:
David Allen, Abraham, Simon C, Sarah, Elizabeth, Kate, Mary, Alartin,
and Airs. Hughes; C (5) David Boyer was born Sept. 30, 1830, East
Hanover Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa., and died 1910. Lived in Harrisburg,
Pa. Calder's Livery Stable boss. LInited Brethren Church. Alarried
Susan E. AfcCann, born Alarch 24, 1843. Address (1913) 1441 Derry
St., Harrisburg, Pa. Children: (i) John AL Boyer, Philadelphia, Pa.,
born Feb. 10, 1868. Alethodist. Salesman for Swift's meat. Alarried
Delia Sprow. Children: Adella. (2) Harry A. Boyer, 304 S. 15th St.,
Harrisburg, Pa., born Feb. 16, 1870, at Harrisburg, Pa. Lutheran.
'Singer. President of School Board. Alarried Anna Cavany. Children :
Allen, Kenneth; C (6) Andrew Boyer married Elizabeth Purman. Chil-
<lren: (i) Alice, (2) David Boyer. Address (1909) York, Pa. Alar-
ried. No children; C (7) Rebecca Boyer married and left four daugh-
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ters; C (8) Sarah left no children; C (9) Amanda married and left
several boys; C (10) Elizabeth married and left a son; C (11) Kate
married Mr. Zimmerman and left children; C (12) Ella married a Mr.
Wenrich; C (13) Susan.
C ( 1 ) Isaac Boyer, son of Jonathan Boyer and Polly Becker, is
buried at Belleman's Church, I'a. Married Eliza Schvvenk. Child:
Thomas; C (2) Sarah Boyer, born May 3, 1841, in Centre Tvvp., Berks
Co., Pa., married Jonas Spayd, Mohrsville, Pa., R. F. D. i. No chil-
dren; C (3) Mary Boyer married Frank Loose, and C (4) her sister
Elizabeth, married Daniel Zimmerman.
C (i) Williani Boyer, son of William Boyer and wife Margaret,
was born Feb. 14, 1802, in Lancaster Co., Pa., died at Bolton, near Free-
port, Stephanson Co., Illinois, Feb. 27, or Oct. 27, 1890. Lutheran.
Farmer. Overseer. Married Mary Knodle, of Hagerstown, Maryland,
in 1827. Moved with family to Ogle County, Illinois, October 1840,
and to Stephanson County, in 1848. His wife and five children are also
buried at Bolton. Dr. Turner sjK-aks of William Boyer with warmest
praise. Children: Rebecca, John, Susan, Hannah, Frisbee, William;
C (2) Jacob Boyer was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., lived at several
places, among them Chambersburg, Pa., and in Maryland. One time
foreman on Col. Tillman's plantation near Hagerstown, Md., but he
hated slavery. Liveil on farm for some years and then moved to Illinois
about 1844, where he died at the age of 60 years. He and his wife are
buried at Mt. Carroll, 111. Her name was Susan Shamel. She died 75
years old. There were twelve children : William, Henry R., Margaret,
Simon, Elizabeth, Louisa, Sophia, and five others who probably died
young; C (3) Samuel Boyer. Note. — Nephew Albert thinks he died
in Illinois, but reiports no other particulars; C (4-6) Margaret Boyer
married Mr. Rubright, and lived in Indianapolis, Ind., or that neighbor-
hood. Her sister Sophia also lived there. So did her sister Susan, wife
of Mr. Rupe; C (7) Mary Boyer married Mr. Miller, and lived at
Altoona, Pa.; C (8) Solomon Boyer was born Feb. 15, 1822, in Mary-
land, and died June 22, 1886. A saddler in Altoona, Pa. Married Eliza-
beth Emminger, born Nov. 5, 1815. She died Dec. 11, 1870. Children:
Albert, Belle, William, Monroe, girl, and Agnes.
C (i) David Boyer, son of George Boyer and his wife, lived at
Leesport, Pa., and about 1880 at Mahanoy City, Pa. INLirried. She
died at Leesport, Pa.; C (2) Jacob Boyer. Address (1880) Leesport,
Pa. Buried at Hamburg, Pa. Married. Children: Aaron (dead).
Perhaps others. Son of Aaron : Hiester Boyer. Address ( 1913) Potts-
ville. Pa.; C (3) Adam Boyer. Address (1880) Leesport, Pa.; C (4)
Hannah Boyer.
C (i) Henry B. Boyer, son of Rev. Joshua Boyer and Susannah
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Buck, born Sept. 26, 1825, in Lancaster Co., Pa., married Cassie Smith,
sister of John and David Smith. She died about 1856, leaving one child
Lemon S. Later he married Catherine Gingrich. Her children: David
H., Daniel, John F., Andrew, William, Susan E., Rebecca, Elizabeth;
C (2) Kate Boyer, born Nov. 3, 1829, married John A. Smith. Ad-
dress (1910) looi \V. Broadway, Dayton, Ohio; C (3) Jonathan Boyer,
born Dec. 2, 1831, in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., died Dec. 25, 1890,
at Freeport, 111., where he is buried with his wife in the City Cemetery.
Mason and plasterer by trade. Merchant at Freeport, 111. A very fine
and Christian gentleman. Married Sophia Otto, born Feb. i, 1831. Chil-
dren: Lyman F., Jerome W., Bessie B. ; C (4) Daniel W. Boyer, born
March 9, 1839, in Stark Co., Ohio. Methodist. Fie owns his grand-
father Johannes Nicholas Beyer's 200 years old "grandfather's clock."
Address (1912) Eldora, Harden Co., Iowa, Box 272. Jan. 24, 1861, he
married Lucy Hodge, born Sept. 27, 1841. Children: Solomon D.,
Franklin G., John E., Sherman G., William E., Helen, Esma A. The
father was a cavalry man in the Civil War, Company B, 7th Illinois ;
C (5) Susannah Boyer, born July 20, 1845, died Oct. 15, 1884. Mar-
ried David A. Smith, of Dayton, Ohio.
D (1) Rachel Boyer, daughter of Amos G. Boyer and Elizabeth
Hartline, born May 7, 1834. Her sister D (2) Hetty, was born Jan.
13, 1S36; D (3) William H. Boyer, born April 5, 1839, ^^'^^^^ ^^^S- 3^>
1906, and is buried at Lewisburg, Pa. Lutheran. Shoemaker. Married
Mary. Children: (a) Charles H. Boyer, 75 S. Brown St., Lewisburg,
Pa., born July ii, 1868, married Ida. Children: Franklin H., Emma A.,
Edgar E., Irene S. (b) Annie fioyer married Stafford, 209 S. 4th St.,
Lewisburg, Pa.; D (4) Elizalieth L. Boyer, born Jan. 5, 1841, died
.1905. Married Schroeder. Chiklren: George G. Schroeder. Address
(1913) 135 Brown St., Lewisburg, Pa. I^erhaps others; D (5) Sarah
H. Boyer, born July 21, 1845, niarried Jacob Good. Children: Adaline.
Mrs. x\daline Vogle, 739 Mulberry St., Reading, Pa. Perhaps others ;
D (6) Samuel T. Boyer, born Oct. 7, 1848, died 1895. No descendants.
D (i) Wellington D. Boyer, son of Levi G. Boyer and Catharine
Dillon, born Sept. i, 1839; D (2) Virginia D. Boyer, born Feb. 3, 1842,
married Greiman. Address (1910) York, Pa.; D (3) Mark D. Boyer,
born Jan. 6, 1844; D (4) Elvena D. Boyer, born May 22, 1846, married
Oliver Nye. Address (1910) 856 Penn St., Reading, Pa.; D (5) Annie
D. Boyer, born July 19, 1848, married Fitter, Downingtown, Pa.; D (6)
Edwin D. Boyer, born March 2, 1851. Address (1910) 315 Morton St.,
Chester, Pa. Bricklayer. Married Annie L. Children : Edwin Boyer,
Jr. Address (1910) 315 Morton St., Chester, Pa.; Howard, Chester,
Bessie M. ; D (7) Emma D. I'oyer, born Sept. 18, 1856, married Charles
Green, 928 Spruce St., Reading, Pa.
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D ( I ) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Charles G. Boyer and his wife,
married Price. Mrs. Sarah B. Price,, Canadensis, Pa.; D (2) Louis
Boyer. Address (1910) Canadensis, Pa.; D (3) Perhaps others.
D (i) Lemon S. Boyer, son of Henry B. Boyer and his first wife
Cassie Smith, was born Dec. 23, 1849, ^^ Seneca Co., Ohio. Attorney.
Address (1913) Scott City, Kansas. Fine correspondent. Soldier in
Civil War. Attorney at law. Merchant. Married. Children: L. R.
Boyer, 2730 Summit St., Kansas City, Mo. ; Jennie J. Boyer, 2730 Sum-
mit St., Kansas City, Mo.; D (2) David PL Boyer, son of Henry B.
Boyer and his second wife Catharine Gingrich. Address (1912) Weath-
erford, Oklahoma; D (3) Daniel Boyer died single; D (4) John l\
Boyer. Address (1913) Evanston, Bl. Justice of Peace. ]\Lirried.
Children; D (5) Andrew Boyer, Shannon, Carroll Co., PL; D (6)
William Boyer, Northern Illinois. Single; D (7) Susan E. Boyer mar-
ried Richard High. Address (1912) 1015 N. i6th St., Boise, Idaho.
Children: Ira E. Pligh, Boise, Idaho; D (8) Rebecca Boyer married
Ferguson. Address (1912) Belleplaine, Kansas; D (9) Elizabeth Boy-
€r married McCammon.
D (i) Lyman Fremont Bowyer, son of Jonathan Boyer and Sophia
Otto, born Oct. 4, 1856, at Freeport, 111. Address (1913) Ocala, Florida.
Professor. Graduate of Cornell LIniversity, N. Y., 1884. Follows "real
■estate." Fine genealogist. Methodist; D (2) Jerome W. Bowyer, born
Jan. 3, 1858, at Freeport, 111. Cornell University education. Business
man. Methodist. x'X.ddress (1913) West Plains, Mo. On June 20,
1894, he married Celesta Eichelberger, who died June 4, 1 91 2, and is
buried at Freeport, 111. Children: Helen Bessie, born April 18, 1897,
and Ruth Annette, born Nov. 21, 1901 ; D (3) Bessie B. Boyer, born
Feb. 24, 1862, at Freeport, 111. Teacher. Entrusted with important
business representations at St. Louis World's Fair, and as compliment
was given a European tour. On June 18, 1910, she married George H.
HeafTord. Address (1913) 4560 Oakenwald Ave., Chicago, 111. Metho-
dist. Very fine woman.
D (i) Solomon D. Boyer, son of Daniel W. Boyer and Lucy Hodge,
"born Dec. 7, 1861. Address (1912) Sanborn, Iowa, R. F. D. i. Married
Anna O'Brien, born Jan. 21, 1871. Children: Esther May, Lucy G.;
D (2) Franklin G. Boyer, born Sept. 7, 1863. Single. Address (1912)
Eldora, Iowa, Box 272; D (3) John E. Boyer, born Sept. 26, 1866. Ad-
dress (1912) Eldora, Iowa, Box 272. Married Ada Gcrdner, born June
6, 1875. Children: Eugene, Plelen G., Kenneth G. ; D (4) Sherman
G. Boyer, born Aug. 18, 1869. Single. Address (1912) Sheldon, Io\ya ;
D (5) William E. Boyer, born Sept. 22, 1894. Address (1912) Eldora,
Iowa, Box 272; D (6) Helen Boyer, born May 12, 1877. Single. Ad-
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dress (1912) Eldora, Iowa, Box 272; D (7) Esma A. Boyer, born Oct..
15, 1880. Single. Address (1912) Eldora, Iowa, Box 272.
D (i) Rebecca Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and wife Mary
Knodle, was born at Washington Court House, Md., 1828, and died at
Freeport, 111., 1897. Methodist. Married first to A. J. Warner, leaving
one child Edith, and later to Thomas IE. Turner, born in New York
1821, leaving three children; (i) Dr. Benjamin Turner. Address
(1912) Memphis, Tennessee. A very fine genealogist. Married Florence
Acree. They have a son. (2) William E. Turner, Seattle, Washington.
No children.' (3) Charles H. Turner, Minneapolis, Minn.; D (2) John
W. Boyer was born in Washington Co., Md., Dec. 5, 183 1, and died at
Wellsville, Mo., Oct. 23, 1903. Farmer. Married l^ucy Jane Rumdlett.
Address (1909) Wellsville, Mo. Chiklren : (i) Clarence W. Boyer,
Port Lavaca, Texas, born Aug. 9, 1859. Carpenter. ^Married C\ nthia
E. Blanchard. Children : Clarence L,-, Austin, Texas ; Lester W., Port
Lavaca, Texas ; Carl J., Edith P., Geneva E., Keith H., Dorris B., all
at home. (2) George Edwin Boyer. Machinist. (3) Caroline E., wife
of Mr. Woods, Wellsville, Mo. (4) Lillian M., wife of Mr. Duston.
Same address. (5) Charles W. Boyer, Sanger Calf, Mo. (6) Lulu M.,
wife of Mr. Bently, of Wellsville, Mo.; D (-3) William K. Boyer died
after 1900. Married Cora Mack, of Freeport, 111. Children: (i) Clif-
ford Boyer, Red Oaks, Iowa. (2) Attorney Howard Boyer, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa; D (4) Susan Boyer married Phineas B. Ellis, of Free-
]X)rt, 111. Children: Alonzo, who died in Nebraska; Jennie, wife of
Joseph Knepper, of Portland, Oregon ; George, of Grundie Center, Iowa ;
Jennette, wife of Thomas Warner; AUie, wife of Mr. Bigelow, of Los
Angeles, Cal., and Ernest, of Grundie Center, Iowa; D (5) Hannah
Boyer died at Wichita about 1910. Married Henry Morgan, 1557
Park Place, Wichita, Kansas. Children: Harry; Kate, wife of John
Chain, of Wichita, Kansas; Mary E., and George, of Wichita, Kansas.
D (i) William Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Susan Shamel,
was born Aug. 28, 1830. Address (1913) Valentine, Nebraska. Metho-
dist. Gold miner and inventor. Farmer. Married, May 1854, to Mary
Catharine Strickler. She tlied August 1880, at Conrad, Iowa. Children:
(i) Urias, Valentine, Nebraska. Married I^mma Jordan. Their daugh-
ter Enis married Vernon Caton, of Valentine, Nebraska. (2) Linius
E. Boyer, Hanna, South Dakota. Married Bertha Marohn. Children :
Layvern D., Delbert, and Raymond. (3) Ernest E. Boyer, Hanna, S.
Dakota, married Mabel Spratt. No children in 1913. (4) William H.
Boyer, single, Valentine, Nebraska. (5) Alice M., wife of Mrs. Charles
Burgess. Children. (6) Elveretta, wife of Delbert E. Sherman, of
Valentine, Nebraska. (7) Elma L., wife of Delbert Sherman's brother.
Same address. (8) Armina L., Avife of Allen C. Magee, of Muscatine,
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Iowa. (9) Ora. (10) Cora, wife of Arthur M. Sherman, of Valen-
tine, Nebraska; D (2) EHzabeth Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and
wife Susan Shaniel, married Mr. Kingery, of Mt. Carroll, 111. Children :
Andrew, of Mt. Carroll, 111. ; Charles, a banker of Chadvvick, 111. ; Louise,
wife of Mr. Cluck, Mt. Carroll, 111. ; Susie, wife of another Mr. Cluck,
Mt. Carroll; Mary, of Mt. Carroll, and Margaret, wife of Mr. Miller,
of Ivester, Iowa; D (3) Henry R. Boyer was born in Washington Co..
Md., perhaps about 1841, and died 72 years old at Carroll, III. Buried in
Silver Lake Cemetery, Lake Park, Iowa. Wife's name was Annie E.,
born 1844. Address (1913) Lake Park, Iowa. Children: (i) Cora,
wife of Mr. Strickler, 2300 Kensington, Kansas City, Mo. Children:
Bernice and Verda. (2) Nellie, wife of Mr. Stover, of Conrad, Iowa.
Farmer. Children: Orange, Merle, Gladys, Dorothy, Vernon. (3)
Sadie Boyer, wife of Mr. Winters, of Harris, Iowa. Children: Harold,
Vera, Fay, Cecile, Virlin. (4) Kathryn Esther, of Lake Park, Iowa.
(5) Hattie lona, born Dec. i, 1883. Address (1913) Lake Park, Iowa.
A fine correspondent. Helped historian. (6) Henry J. Boyer. Address
(1913) Lake Park, Iowa. (7) Clifford Boyer. Address (1913) Lake
Park. Iowa. (8) William C. Boyer. Address (1913) Dows, Iowa. Mar-
ried. Children: Virgil, Agnes, Elmer. (9) Charles S. Boyer. Address
(1913) Lake Park, Iowa. Married. Children: Viola, Henry. (10)
Frederick K. John Boyer. Address (1913) Lake Park, Iowa.
D (i) Albert Boyer, son of Solomon Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Emminger, was born Oct. 5, 1844, at Shiremanstovvn, Pa. Address
(1913) 1510 13th St., Altoona, Pa. Methodist. Harness maker by trade.
Worked 30 years for P. R. Railroad Co. Served in Civil War 12 months,
Co. D, 125th Pa. Vols. Married Charlotte Hall, of Dauphin Co., Pa.
Children: (i) Elizabeth, wife of H. D. Herr, 2210 S. Avenue, Altoona,
Pa. Four daughters and one son. (2) Catharine, wife of Herman
Friedlander, clothier, 410 King St., Alexandria, Va. (3) Frank Edmund
Boyer, 2463 Sixth St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Clerk. Married
Clara Barkley. Cliildren: Donald, born 1899, and Madeline; D (2)
Belle Boyer married William Calvert, 1504 Thirteenth St., Altoona, Pa.;
D (3) William Boyer, single, 1504 13th St., Altoona, Pa.; D (4) Mon-
roe Boyer married Emily Ewing, 1504 13th St., Altoona, Pa.; D (5)
A daughter married William D. Seibert. Children : Mrs. Lee Han-
nack, of 580 W. i6th St., New York; Claude, of Newark, N. J.; Mrs.
Jose Houck, of Phila., Pa.; William and Lamont, of Altoona, Pa. ; D (6)
Agnes Boyer, daughter of Solomon Boyer and second wife, married Mr.
Neal, of Altoona, Pa.
D (i) Martin I'oyer, son of John Boyer and wife Mary Taylor, was
born Dec. 22, 1838. died May 2, 1906, and is buried at Osnaburg, Ohio.
Lutheran. Carpenter. Served three years in Civil War. Belonged to
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McKiiiley Post, No. 25, Canton, Ohio. Wife's name was Mary, born
April 28, 1843. Children: (1) Clement l.oyer, 911 East 4th St., Canton,
Ohio, born March 15, 1873. Wife's name Lavina. Children: Clitiford
N., Marg-aret Naomi, Mildred May, Lulu Marie. (2) Curtis Aneas
Boyer, 1626 East Tuscarora St., Canton, Ohio. (3) Elizabeth Beyer,
wife of Mr. Spies, Osnaburg, Stark Co., Ohio; D (2) Abraham Boyer
was born May 27, 1846, in Lancaster Co., Pa., died June 9, 1909, and is
buried at Apple Creek, Ohio. Dunkard and then Methodist. Carpenter..
Married Celesta Cotterma'n, born July 24, 1851. Address (1909) Apple
Creek, Wayne Co., Ohio. Children: ( L) Emma, wife of Mr. Stauffer,
Orrville, C^hio, R. F. D. 2, born July 22, 1874. Married Alexander
Stauffer. Children: Michael R., Ida, Blanche. (2) Harry Boyer, S.
Arlington St., East Akron, Ohio, or R. F. D. 22. (3) Ira Boyer. Ad-
dress (1909) Wilmot, Stark Co., Ohio. (4) Mary Jane, wife of Charles
E. Mettetal. Address (1909) Apple Creek, Wayne Co., Ohio, R. F. D. 2.
(5) Maude, wife of Daniel Hiner, Wooster, Ohio, R. F. D. 8. (6) Orris
Boyer. Address (1909) Apple Creek, Ohio; D (3) Elizabeth Boyer
married Benjamin Bollinger. One son is Phares Bollinger, .\ddress
(1909) Shipshewana, Indiana; C (4) Mary A. Boyer married a xVIr.
Bender; D (5) David Boyer was born July 22, 1855. Address (1909)
Weber, Washing-ton. U. B. Church. Farmer. Married Sarah Grofl,
"born Feb. 18, 1859. Children: (i) Henry Boyer. Address (190c))
Weber, Wash. Born Oct. 16, 1876. (2) John Boyer. Address (1909)
Burns, Oreg^on. Married. (3) Clara, wife of M. S. Taylor, Potlatch,
Idaho. (4) Alice E. Ikiyer, 623 Olympian Ave., Spokane, Washington.
(5) Susie M. Boyer, (6) Martin S. Boyer, (7) Leo L. Boyer, (8) Lotta,
(9) David D., (10) Laura, at home in 1909.
D (i) Lavina Boyer, daughter of Solomon Boyer and wife Eliza-
beth Walner, was born Jan. 24, 1853. Married John Runkle. Address
(1909) 138 S. 6th St., Lebanon, Pa. Only daughter, Ida, wife of Samuel
Stein. Address (1909) 313 N. 5th St., Lebanon, Pa. Child: Russell
R. Mrs. Runkle gave the historian much help; D (2) John E. lioyer
was born about 1854, Elizabeth town, Lancaster Co., Pa. U. B. Church.
Married. Children; D (3) Stephen F. Boyer was born about 1855. LI.
B. Church. Soldier in Philippine Islands. Married. Only child : Wesley
Boyer. Went to Illinois; D (4) Cyrus L. Boyer was born Nov. 24, i860.
Address (1909) Plershey, Pa. U. B. Church. Married Susanna L.
Snyder. Children: Viola S. and Plarry S. ; D (5) Samuel F. Boyer
was born about 1865. Address (1909) Centre and 15th Sts., Lebanon,
Pa. U. B. Church. Wife's name Mary. Children: One daughter
Mary, married a Boyer; D (6) Sarah Boyer was born Oct. 3, 1863.
Evangelical Church. Married John H. Clendenan. Address (1909)
Lebanon, Pa. Children: Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Rieser, of N. i6th
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St., Lebanon, Pa. ; Helen Clendenan, at home; D (7) Elizabeth L. Boycr^
born Jan., 1870, married John E. Beam. Address (1909) Annville, Pa.
Children: Samuel, Eugene, Mary (wife of Adam Eversole. of Ann-
ville, Pa., and Violet; D (8) George A. Boyer was born about i86q.
U. B. Church. Married Annie Roller. Children: (i) Sadie, wife of
Howard Jones, 264 S. 5th St., Lebanon, Pa. (2) Alverd, single. (3)
George, single, both at home 1909; D (9) Emma Boyer, born Dec. 10,
1871, married William Robuck, Brooklyn, N. Y. Children: William,
Eugene, Eliza, Emma, Ella, Margaret, Dorothy, Richard, Ralph, Daniel ;
D (10) David Boyer was born May 1875. U. B. Church. Married
Rosie Risser, 1735 Centre St., Lebanon, Pa. Children: Katie, Irene,
Rosanna, Elsie.
E ( I ) David Allen Boyer, son of Abraham Boyer and Alargaret
Taylor, was born Dec. 1843. U. B. Church. Annville College education.
United States Regular Army from 1861-1864. Teacher for 20 years.
Justice of Peace. Legislature 18S9-92. Merchant from 1896 to 1906.
Address (1911) Grantville, Pa. Married Elizabeth Hampton. Chil-
dren: (i) Gaylen T. Boyer, 1024 Otis St., N. E., Washington, D. C.
Census Department. Alarried. (2) Jno. A. Boyer, West Hanover, Pa,
Merchant. Married. Children: John H. Boyer, at home. (3) Harry
A. Boyer, West Planover, Pa. Undertaker. (4) Chester S. Boyer,
Grantville, Pa. Farmer. Married. (5) William M. Boyer, Grantville,
Pa. Single in 1913; E (2) Abraham Boyer. Address (1911) 310
Harris St., Harrisburg, Pa. Lutheran. Steelworker. Wife's name Jen-
nie. Children: (i) Bessie, wife of Mr. Mathias, Steelton, Pa. (2)
Edith, single in 1913, at home. (3) Marcie, (4) Raymond Boyer, rail-
roader, Enola, Pa., (5) Bertha; E (3) Simon C. Boyer. Address
(1913) 27 S. 17th St., Harrisburg, Pa. Buyer for Drygoods Depart-
ment, Bowman Dept. Store, Harrisburg, Pa. Married Anna Laura
Brown. Children: Edna May, Anna May; E (4) Sarah Boyer mar-
ried Mr. Ingraham. Children: Anna and Mary; E (5) Elizabeth
Boyer married George A. Dichl, 1528 Regina St., Harrisburg, Pa. Chil-
dren: Ralph L, Frank G. ; E (6) Kate Boyer married William Hetrick,
17th St., Harrisburg, Pa. Children: Ruth, wife of Mr. SchaefiFer, of
Paxtang, Pa.; E (7) ALary Boyer; E (8) Martin Boyer was born about
1840. Works in steel mills. Address (1911) 608 North Second St.,
Steelton, Pa. Married Sallie Hoover. Only child : Elizabeth, wife of
Albert Miller, Buffalo, N. Y. ; E (9) A daughter married a Mr. Hughes.
Children: Sarah, wife of Mr. Rudy. Address (1911) Progress, Pa.,
and Thomas. Address (1911) Reading, Pa.
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CHAPTER XXXIII
JOHN BOYER
We learn from John LSoyer, Lewistown, Pa., that the John Eoyer of
this chapter came to America on the same ship with his future wiie
Mary McKean, of Ireland. He settled in Lancaster County, Pa., among
what were no douht his German relatives, for this was the rule of
earlier Pennsylvania immigrants. His grandson, John H. Boyer, of
Elizabethtown, Pa., reports that his grandfather lived at White Oaks,
'Lancaster County, and that he is buried at Hanover, Pa., while his
wife is buried in the White Oaks Lutheran Cemetery. How they be-
came acquainted is not exactly known, but they came as "redemptioners"
and apparently found each other after their arrival in Lancaster County.
As far as we know there were at least six children : George, William,
Joseph, Peter, Sarah, and John. There may have been others.
B (i) George Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Mary McKean,
was born June i6, 1800, in Lancaster Co., Pa., and died July 30, 1868,
at Tyrone, Pa. I^utheran. Married Lydia Roop, born Feb. 21, 1798.
Children: John, George, William, Annie, and Caroline; B (2) William
Boyer was born July 30, 1802, and died Oct. 17, 1843. Buried in Luther-
an Cemetery, Elizaliethtown, Pa. Blacksmith at Elizabethtown. Married
Margaret Ann Smith, born Oct. 10, 1805. Children: John vS., Margaret
Ann, Isaac Eaton, William Heiiry, and Elizabeth; B (3) Joseph Bo\er
was born Sept. 28, 1805, in Lancaster Co., Pa., and died Dec. 28, 1885.
Married Mary Herr, born Jan. 10, 1808; married Jan. 15, 1829. Chil-
dren: William R., Maria, Catharine, Anna, Harry II., John H., Harriet,
Joseph A., George, and Veronica; B (4) Peter Uriah Boyer died at
liarrisburg, Pa., in 1873. A trusted employee of the P. R. R. Com]jany.
Married Louisa Reinoehl. Children : John Andrew, and another son and
daughter ;B (5) John Boyer married Elizabeth Pile. Children: George
W., Jefferson J., Mary A., Elizabeth, and Harriet K. ; B (6) Sarah
Boyer married Mr. Blaisdell. No children. She brought up Caroline,
daughter of her brother William.
C (i) John Boyer, son of George Boyer and wife Lydia Roop.
was born Aug. 10, 1825, at Manheim, Lancaster Co., Pa., died at Burn-
ham, Pa., June 21, 1893, and is buried in the Yeagertown Lutheran
Cemetery, with wife. Methodist. Served in Civil War. JMarried
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Sarah Ann Turnbaugh, born Oct. 30, 1824. Children: John, George
R., Samuel H., Annie, Elizabeth, Priscilla, Catherine, Matilda, and
Agnes; C (2) George W. Boyer was born Feb. 20, 1827, and died at
Dwight, Illinois, June 27, 191 1. IMethodist. Farmer. Soldier Co. F,
104th I'a. Vols. Married Mary A. Turnbaugh, born May 1 1, 1828. Chil-
dren: Henry F., Annetta, Samuel Harvey, Alonzo E., Clarence, Ira L.,
Ralph, Sarah C, Clara E., and Alfred A.; C (3) William Buyer, son
of George Boyer and wife Lydia Roop. When his mother died in 1851,
his uncle William took him, and he was brought up in Elizabethtown,
Lancaster Co., Pa., where he also died, as his sister Annie reports,
C (4) Annie Boyer was born in 1835, niarried Mr. Adair. Address
(1915) 6 Catharine St., Chambersburg, Pa.; C (5) Caroline Boyer
married Rev. J. F. Martin, who had accompanied her to Africa as a
missionary.
C (i) John S. Boyer,, son of William Flenry Boyer and wife Mar-
garet Ann Smith, was born July 20, 1825, died Feb. 8, 1908, and is
buried at Elizabethtown, Pa., with wife. Merchant at Elizabethtown.
Elder in Church of God. Married Catharine Gisli, in Lancaster, Dec.
25, 1850. Children: Albert, Anna, William, Hiram, Kate, Charles,
Clara, Harvey, Ella; C (2) Margaret Ann Boyer was born July 22,
1828, and married John Gish. Only child: Ella. She married Mr.
Peck. Address (1913) Marietta, Pa.; C (3) Isaac Eaton lioyer was
born Nov. 30, 1837, died in Findlay, Ohio, in 1905, and is buried there.
Educated for the ministry. Preached for Church of God. Pioneer
in Illinois in 1851. Lived at Ida Grove, Iowa. Married Anna Patter-
son, and after her death, Anna Schaeffer. Children: Edwin L., John
Meredith, Charles Wilbur, Annie, Mary Louise, Grace May, and Bertha;
C (4) William Henry Boyer was born Nov. 30, 1837, twin with Isaac
Eaton. Married Alary Hunter. Only descendant: Mrs. Charles Hall,
6517 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, Illinois; C (5) Elizabeth Boyer, born
Alarch 10, 1840, married Martin Edmunson.
C (i) William R. Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife Mary Plerr,
was born Dec. 4, 1829, at Elizabethtown, Pa.; died Aug. 19, 1892, at
J51airsville, Pa. Married Abigail McCurdy, Sept. 5, 1853, ''^^ Jackson-
ville, Pa. Child: Joseph, of Elmira, N. Y. ; C (2) Maria Boyer was
born Feb. 3, 1831, and died Jan. 27, 1897. Married A. W. Suavely, of
Blue Hill, Lebanon Co., Pa., Dec. 22, 1854. Children: Franklin and
George; C (3) Catharine Boyer, born April 29, 1836, died Feb. 2, 1904.
Married H. H. Thornburg, April 29, 1856. Children: (i) Mary, who
died Aug. 8, 1899, leaving one son, and (2) Harry. Address (1913)
Hillside, Washington; C (4) Anna Boyer, born April 13, 1838, marrieil
Harry K. Brenneman, who died Oct. 13, i860. Daughter Kate H. Ad-
dress (1913) Ambler, Pa.; C (5) Harry II. Boyer was born Dec. i.
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1840, and died June 21, 1910. Married Laura Decker. Only child:
Charles. Address (1913) Lancaster, Pa.; C (6) John H. Boyer was
born March 17, 1843. Address (1913) Elizabethtown, Pa., R. D. 3,
Box 3. Church of God. Farmer. Melped historian very beautifully.
]\Iarried Elizabeth G. Ebersole, born June 30, 1846. ()nly son Harry E.,
born March 6, 1870. He died at Mt. Joy, Pa., Nov. 21, 1886; C (7)
Harriet Boyer, born Feb. 28, 1845, married William Lechler ; C (8)
Joseph A. Ijoyer was born June 4, 1848, lived at Newport, Perry Co., Pa.
Married I-,izzie D. Strong". Son : Sanuiel K. 15oyer, of Newport, Perry
Co., Pa.; C (9) George Boyer lived at Tyrone, Pa. Son: Jefferson J.
Address (1913) Tyrone, Pa.; C (10) Veronica Boyer, born March 20,
1852, married B. E. Hiestand, Mt. Joy, I'a.
C (i) John Andrew Boyer, son of Peter Uriah Boyer and wife
Louisa Reinoehl, was born Dec. 24, 1834, at Lebanon, Pa., and is buried
at West Liberty, Ohio. Lutheran. Served entire four years of Civil
War, in 205th Regiment, Pa. Vols. Married Ann Margaret Groff, born
Dec. 25, 1838, at Columbia, Pa. Children: (1) Louisa, born P)ec. 15,
1857, wife of Mr. Barr. Address (i()i3) West Liberty, Ohio, Box 191.
Teacher. No children. Taught in vSpringheld, Ohio, imtil married. Fiiic
genealogist. (2) Luther G., born Oct. 27, 1864. Address (1913) 81
Madison Avenue, New York. (3) John Andrew, born July 27, i8()7.
He died July 21, 1906. Wife's name was Mary L. Address (1913)
Bellefontaine, Ohio. Children: Francis and Lucile. (4) Plarriet Ger-
trude, born Dec. 23, 1871. Address (1913) West Liberty, Ohio. (5)
Bessie, born Feb. 19, 1873, wife of J. Turner Taylor, luilton Bldg., Pitts-
burgh, Pa. Children: Esther, Ruth E., Bessie B. ; C (2) William
Boyer lived at State College, Pennsylvania, and died there. Married.
Children: Two sons; C (3) A daughter married Uiley Pratt. Both
died at Fleming, ]*a., and are buried there. One daughter, Bessie, lives
at Fleming, Pa., 1915, and can record cousins.
C ( I ) George W. l^oyer, son of John Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Pile, married Ann Bowman; C (2) Jefferson J. Boyer died at Tyrone,
Pa. Married Mary Stephens, of Tyrone, Pa. Children: (i) Harvey
Boyer, Tyrone, l*a., (2) Hallie, wife of Mr. Aaron, of Altoona, Pa.
She may have other brothers and sisters; C (3) Mary A. Boyer mar-
ried John Ward, and after his decease, Thomas Weston. Left no de-
scendants; C (4) Elizabeth Boyer married S. H. Walters; C (5) Har-
riet K. Boyer married John Thomas, and after his decease, Samuel W.
McCamant. She was born June 28, 1827, and died July 4, 1904. Two
children: (1) Attorney Andrew H. McCamant, born Jan. 16, i860.
Address (1913) Tyrone, Pa. (2) John G. McCamant.
D (i) John Boyer, son of Jolin iioyer and wife Sara Ami Turn-
'baugh, was born Feb. 6, 1850, at Tyrone, Blair Co., Pa. Address (1912)
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Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa., R. F. D. 3. Methodist. Bachelor. Fine
genealogist; D (2) George R. Boycr was born Nov. 22, 1862. Address
(1912) South Arch Ave., Alliance, Ohio. Machinist. Married Bertha
Coleman. Children; Ralph E., John C, Paul 1£. ; D (3) Samuel H.
Boyer was horn April 10, 1865. Address (1912) Burnham, Pa. Livery-
man Sheriff. Alarried Susan ilall, who left him a daughter, now the
wife of Richard Smoker. After the death of his wife Susan, Samuel
PI. Boyer married Elsie McAlevy, who lefthim one daughter, Sara M.
Address (1912) Burnham, Pa.; D (4) Annie Boyer, born Jan. 22, 1849,
married Mr. Weaver, of Burnham, Pa.; D (5) Elizabeth Boyer, born
March 18, 1852, married Al^ner Nearhoof, Burnham, Pa. Children:
John A., William W., George E., Minnie (Stewart), Sara (Woomer),
and Stella; D (6) Priscilla Boyer, born Nov. 8, 1854. Single. Address
(1912) Burnham, Pa.; D (7) Catherine Boyer, born Jan. 15, 1857, wife
of James Garrett. Children: Charles D., J. Walter, Dora (Jacobs),
and Irma; D (8) Matilda Boyer, born Oct. 8, 1858, married Christopher
Harpster, of Burnham, Pa. Children: Willis F., Lewis E., Robert R.,
I. Carl, William C, Verna (Shannon), Mrs. liayle Dean, Reba, and
Elsie; D (9) Agnes Boyer, born June 9, 1861, wife of William Carr,
of Burnham, Pa. Children: Christopher, William, John, Abner, Sam-
uel, and Mrs. E. Mowry.
D (i) Plenry F. Boyer, son of George W. Boyer and wife IVIary
A. Turnbaugh, was born Jan. 16, 1854, and died Feb. 17, 1913, at
Dwight, Illinois. Married Nellie Morris, Dec. 23, 1886. Children:
Howard A., Mary C, and George M. Address (1912) Dwight, 111.;
D (2) Annetta Boyer, born Alarch 16, 1856, married James B. Austin,
of Lincoln, Nebraska. Children: (1) George S., of Orleans, Nebraska.
(2) Effie M., (3) Blanche M., (4) Gertrude^!. ; D (3) Samuel Plarvey
Boyer was born July 28, 1858, married Jennie Lower, Jan. 30, 1844.
Child : Harvey R. Boyer, of Chicago, 111. Married Louisa Leach ; D (4)
AlonzoE. ;D (5) Clarence ;D (6) Ira L. ; D (7) Ralph, all of Dwight,
Illinois; D (8) Sarah C. Boyer, born Aug. 30, 1861, married Dwight
P. Mills, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Children : Ada, wife of Heil Smith ;
Bertha, Susie, Dora, Ortha, Florence, Ellen; D (9) Clara E. Bover,
born April 3, 1864, married A. M. Bartholic, of Dwight, Illinois. Chil-
dren: Zella L., Lloyd, Ruby, Clemenia; D (10) Alfred A. Boyer was
born Oct. 2, 1869. Address ( 1912) Dwight, Illinois. Methodist. Mar-
ried Clara L. Martin, June 5, 1907. He helped the historian much.
D (i) Albert Boyer, son of John S. Boyer and wife Catharine
Gish, has not been reported. Same is true of his sisters Anna, Kate,
Clara, and his brothers William, Charles, Harvey; D (4) liiram Boyer
was born March 4, 1855. Address (1913) 11 17 North Water St.,
Decatur, 111. Married Sarah Gibson, born May 24, 1864. Children:
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Harry L., born Jan. i, 1888, and Charlotte, born June 26, 1894; D (9)
Ella Boyer, of 1404 North Water St., Decatur, 111.
D (i) Prin. Edwin L. Boyer, son of Isaac Eaton Boyer and wife
Anna Patterson, born April 13, 1861. Graduate of Illinois State Normal
University. Principal of Hij^h School, Chicago Pleights, 111. Baptist.
Married Josephine Ella Rue, born Jan., 1861. Children: (i) Mabel
Blanche, wife of A. E. Ray, Yellow Pine, Alabama. Child: Edwin
Russell. (2) Olive Ethel, wife of Chris. Kemp, Metamoro, 111. Teacher
before marriage. (3) Ruth. Teacher, Chicago Heights, 111. (4) Edwin
Howard, at home; D (2) John Meredith Boyer was born 1857. Address
(1913) Hunt's European Hotel, Chicago, 111. Sui)ervisor of Manual
Training, City Schools, Chicago; D (3) Charles Wilbur Boyer. Ad-
dress (1913) Arthur, Iowa. Charge of grain elevator; D (4) Annie
Boyer married Frank Kennedy, of Sioux City, Iowa; D (5) Bertha
Boyer married Jacob Brechwald, of Sunny Slope, Alberta.
CHAPTER XXXIV
MARGARET BAYER (BEYER).
The historian's correspondents have tried hard to find the Christian
rname and family tree of the Boyer to whose hue posterity tliis chapter
is dedicated, but thus far all eiTorts have been failures. Equally baflling
is the inquiry into the maiden surname of Margaret his wife. There
were three sons: William II., John, and Peter. Descendants of Peter
Boyer report that Margaret came with her sons from Grassy Valley,
near the line of Pennsylvania and Maryland to Shenandoah County,
Virginia, into the neighborhood of Strassburg. She died March 7,
1819, about 70 years old. She was therefore born about 1750. Perhaps
this is also approximately the birth date of her husband. ]\Iargaret
evidently came with her sons from Germany into Pennsylvania, after
the father's death in Germany, as we infer from the records in the hands
of William's grandson, Harvey Boyer, Fries, Va. This is the record :
"Grandfather and mother, William Henry Boyer and Elizabeth Boyer,
came from Germany to Pennsylvania and from there to Virginia."
A genealogical dream: If the name of Margaret Boyer's husband
was "Reese," it would account for the recurrence of this name in Chapters
.34, 44, and 65. The geography of the case is marvellously suggestive.
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Similar^ dreams have come true in our researches. This one may-
come true. Reese Bayer, of the dream, may have been brother of
Caspar Beyer, and Margaret would follow into America, after her hus-
band's death, settling in parts near relatives of her husband.
B (i) Peter Boyer, son of Jioyer and his wife JMargaret, was born
April 4, 1771, and died May 19, 1845. ^^^ came with mother and broth-
ers into Shenandoah Co., Virginia, and lived three miles south of Strass-
burg. Moved east of the Shenandoah River in 1808, and to Cedar
Creek in 1822. Here he and his wife died, and are buried near tlie home.
Both held to the "Christian Church." His wife's name was Elizabeth K.
Snap, born May 2, 1765, and married April 7, 1793. Children: Mar-
garet, Sarah, Jacob, William, Catharine, and George K. ; B (2) John
Boyer came with mother and brothers, but settled further south in the
same valley. Correspondents presume that his descendants are to be
found in Rockingham, Augusta, and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia.
Probably also in Tennessee and Kentucky. Two sons are known : Peter
and John; B (3) William Ilenry~ljoyer was probably born about 1763.
Came with wife, mother, and brothers from Pennsylvania into \^irginia.
Later he settled east of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia. Gra\'son
County, Virginia, became the nesting place. His wife's name was Eliza-
beth. Children : Daniel, John, Samuel, and perhaj^s others. Samuel
never married.
C ( I ) Daniel Boyer, son of William Henry Boyer and Elizabeth,
was born Jan. 17, 1783, at Elk Creek, Virginia, and died Dec. 19, 1852,
IMarried Susan, born May 29, 1792. Children: Daniel, John, William,
James, Stephen, Granville, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Caroline, Susan, Mary,
Frances, Freeland, Harvey; C (2) John Boyer lived on Elk Creek, Gray-
son Co., A^irginia. Farmer. Married Long. Children : Churchwell,
Johnson, Stephen, Morgan, Robert, Delila, Nancy, Mahala, Rosamond,
Eva, Lucinda ; C (3) Samuel Boyer never married.
C (1) Margaret Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and wife Eliza-
beth Snap, born Feb. 26, 1796, married Sherman, and lived in Indiana;
C (2) Sarah Boyer, born March 23, 1798, married Stover, and lived
in Ohio; C (3) Jacob Boyer was born April 20, 1800, and died about
1854. Went to Indiana. Lived and died in Iowa. Farmer. Married
Susannah Reitnour, who died 1852, and is buried with husband at New
Madison. Dark Co., Ohio. Children: Jacob B., George B., Mary C,
Sarah J., Barbara A., Susan E., Nancy M., Alfred, Peter, and Daniel
William; C (4) William Boyer was born Oct. 13, 1804, and died July
12, 1889. Member of Church of God, and an exemplary man. Farmer.
Owner of furnace. Married Regina Stickley, March 16, 1830. She
was born May 5, 181 1, and is buried near Pelton, Va. Children: Wil-
liam M., Benjamin F., John D., Andrew J., David S., Mary E., George
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A., Jacob E., Eliza C, Anna R., and Samuel E. ; C (5) Catharine Boyer,
born Dec. 31, 1806, married Reitnour, and lived in Ohio; C (6) George
K. Boyer was born April 4, 181 r, and died about 1S55. Married Cath-
arine Mowry. Children: Elizabeth A., Ann R., George F., Mary S.,
Martha Y., Emily Catharine, Cornelius B., Jacob, James, and John.
C (i) Peter Jjoyer, son of John Boytr, of Rockingham County,
Virginia, and his wife, was born about 1796, for his grandson, Samuel
Henry Porter Boyer, of Lafayette, Indiana, says lie was a pensioner of
the \\';ir of 1812, or of the Mexican War of 1845. Me died about 1873,
and was 87 years old. The grandson says- that Peter Boyer could
speak German. The family Bible may be in the liands of John Jordan,
of Montevideo, Virginia, for his father lived with Peter Boyer till his
death. The maiden name of his wife may have been Hudlow. There
were nine children: Jacob, John, Levi, Peter, F'olly, Ruth, Elizabeth,
Isabella, and Ann. Peter Bo\-er, Jr., died when a boy, and his brother
Levi died single. The mother died about 1840-50; C (2) John Boyer
went to California with his son John and a party of immigrants during
the "forties," but all of them except his son, John, were killed by the
Indians in Iowa. Samuel PIcnry Porter Boyer thinks this boy may
have remained in Iowa, but has lost all trace of him.
D (i) John pjoyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife Susan, was born
Nov. 4, 1810, Grayson Co., Va. Baprist. Farmer. j'\Iarrieil Jane Field-
er. Children: Daniel, Dennis, of Texas; Hugh, of Nebraska; Leandcr,
Kenly, of Independence, Va. ; Missouri, \''irginia, and America; D (2}
Polly Boyer was born Sept. i, 1812, and married Nicholas Mallory ;
D (3) AVilliam Boyer was born May 14, 1814, in Grayson Co., Va
Baptist. Farmer. Married Catharine Greer. Children: So])hina, Mary,
Leona, Victoria, Joyce, and Sessie; D (4) James iJoyer v/as born Juiio
29, 1816, at Spring Valley, Grayson Co., Virginia. Methodist. Farmer.
Married Rhoda Sutherland, ciiildren: Hugh K., Alex G., J. Michael,
Elvira J., Emma E. ; D (5) Francis Boyer was born July 10, 1818, and
married Isaac Busic; D (6) Stephen Boyer was born June 23, 1820, in
Grayson Co., Va., and died Jan. 21, 191 1. Baptist. Farmer. l\Iarried
Polly Busic, March 30, 1844. Children: Ephraim T., Harvey, Isaac,
of Independence, Va. ; Robert (dead), Bettie, Mollie, Rena, Joseph,
Jonathan, Stephen; D (7) Granville Boyer was born Sept. 10, 1822,
Grayson Co., Va. Baptist. Farmer. Married Nancy Mallory. Chil-
dren: Wiley, Gideon, Ephraim C, dead; J. Emmitt, of Fries, Va. ;
George P., of Illinois; Amelia, and Julia; D (8) Freeling Boyer was
born July 30, 1824, and lived at Pattonsburg, Missouri. Married to
Ehzabeth Stevens, and after her death to Elizabeth Creekmore. Chil-
dren: William Moses, Henry Newton, Nancy Catharine, Susan Caro-
line, Louisa Ann, Emily Jane, Robert E. Lee, Isaac, Ida, Vilena Belle,
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iubecca Berclilla, John Freeling; D (9) Elizabeth Boycr was born June
16, 1827. Married Enoch Cox, and Hved in Grayson Co., Va. ; I) (lu)
Daniel Boyer was born April 29, 1829, and died young; D (11) Ephraim
Boyer was born July 15, 1832. Lived in Grayson Co., Va. Baptist.
Tarmer. Married Tobitha Tomlinson. Children: Walter (dead)';
.\rchie, of Carsonville, Va. ; William H., of Spring Valley, Va. ; Addie,
.Madge, Lena, Bessie, and Ida; D (12) Harvey Boyer was born Aug.
1;.% 1834. Address (1915) Fries, Grayson Co., Va. Methodist. Farm-
er. Married Anne P. Dupphey. Children: (r) Ellis H., of Fries, Va.
Farmer. MethocHst. Single. Fine genealogist. (2) Eustace E. Boyer,
(3) Sallie, (4) Mrs. B. W. Carico, all of Fries, Va. ; D (13) CaroHne
■tbyer was born April 25, 1837, '^"'^ ^icd single.
D (i) Churchwell Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Long, was
])orn in Grayson Co., Va. Methodist. Farmer. Married Amanda J.
Hale. Children : Elbert W., Leander W., Samuel M., Mary E., Verda
IE., Hannah S.; D (2) Stephen Boyer lived in Grayson Co., Va. Mar-
ried. Children: Edward, John, Mordecai, Rush, Jacob ; D (3) Johnson
'joyer lived in Grayson Co., Va. Married. Children : John W., Wil-
liam; D (4) Morgan Boyer lived in Grayson Co., Virginia. Married.
Children: John, Churchwell, Reese, William ; D (4) Robert Boyer lived
in Grayson Co., Virginia. Married. Children: William ; D (5) Nancy,
!\Iahala, Rosa, Lucinda, Eva, and Deliah, were the daughters of John
Boyer and wife Long.
D (i) Jacob B. Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Susannah
Reitnour. Address (1910) New Madison, Dark Co., Ohio; D (2)
George 1^. Boyer was born about 1838, Dark Co., Ohio. Address (1910)
Richmond, Indiana, R. F. D. Farmer. jMarried Sarah. Children :
(i) Frank C, born May 20, 1871. Address (1908) 26 South Fountain
Ave., Springfield, Ohio. Wife's name Matilda. Children: Harold, born
Feb. 25, 1899. (2) George E., Springfield, Ohio. Wife's name Sadie;
D (3) Mary C. Boyer was born 1828. Married Air. Rhyn, New Madi-
son, O. ; D (4-8) Other sisters of Mary C. Boyer were Sarah J., Bar-
bara, Susan, Nancy M. ; D (8-11) Alfred Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and
wife Reitnour. There were two other brothers, namely, Peter and Daniel
William. They have not been reported.
D (i) William Miilton Boyer, son of William Boyer and Regina
Stickley, was born Oct. 29, 1833. Church of God. Farmer. Real es-
tate. Confederate military service, with Major Harman. Address ( 1910)
Woodstock, Va. Married Rebecca Collcrs, born Nov., 1849. Chil'.lren:
(i) Arthur N., of Woodstock, Va., born Sept. 29, 1870. (2) Sylvester
Monroe, of Cape Charles, Virginia. Insurance broker, born Aug. 29,
J 875. Married Laura M. Triplett, daughter of L.Trii)lett, Jr., Attorney-
at-law, Mt. Jackson, Va. A most delightful couple, well known to the
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'historian. (3) Perry L., of Madison Barracks, N. Y., born Nov., 1S77.
■Graduate of Maryland University, Baltimore, Md. Major in Medical
Corps, U. S. Army. Surgeon in Philippine Islands. Military observer
in U. S. Government employ in France, 1914. In London distril)uting
relief funds. Single in 1914; D (2) lienjamin Franklin Boyer was born
July 5, 1835, ^"'-1 i^ buried near Seven Fountains, Va. Farmer. Miller
and milhvright. Exhorter in Church of God. Marrietl Isabel Clem,
who died July 12, 1870, after which he married Julia Mclnturtt. Ad-
dress (iQio) Seven Fountains. Xa. Children: (i) Sylvanus M., of
Seven Fountains, Va. (2) William J., of Woodstock, \'a., R. F. D. i.
No children. (3) H. Edward Boyer, of ("aylords, Va. Married Lucy
Humpston. Children. (4) Elizabeth R., (5) Mary B., daughter of
second marriage. She married Charles B. Compton, of Woodstock, Va.,
■R. F. D. I. (6) Benjamin Franklin, sou of second marriage, of Seven
Fountains, Va. ; D (3) John D. Boyer was born Nov. i, 1837. Church
of God. Farmer. Liuplement dealer. Confederate .soldier. Married
Rebecca Coverstone, born 18.^2. Children: (i) Joseph W., Box 672,
■Richmond, Va. (2) John L.. of Woodstock, Va. Wholesale grocer.
(3) Frank 11., of Woodstock, Va. Agricultural implements. (4) Gilbert
V\f., dead. (5) ALiry A., of Woodstock, Va. (6) G. Russell, of Wood-
stock, Va. Agricultural implements. Married Olive Locke. (7) Carrie
v., married Harvey Miller, railroad mail clerk, Washington, D. C.
(8-9) Philip and Robert L., dead. (10) Lucy M. graduate of Pcabody
Conservatory of IMusic, Baltimore, 1\U\. (11) Carl C, graduate of
Washington and Lee Uinversity, Lexington, Va. ; D (4) Andrew J.
Boyer was born April 3, 1839. Address (1910J Stephens City, Va.,
Tiox 6. Church of God. Fruit grower. Confederate soldier. Married
Elizabeth R. Miley, Nov. 20, 1873. Children: (1) Emily R., (2) Anna
C, wife of Fred Maphis, banker, Strassburg, Va. (3) Andrew Carmel,
of Stephens City, Va. Married. Children; D (5) David S. Boyer was
l)orn March 24, 1841. Address (i<;)o) Pelton, Va. Farmer. Church of
God. Confederate soldier. i^.Iarried Virginia C. Mclnturff, who died
7913. Children: (i) Vernon Regina, born Sept. 12, 1871, wife of John
R. O'Neal, Dilbeck, Va. (2) James Marcellus, of Woodstock, Va.
Farmer and dairyman. Born Nov. 4, 1877. ^larried Miss Copp. (3)
Ella C, Pelton, Va. ; D (h) ALary E. Boyer, born July 4, 1853, married
John MclnturflF, of Toms Brook, Va. Children: (i) Laura V. Teacher.
(2) William E., of Maurertown, \'a., married Miss Craybill. (3) Hugh,
of Toms Brook, Va. Farmer; D (7) George A. Boyer was born Dec.
■5, 1844. Address (1910) Woodstock, Va. Farmer. Church of God.
Confederate cavalryman, 35th Battalion. Laurel Brigade, General Thomas
L. Rosser. Married Mary S. Saum. born Aug. 9, 1850. Children:
<■(!) Virginia C, born March 11, 1878. Dead. (2) George W., of
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Woodstock, \''a. Apple broker. l>orn May 19, 1S80. Married Aliss
Rush. (3) Clarence L., of Wootlstock, Va. Fanner., liorn Feb. 6,
1890. Married; D (8) Jacob E. Beyer was born Dec. i, 1847. Church
of God. Farmer. Confederate soklier. Adilress (1914) Maurertowu,
\a. Married Anna M. Cravbill, born 1850. She died 1907. Children:
(I) Reg-ina C, born 1883. (2) William H., born 1884; D (9) Eliza-
beth Catherine Boyer, born May 5, 1850, marrietl Thornton Reitnour, of
Maurertowu, Va. Children: (i) Regiua E., (2) Ira T., civil engineer,
railroad contractor, Canatla. (3) Phenie, a teacher. (4) Emery, a rail-
road contractor. (5) Edna, {(>) Carl A.; D (10) Anna R. Boyer was
the wife of James Coverstone, i\[iddlctown, Va. Children: William H.,
vSallie Regina. James M., all at home; D (11) Samuel E. iioycr was born
July 19, 185S. Address (1914) Pelton, Va. Farmer and stockman.
Church of God. Director of several financial institutions. Married
Charlotte Munch. Children : VV^illiam E., Edith R., Srnest, Samuel H.,
all at home in 1914.
D (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Georg-e K. Boyer and wife
Catharine Mowry, married Georg-e Hoffman. Children : Charles, in
Ohio, and Benjamin, in Virginia; D (2) Anna R. ; D (3) George F.
Boyer married Carrie Henson. Children: Oliver, Stanley, and perhaps
others; D (4) ]\Iary S. Boyer married Joseph Stickney, who died, leav-
ing one child. She married Randolph Stickney, Strassburg, Va. Chil-
dren: Omer and Bessie; D (5) Martha V. Boyer 'married Philip D.
Stickley. Address (1910) Strassburg, \'a., R. F. D. 2. Children: Helen
T., Emma S., Rebecca, George M. ; D (6) Emily Catharine married
Egolf. One child ; D (7) Cornelius B. Boyer married Bettie Hite. Chil-
dren: (i) Susan R., wife of James Lechliter. (2) Nannie, wife of
Georg'-e Hoffman. (3) Julia, wife of Tobias Willey. (4-6) Frank B.,
Cleveland, and Benton; D (8) Jacob H. Boyer. Address (1910) Mid-
deltown, Va. Farmer. Married Eleanor Hite. Children: Lucie, mar-
ried Edwin Everly. No children'in 1910. (2) Clara, married William
Long'. (3-6) Harvey, Thomas M., Howard, Preston, are at home;
D (9) James Boyer was born Jan. 30, 1849. Address (1910) Clierry,
Arizona. Miner. Married Mary J. Sessions. Children: (i) Kate.
Mrs. Kate Townsend, Atzee, New Mexico. (2) Jessie. Mrs. Jessie
Stephens. (3) Clara. Mrs. Clara Wornbacher, Cherry, Arizona. (4)
Georgia. Georgia WingfieKl. Campverde, Arizona. (5-8) John, J. F.,
and two girls at home; D (10) John F. Boyer. Address ( 1910) Chama,
New Mexdco. Married Emma Powell. No children in 1910.
D (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and wife Hudlow, was
probably born in Rockingham Co., Virginia. Methodist. Harness maker.
Killed in the battle of the Wilderness, and interred at Montevideo, Va..
^Married Frances A. Boyer. Her address (1909) Mt. Sydney, Va.
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Children : Samuel Henry Porter Boyer, Noah W. Boyer, Beauregard T. J.
Boyer, John J. W. Boyer, Robert M. L. Boyer, Julia E. S. Boyer, antl
Columbia L. J. Boyer; D (2) John Boyer was born about 1815, in
Rockiinftham Co., Va., and died near Milleville, Ray Co., Missouri, Jan.
21, 1876. Teacher. Farmer. Dunkard. Very fine man. Married first
to Nancy Agnes Jordan, who died April 9, 1855, leaving the following
children : Oscar F., Benjamin Franklin, Katherine, Margaret A., Mary
J., Isabella S., Sarah T., James P., John N. In i860 he married Cynthia
Slaton, and the children were Ruth A., Jacob L., and H. Eunice. Note:
Oscar F., Benjamin Franklin, and Katherine, and Jacob L., died un-
married. James P. Boyer was the only son of John Boyer who left a
son. His name is John W. Boyer, of Hardin, Alo. ; D (3) Levi Boyer
died single ;D (4) Polly Boyer married Mr. ShurQakcr. Two children :
Joseph and Levi, live (1915) at Mt. Sydney, Va. ; D (5) Betty Boyer
married Mr. Good. A daughter Margaret was living at McCaheys-
ville, Virginia, in 1009, and a son Jacob, at Belle Fontaine, Ohio; D (6)
Isabella Boyer died single; D (7) Ruth Boyer married Air. Garden.
A son, John, lived at Alontevideo, Va., in 191 5.
E (i) Elbert W. Boyer, son of Churchwell Boyer and wife Amanda
J. Hale, was born in Grayson Co., Va. Address (1915) Elk Creek,
Va. Methodist. Farmer. Married Dixie Lee Roberts. Child: Clara
Edith; E (2) Leander W. Boyer. Address (191 5) Elk Creek, Va.
Methodist. Farmer. Married Ellen Boyer. Child: Lelia ; E (3) Sam-
uel M. Boyer. Address (1915) Elk Creek, Va. Alethodist. Farmer.
Alarried Iverne Harris. Children: Carroll, Louise; E (4) Mary E.
Boyer married Harrington. Children: Ethel, Loma, Lavcrne, Wil-
liam C, Garnt, and Mayden ; E (5) Verda E. Boyer married Harring-
ton. Children: Mabel, Alildred, Forest, Stella, Samuel, Frederick;
E (6) Hannah Boyer married A'Ir. Hale.
E (i) Reverend Ilugh K. Boyer, Ph. D., son of James Boyer
and Rhoda Sutherland, was born Aug. 4, 1862. Address (1915) Winston
Salem, N. C. Methodist minister and Presiding Elder. A school man
and Doctor of Philosophy. Married M. Bertha Vaughan. Children :
Laura A., John Quincy (Hillsboro, Texas), Luther C, Lillian K. Dr.
Boyer married a second time — Alyrtle Cornet. A son: Hugh K. ; E (2)
Alex. G. Boyer, of Cedonia, Washington. Farmer; E (3) J. Michael
Boyer, of Sparta, N. C, a farmer, married Miss Atwood ; E (4) Elvira
J. Boyer married Spicer, of Blackfort, Idaho; E (5) Emma E. Boyer
married Carson, of Sparta, N. C.
E (i) Ephraim Thomas Boyer, son of Stephen Boyer and wife
Polly Busic, was born May 15, 1863. Address (1915) Independence,
Virginia. Farmer. Married, Feb. 26, 1887, to Alice C. Kirk, and when
she died Nov. 12, 1901, he married her sister, Mrs. Sue A. Alexander,
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three years later. There were seven children, four of whom were the
children of the first mother, (i) I,aura, wife of Mr. Edwards, born
Dec. 2, 1887. Address (1915) Casey Creek, Ky. (2) Lenna D. Boyer,
"born Sept. 8. 1S89. He died Dec. 3, 1891. (3) Windsor Erbin Boyer,
born Nov. 23, 1893. Address (1915) Curlew, Nebraska. (4) Perly
Jane, who died an infant. (5) Betsy Juanita, (6) Joseph Stephen, and
(7) Frank Kirk; E (2) Harvey Boyer married four times: Mima
Austin, Sallie James, Lucy Austin, Mrs. Mary Collins. Address (1915)
Independence, Va. Manager of Boyer's Ferry. Methodist. Children :
Seven; E (3) Isaac Boyer married Sarah C. Reeves. Address (1915)
Independence, Virginia. Farmer. Baptist. Children : ( i ) Emmett J.,
Charles, Joseph, Mary, Lamer, Gladys, Lilly, Cullen, Mrs. Bena Cox,
Mrs. Amelia Cox, all of Independence, Va., and Caball and Mack, of
Olatha, Colorado; E (4) Jonathan Boyer married America Wingate.
Baptist. Farmer. Address (1915) West Virginia. Children: (i) Mrs.
Polly Ray. Address (1915) Tilden, Nebraska. (2) Joseph Boyer, of
Curlew, Nebraska. (3) Thomas Boyer, of Mullen, Nebraska. (4) Mrs.
Jane Mattox, of Katheen Creek, Okla. (5) John Boyer, of Pulaski, Va.
(6) Etta Bell Berkley; E (5) Robert Boyer married Sarah Daniel, and
after her death Alberta Elliott. Baptist. Farmer. Lived at Curlew,
Nebraska, but has died. Children: (i)May and (2) Thomas Boyer.
Address (1915) Mullen, Nebraska; E (6) Elizabeth Boyer married
John A. James; E (7) Stephen Boyer married Julia Lawson, of Inde-
pendence, Va. Baptist. No children; E (8) jMary Jane Boyer married
Thomas Carr, of Curlew, Nebraska; E (9) Joseph Boyer married Pinky
Austin. Address (1915) Independence, Va. ; E (10) Irene Bo3-er mar-
ried Charles Long, of Curlew, Nebraska.
E (i) William Henry Boyer, son of Ephraim Boyer and wife
Tobitha Tomlinson, was born in Grayson Co., Va. Address (1915)
Sjiring \^alley, Virginia. Married Emma Brook. Children : Dora
Clyde, Lizzie May, William Kyle, all at home; E (2) Archibald Bo}'er
was born in Grayson Co., Ya. Address (1915) Carsonville, Va. Married
TilHc Osborne. Children: Bane, Base, and Olie; E (3) Addie Boyer
married Kyle Miller, of Spring Valley, Va. ; E (4) Maggie Boyer
married Thomas Byrd, of Spring Valley, Va. ; E (5) Lena Boyer mar-
ried \A'altcr Woodruff, of Spring Valley, Va. ; E (6) Bessie Boyer mar-
ried Earl Tomlinson, of Spring Valley, Va. ; E (7) Ida Boyer married
IMillin Graybeal, of Spring Vallev, Va.
E (i) William Closes Boyer, son of Freeling Boyer and first wife
Elizabeth Stevens, was probably born in Virginia, but died at Pattons-
burg, Mo. Baptist. Farmer. Married Lucy McCoy. Children : Lillie,
^, of St. Joseph, Mo.; Sarah and William, of Hall's Station, Mo. (1915) ;
E (2) Henry Newton Boyer, son of Freeling Boyer and second wife,
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Elizabeth Creekip.orc. Address (19 15) Gallal'in, Mo. Farmer. Baptist.
Married Mary Long. Children : William, Nellie, Lawrence, May, and
Cecil; E (3) Nancy Katherine lloyer marrieil William Starmer; E (4)
Susan Caroline Boyer married Addison Parshall, grocer. Address (1915)
Quitman, Mo.; E (5) Louisa Ann Boycr marrinl Rev. W. R. Lambert,
of Rohvitz, Nebraska; E {(>) Emily Jane Bu^x-r married .Vlbert Shaw,
farmer. Address (1915) Santa Rosa, Mo.; E (7) Roliert E. Lee Boyer.
Address (1915) Santa Rosa, Mo. Farmer. Married Mary Shaw. Chil-
dren: Clyde, Claude, Lila, Philip ; F, (8) Isaac Boyer. Address (1915)
Santa Rosa, Mo. Fanner. i\larrie(l Minnie Jvcynolds. Children: Lo-
well, Russell, Mettie. (9) Ida Boyer married R. L. llockensiiiith, plumber,
Gallatin, Mo.; E (10) Vienna Belle JJoyer married E. L. Blankenship, of
Pattonsburg, Mo. Farmer; E (n) Rebecca Binlclla ]]oyer married
W. R. Browning, mail carrier, of Quitman, Mo.; E (12) John Frecling
Boyer. Address (1915 ) Santa Rosa, Mo. ALirried Yida Brown. Child:
Carl Boyer. Then he married F.fhe Searcy. Chiklrcn : Fa}' and Smith
Boyer.
E (i) Samuel Henry Porter Px^yer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife
Frances A. Boyer, was born Sept. 21, 1850, in Rockingham Co., Vir-
ginia. ]\Iethodist. Helped historian. ]\Iarried Amanda Riddk'l)erger,
March 15, 18S6. Children: (1) V. Virginia, born 1877. Teacher.
Address (i9L^) Lafayette, Indiana. (2) Forest Belle, born 1884. She
died about 1913. (3) Prairie V., born 1889, married E. j\L Carver, of
Rockville, Ind. ; E (2) Noah W. Boyer married but left no children.
Mt. Sydney, Virginia; E (3) P)eauregard T. J. Boyer died abouf i(ji2,
at Crane, Indiana. His wife was Miss Pludlow. One child: Frances,
at home with mother; E (4) John Joseph W. ISoyer resides at Lafayette,
Indiana. Married Mrs. Hathaway. No children; E (5) Robert IM. L.
Boyer died young; D (6) Julia E. S. Boyer; 1) (7) Columbia L. J.
Boyer married William Hudlow, of Stockwell, Indiana.
E (i) Margaret A. Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and his wife
Nancy Agnes Jordan, married Richard Philli]xs, of Richiuond, Mo.
Children: ]\Irs. Price Plain, of Richmond, Mo., and Charles, of Kansas
City, Mo.; E (2) Mary Jane P.oyer married James Jinkens. Children:
Joseph, David, Mrs. P'llwood Wilson, and John, all of Jameson, Mn. ;
Fv (3) Isalxdla S. Poyer married Andrew Jackson Thompson. Chil-
dren: John W., of Rock Sjirings, Wyoming; Mrs. Thomas Snyder, of
Lowery City, Mo. ; Perry V., Mrs. Orville Snyder, both of Lowery
City, Mo.; Marvin A., and William A., of Boulder, Wyoming; E (4)
Sarah Frances Boyer married Henry W. Bashman. v^he died near Rich-
mond, Mo., i88r. Children: Mrs. Harley Bolar. Address (u)j^)
Jameson, Mo.; E (5) James I'eter Pxjyer died at Excelsior Springs,
Mo., 1893. Methodist. Carpenter. IMarried to Virginia Kelso. Chil-
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dren: (i) John William Beyer. Address (1915) Hardin, Ray Co.
Farmer. Married Rose Miller. Child: Geors^^e. {2) Cora Ag-nes,
wife of Albert Laughfer. A.ddress ( 1915) Oklahoma; E (6) John New-
ton Boyer died at Excelsior Springs in 1893. Farmer. Baptist. Mar-
ried Mamie Brown; E (7) Ruth A. Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and
second wife Cynthia Slaton, married Mr. Pulse. Address (1915) Rich-
niond, Mo., R. D. 10. Fine genealogiist ; E (8) Cynthia Eunice Boyer
married John Hendrix. Address (1915) Richmond, Mo.
E ( I ) Rush Boyer, son of Stephen Boyer and wife. Address ( 1915)
Carsonville, W. A'a.
E ( I ) Churchwell Boyer, son of Morgan Boyer and wife. Ad-
dress (191 5) Battle Creek, Nebraska; E (2) William Boyer, Roanoke
Va. ; E (3) Reece Boyer, born in the 6o's, was in Idaho about 1895.
CHAPTER XXXV
BOYER.
VViio were the parents of the Boyers to be recorded in this chapter
may never be known, unless the historian finds church records or court
records in which tlie list of the' children occurs. Professor Longdon,
one of the correspondents of the historian, believes that the family lived
in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is, therefore,
not only possible, but very likely, that the family belongs to Montgomery
County, Bucks, Lancaster, or Chester County. If, as the dates of birth,
coupled with settlement in Maryland, seem to prove, the Christo])her
in question, was really the Christopher listed as brother of Michael and
others by the descendants of Michael— and their data conies from old
Jiible records — the parents may have moved with their children and be
found buried in llagerstown, Maryland. The children were Michael,
Christopher, Catherine, sister, sister, Margaret, Susan, Elizabeth, and
Andrew ( probably ) .
B (i) Michael Boyer, son of Boyer and wife, born about 1750, died
Aug. 9, 1810. Married (ist Margaret Clapper, (2nd) Dorothy Wolfe
Noch. Children: Henry, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Christina, Mich-
ael; B (2) Christopher Boyer was born May 20, 1752, died Feb. 10,
1832, and is buried on Francis Giltner's farm, Hunter Bottom, Carroll
Co., Kentucky. If Professor Longdon is not mistaken he came from
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riiiladclphia, Pa., to Hagerstovvji, Md. before the year 1796. He was
.a Revolutionary soldier, wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. The only
Christopher Boyer of the Revolutionary War, not already identitied by
the historian, is Stofel (Christopher) Boyer, recorded on page 9, Vol.
7, Fifth Series, I*ennsylvania Archives. This Christopher Boyer was a
private sokher, in 1775, from Meidelberg- Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Pf
this is the man in question, the historian may be able to identify him
Vvith the Lancaster County earliest Boyer settler. In the year 1796, or
later, he moved with hi-s family to liourbon Count}', Kentucky, where
he became an expert Inilian h^hter. In 1809 he moved to Clark Coun-
ty, Indiana. He was married to Ann Youst, and at the time of his
residence in Clark County, Indiana, he had eleven children. Ann Youst
was born June 20, 1756, and died Sept. 20, 183 1. The children were
John, Jacob, Michael, Catharine, sister (Mrs. Redinbow), Elizabeth, sister
(Mrs. Robert Henry), Philip, Abraham, and two others; B (3) Cath-
arine Boyer married xA.braham Dumbauld, born 1758. Children: hVed,
Mary, Philip, David, Peter, Christina, Elizabeth, Barbara, Dollie; B (4-8)
Mrs. Karns, Airs. Abram Dumbauld, Margaret, and Susan (Heck), and
Elizabeth (wife of. Abram Horner), were sisters of the above Catharine.
C (i) Henry Boyer, son of Michael Boyer and Margaret Clapper,
"born Oct. 14, 1772, probably in Pennsylvania, but perhaps in Hagers-
town, Maryland, died Dec. 29, 1863, and is buried near Thornville, Ohio.
Lutheran. Parmer. Settled in Ohio 180S. Enlisted in War of 1812,
but, on reaching Indiana, found peace declared. Married Elizabeth
Wolfe, born April 19, 1775, Franklin Co., I'a. Children: John, Anna
Maria, Elizabeth, Magdalene, Anna Christina, Margaret, Michael, Jacob,
Henry, Lydia, Susan; C (2) Mary Boyer, born 1780, married Peter
Mechling, in Westmoreland Co., Pa. Children: John, Catharine, Frans-
cina, Elizabeth, Mary, Jacob, Sophia, Hannah, Rebecca, Sarah, Lydia,
Samuel, Michael. Note : A g-randilaughter of Franscina, namely, Mrs.
L. Stockley. Address (1912) 919 Belden Ave., Chicago, 111., gave the
Ihstorian valuable data; C (3) Elizabeth Boyer married Jacob Stahl.
Cbildren: Henry, Michael, Jacob, sister — perhaps others; D (4) Cath-
arine Boyer born about 1782, married David Hess. Children: Peter,
David, Philip, Frederick, Christina, Barbara, Mary, I^olly, Elizabeth;
C (5) Christina Boyer, born 1786, married George Stockberger. Chil-
dren: Mrs. Peter Dumbauld, John, Elizabeth (Wagoner), Ceorge B.,
Thomas L., Nancy, Susan, Hannah, Mrs. Jere Fisher, Polly, Solomon,
Jason, Mrs. Daniel Wagoner; C (6) Michael Boyer married Hannah
Enos. Four children.
C (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Christopher Boyer and Ann
Youst, born Dec. 18, 1779, died Dec. 18, 1835. Married iM-ank Giltner,
born March 4, 1770, and died Jan. 29, 1849. The Giltners, as Dr. B.
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Wallace, 50 N. Water St., Franklin, Indiana, reports, came from Lehig-b
County, Pa., to Bourbon Co., Kentucky. Ciiikiren : Catherine, Elizabeth,.
Alichael, Sarah, Philip, David. Three children died young, and one a
bachelor; C (2) John Boyer, born Jan. 17, 1782, in vicinity of Hagers-
town, Maryland. Methodist. Blacksmith. Sargeant in War of 181 2
Died in Charlestown, Indiana, 1835. Married to Mary Rovve, April 15,
1806. She was born Jan. 26, 1789. Cliildren : Andrew J., Polly (Wil-
son), James, Sarah (Hancock), William, Letitia (Payne), John A.,
Eli M., Eliza (Beswifck), Margaret (^Kirkwood); C (3) Catherine
Boyer married Henry EiLer; C (4) Jacob Boyer, sou of Christopher
Boyer and Ann Youst, lived in Boone County, Indiana. Married. Chil-
dren; C (5) I'hilip Boyer was born about 1784, and died at Hagers-
tovvn, Md., about 1820, rather young, as Solomon Boyer, of Evansville,
Indiana, reports. Married. Children: Solomon, Philip, Eevi, Rebecca,
Abraham, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary; C (6) Abraham P.oyer was born
Jan. 10, 1788, at Ilagerstown, Md. Died July 10, 1869. Buried at
Waterville, Ohio. Married Elizabeth Deitrick Wolf, of Dayton, Ohio.
Children: Philip, John, Samuel, Wilkin, Eewis ; C (7-8) One of his
sisters married Ridentjow, the other married Robert Henry ; C (9) Mich-
ael Boyer, born Feb. i, 1798, died unmarried, June 17, 1859, in Carroll
Co., Kentucky.
D (i) John Boyer, son of Plenry Boyer and Elizabeth Wolfe, born
May 16, 1796, married Lydia Ream. Children: John, Samuel, Henry,
Adam, Elizabeth, Catherine, George; D (2-4) Anna Maria (Brown),
Elizabeth, and Magdalene, were John Boyer's sisters; D (5) Michael
Boyer, born Sept. 9, 1810, in Ohio, married Elizabeth Trout. No chil-
dren; D (6) Jacob Boyer, born July 21, 1813, and died Dec. 22, 1834,
unmarried; D (7) Henry Boyer, born Jan. 27, 1817, died near Thornville,
Ohio, in 1874, and is buried near Thornville, Ohio. LyUtheran. Farmer.
Married Leah Weimar, born April 28, 1818. Children : Reverend Levi
Weimar, Diana, Elizabeth, Leah, Sarah Ann, Margaret, Sophia, Lydia,
Clemence, Penina, and Alvena; D (8) L.ydia Bcjyer, born Oct. 9, 1819,
married Shepherd Mechling-, born Nov. 14, 1839. Cliildren: Leah, Jonas,
Adeline, William, Levi, Amos; I^ (9) Margaret Boyer, born Jan. 8,
1808. married to C. Weimar; D (10) Susan Boyer married J. Kunze.
D ( I ) James Boyer, son of John Boyer and Mary Rowe, born March
I, 1808, in Bourl)on County, Kentucky, died April 25, 1896, and is
buried in Charlestown, Indiana. Methodist. P)lacksmitb. Marrieil Char-
lotte Temple Daily, born April 22, 1807, in Ulica Twp., Clark Co., Ind.
Children: Philip D., Sarah, Mollie, Florence, William F. ; D (2) An-
drew J. Boyer, born Aug. 24, 1824, died April 28, 1893, and is buried
in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. Methodist. Merchant.
Alarried Mary Ann Robertson, born April 5, 1827. Children: Robert
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O., Emma Adelia, Laura, James A.; D (3) William Boyer. Married.
Children : Dr. Eli F., Eon W., Charles K., Frank, Maude, Dr. James ;
D (4) John A. Boyer. Married. Children: Jennie, Thomas A., Mrs.
John Willacy, Sarah; D (5) Dr. Eli Boyer, horn in Charlestown, Ind.,
physician, lived at Vincennes, Indiana. Died there. Married Sarah J,
Rohertson. Children: William A., Mrs. J. D. Wright, Emma; D (6)
Eliza Jane Boyer married Robert Holt Beswick, of Harrison Co., Indiana.
Methodist. Physician. Children: Letitia, Margaret Jane, John Philip;
D (7) I^olly Boyer married Wilson. Chiklren : John, Eli, others;
D (8) Sarah Boyer married Hancock. Children: William, others;
D (9) Letitia Boyer married Payne. No children; D (10) Margaret
Boyer, born about 1829, died 1897, buried at New Albany, Ind. Married
Dr. Adam Clarke Kirkvvood, born in New Albany, Indiana, aliout 1829.
Only child: Dr. James William Kirkwood. Address (1909) Kansas.
D (i) Solomon Boyer, son of I'hilip Boyer and his wife, was born
Oct. 15, 1S06, Hagerstown, Md. ; D (2) Philip Boyer was born Nov.
iS, 1807, at Hagerstown, Md. ; D (3) Levi Boyer was born April
17, 1809; D (4-6-7-8) Rebecca Boyer was born May 3, 1810; other
sisters were Sarah, born Nov. 12, 1812; Elizabeth, born Feb. 23, 1814,
and Mary, born Oct. 29, 1815; D (5) Abraliam Boyer was born July
25, 181 1. Blacksiiiith. Farmer at Nevvburgh, Indiana. Married Juliana
Kelly, born April 5, 1809. Children : Solomon and Emma.
D (i) Philip Boyer, son of Abraham Boyer and Elizabeth D. Wolf,
was born May 30, 181 5, at Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pa. Came to
Waterville, Ohio, in 1851. Died Feb. 25, 1902. Buried at Waterville.
A miller by trade. Married Elizabeth Carter, born May i, 1831. Chil-
dren: Clara, Albertine, Lewis; D (2) John Boyer was born Sept. 28,
1821, and died March 7, 1886. Married Elizabeth, born Sept. i, 1819.
Children: Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Julia Ann, John A., Catharine,
William, Joseph, Frank; D (3) Samuel Boyer was born Dec. 29, 1813.
Came from Maryland to Sandusky Co., 111., in 1857. Married (Dec.
24, 1833) Elizabeth Dunawha. Children: Susan Elizabeth, Samuel
Wilkin, Margaret Evalyn, Juliana, Martha Virginia, Mary Elenore.
When his wife Elizabeth died, Samuel Boyer married Minerva McCoyd,
April II, 1850. Children: William, Charles Emory, Nannie Alice,
Edmonia Baker, Isaac Melvin, Thomas Jefferson, Mollie Catharine ;
D (4) Wilkin Boyer was born Sept. 27, 1816. Married Anna Maria
Pleasant, born Feb. 25, 1816. Only child: David Boyer; D (5) Lewis
Boyer died May 28, 1871. Married Dolly Allen (July 9, 1839). Born
Jan. 5, 1822. Children: Allen Phili{) and Zulie Sarepta ; D (6) Juliana
Boyer married Henry Ploffer. Lived at Liberty Center, Ohio. Large
family.
D (i) Catherine Giltner, daughter of Elizabeth Boyer and Francis
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Giltner, married Peter Troutman. Children; D (2) Elizabeth Giltner,
born March 31, 1799, married John Wallace, Feb. 25, 1823. Children:
(a) Barnet Wallace, born Dec. 20, 1836, married Dec. 20, i8()0, to
Artemisia Williams, who died Jan. 15, 1S64. On Dec. 30, 1868, he mar-
ried Rebecca S. Goodwin. Graduate of Franklin College, 1863. Grad-
uate of Jefferson Medical College. Phila., Pa., 1892, and Post-Graduatc
in 1910. Address (1911) Franklin, Indiana; D (3) M'ichael Giltner
married Mary Liter; D (4) Sarah Giltner married John Giltner, a
cousin; D (5) Philip Giltner married Nancy Jane Conway; D (6) Dav-
id Giltner married Jane Fern, Mrs. Eliza Boyer, Susan Ikdlartl, and
Mrs. Martha Kinney. The last marriage gave him three children.
E (i) Reverend Levi Weimar Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and
Leah Weimar, born Jan. 11, 1840, near Thornville, Ohio. Lutheran.
Artist. Address (1912) 1345 Brooklyn Ave., New York, N. Y. i\iarritd
Ellen Hall. Only child: Maurice Weimer Boyer, born Aug., 1876.
Artist, of Boston, Mass.; E (2) Diana Boyer married James Foster.
Children: Leah, Samuel, Charles, Henry, William, Albert, Simon; E (3)
Elizabeth Boyer married Benjamin Leckronc. Children : Olive and Rev.
Ouincy Leckrone; of Spring St., Roycrsford, Pa.; E (4) Sarah Ann
Boyer married William Fisher. Children : Aaron C, Etta A., Walker
C, Bertie, Ross, Thomas, Liberta ; E (5) Margaret lioyer married Eli
Long. Children: Orphia, Plenry, Noah, Luther, Leah, klerbert, Maud,
Maggie; E (6) Sophia Boyer married Allen Lyman. Children: Lcaii
B., Lizzie, Henry, Clarie E., Clemence, Bardena, Francis S: ; E (7) Lydia
Boyer married Aaron Spenny ; E (8) Clemence Boyer married INLahala
Hite. No children ; E (9) Leah Boyer married Pliram Grove. Chil-
dren: Harry, Noah, Mary, Oren, George G. ; E (10) Penina Boyer
married Noble Bepe. Children: Myrtle, Charles, Gladys; E (n) Al-
vena Boyer married Francis Binckley. Children : P)ertha.
E (i) Solomon Boyer, son of Abraham Pjoyer and Juliana Kelly,
was born Sept. 15, 1843. Address (1910) 519 Madison Ave., Evansville,
Indiana. Methodist. Veteran of Civil War. IMarried Isabella I'ingo,
born Sept. 10, 1844. Children: Arthur L., Wcstly Abraham, liertlia
Ann, Emma M., Harley H. When his wife Isabella died, Solomon
Boyer married Mattie S. Williams, who died Aug. 3, 1909. Children :
Guy Earl, Cecil Jackson, Grace Lynn, and Mary Julia.
E (1) Clara Boyer, daughter of Philip Boyer and Elizabeth Carter,
was born Nov. 20, 1853, married William Corlett, of Watervillc, Ohio;
E (2) Albertine Bo}'er was born March 23, 1855. ALirried George G.
IMetzgar, of 1930 Parkwood Ave., Toledo, Ohio; E (3) Lewis Boyer
was born June 4, 1861. Address (1910) Waterville, Ohio.
E (i) Samuel Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife Elizabeth,
was born Sept. 27, 1839, and died Dec. 19, 1862; E (3) Mary Boyer
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■\vas born April 24, 1845; ^ (4) J"^i^ "^"" Uoyer was born Jan. ir,
1847. She married Andrew F. Foltz; E (5) John A. Boyer was born
June 22, 1849; H (6) Catharine Boyer was born Dec. 18, 1850; E (7)
William Boyer was born Nov. 24, 1858; E (8) Frank Boyer was born
Aug. 16, 1865.
E (i) Susan Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and
Elizabeth Dunawha, was born Jan. 4, 1835. Married Benjamin Swain,
June 22, 1851 ; E (2) Samuel Wilkin iSoycr was born IMay 25, 1837.
Wife and two sons in California; E (3) Margaret Evalyn Bo_yer was
born Dec. 8, 1S38. Married William Henry Mongau, born Oct. 16,
1S36. Children: Samuel B., Lucilia, Viola, Estella, Charles, Emma,
Nanna, William, Harry, Richard, John; E (4) Juliana Boyer was born
Jan. I, 1840, married Josei)hus Munson; E (5) Martha Virginia I'.oyer
was born Dec. 31, 1843, niarried George Mongan. When he died she
niarried Richard M. Harper; E (6) Mary Elenore Boyer was born
]\[ay 1^., 1846. Married Franklin Kn(jdc, Jan. 23, 1872; E (7) William
Boyer was born March 22, 1851, married Martha Ann Mase. Children:
Clarence Newhn Boyer, born Nov. i, 1872; N. Laura, Harry M., John S.,
Charles M., Eva J., Bessie L., Martlia M'., and Williauv H., born Oct.
2, 1896; E (8) Cliarles Emory P>oyer was born Feb. 19, 1855, married
Anna Kate Artz ; E (9) Nannie Alice l>oyer was born June 4, i860,
married John James Whittington ; E (10) Edmonia Baker I5oyer was
born Oct. 27, 1862, married Joshua A. Ih-ashears ; E (11) Isaac Melvin
P>oyer was born Dec. 3, 1864, married I'dartha Jane Reynolds; li (12)
I'homas Jefferson lioyer \vas born Jan. 27, 1867, married Mary Edith
Lowr)', and after death, lazzie McGovern ; E (13) Mollie Catherine
Boyer was born Sept. 2y, 1870, married Juhn Francis Heck, born Feb. 2,
1867. Children: William V., Ercil R., Francis M., Ralph Narwell.
E (1) IDavid S. Boyer, son of Wilkin Boyer and Anna Maria
Pleasant, was born Nov. 3, 1839. Address (1910) Hagerstown, Md.
Merchant. Married Arianna E. Young, March 2, 1862. Children:
Max A., born June i, 1878. Address: Flagerstov/n, Md., and Ralph
S., of Hagerstown, Mfl.
E (i ) Allen r^hilij) Boyer, son of Lewis Boyer and Dolly Allen, was
born June 8, 1849. Address (1910) Goshen, Indiana. Manufacturer.
Geneagolist. Married Eliza J. Conley. Children: Lewis A., of Juniata,
Nebraska; Maude, wife of George M. Richardson, Goshen, Indiana;
]\fertie, wife of Joseph Pearson, 2353 Ridge Ave., Evanston, Bl. ; Bella P.,
wife of Howard G. Pinney, "The Normandie," 36th and Chestnut Sts.,
Phila., Pa.; Nellie, and Minnie, wife of Eugene H. Arnold. /Vddress
('1910) Goshen, Lid.; E (2) Zulie Sare|)ta Boyer married Frank R.
Sleeper, of 11 19 LaSalle Ave., Chicago, Bl. Children: Fred L. and
Lewis A.
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E (i) Philip D. Boyer, son of James Boyer and Charlotte Temple
Daily, born March 12, 1830, in Charlestown, Indiana, married Kate.
Children : Harvey Boyer, of Wichita, Kan. ; Willis Boyer, of Andover,,
Kan., born Sept. 9, 1854. Methodist. Wife Alice, born i860. Children:
Nellie Boyer, born 1884. Address (1908) Andover, Kansas; I^ester
Boyer, Wichita Kansas, car conductor; Homer Bojer, farmer, Andover,
Kansas; Joseph Boyer, Andover, Kansas ; E (2) Sarah Elizabeth Boyer,
born July 11, 1838, married Reverend Samuel Longdon, born July 24,
1815, in England. Children: (a) Prof. H. B. Longdon. Address ( 1909)
Greencastle, Indiana, born Sept. 30, i860, at Vevay, Indiana. Educated
in De Pauw University and at Cottingen, Leipsic, and Munich, Germany.
Professor of German at De Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind. Mar-
ried May Louise Johnson, born Aug. 22, i860, at Greenwood, Ind.
Children: (i) Grafton Johnson Longdon, born Jan. 4, 1890, at Leipsic,
Germany. Student at De Pauw University in 1909. (b) Martha Long-
don, librarian at De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, I90<;; E (3)
Mollie Boyer married Rimyan. Children : Two boys in New Mexico,
one in Kansas, and a daughter in Jeffersonville, Indiana; E (4) Florence
Boyer, born March 30, 1852, Methodist, married Franklin Renaldo Melviri
Gilbert, born Dec. 8. Methodist. Liveryman. Address (1909) Mrs.
Florence A, Gilbert, 226 Meigs Ave., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Children:
Rufus Albert, Charlotte Temple, Reverend Paul James, Anna Adelia,
Howard Wesley ; E (5) William F. Boyer, born June 9, 1855, at Charles-
town, Ind. Policeman. Address (1909) Box 188, Charlestown, Indiana.
Married Sallie E. Hickman, born Aug. 13, 1854. Children: C)tis W. W.,
David F., Royal Byron, Harry W., Florence M., Lena S., Mollie L.,
and Wilfer H.'
E (i) James A. Boyer, son of Andrew J. Boyer and Mary Ann
Robertson, born Nov. 10, 1851, in Charlestown, Ind. Methodist. Address
(1909) 1027 N. Rural St., IndianaiX)lis, Ind. Clerk in pension office for
23 years. Married Hannah Pye, lx)rn Oct. 6, 1861, at North Madison,
Indiana. Children: Mary, Ruth H., John P., Herbert J., Robert W. ;
E (2) Robert O. Boyer, claim agent for Indianapolis, Cohmibus, and
Southern Electric Railway Company. Address (1909) 1624 North Cali-
fornia St., Columbus, Indiana. Married. Children : Ralph O., Robert I. ;
E (3) Emma Adeline Boyer, born Jan. 13, 1855, Methodist, married
Charles H. Williams, born June 6, 1856. Address (1909) 727 W. 8th
St., Anderson, Indiana. Children: Lottie, Nellie; E (4) Laura Boyer
married Shuggert, of 1104 Bellville Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. ChiUlren:
Stella, Helen, Edgar K., W. Frank, Robert O., George W., all at home
an Indianapolis, Ind., 1909.
E (i) Dr. Eli F. Boyer, son of William Boyer, (son of John Boyer
and Mary Rowe). Physician. Address (1909) Charlestown, Indiana;
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"£ (2) Lou W. Boyer, physician. Address (1909) Charlestown, In-
•diana; E (3) Charles K. Boyer. Address (1909) New Albany, Indiana;
E (4) Frank Boyer. Address (1909) Louisville, Ky. ;-E (5) Maude
Boyer married McCullough, of Charlestown, Ind; E (6) Dr. James
Boyer.
E (i) Jennie Boyer, daughter of John A. Boyer, (son of John
Boyer and Mary Rowe), married Arnold, of Corpus Christi, Texas;
E (2) A daughter, of Portland, Texas; E (3)/ Thomas A. Boyer,
blacksmith, Wichita, Kansas; E (4) A daughter married John Willacy,
of Corpus Christi, Texas; E (5) Sarah Boyer married F. Boyer, of
C-orpus Christi, Texas.
E (i) William A. Boyer, son of Dr. Eli M. Boyer and Sarah J.
Robertson, born in Greenville, Ind., married Mamie Dodge. Railroad
•conductor. Address (1909) Kembark Ave., Chicago, 111.; E (2) Ada
F. Boyer married J. D. Wright, of 442 S. 3rd St., Lafayette, Ind. Chil-
dren: (a) Nellie B. Wright, married Walter B. Kessens, traveling man.
Address (1913) Indianapolis, Ind. Children: Ikiral W. and John FI.
(b) John D. Wright, of Lafayette, Ind. ; E (3) Emma K. Boyer married
G. Thomas Joslin, of Iowa City, Iowa. He is a conductor; E (4) Louis
R. Boyer, born at Greenville, Ind. Physician. Lived at Vancennes, Ind.,
and is buried there.
E (i) Letitia Beswick, daughter of Eliza Jane Boyer and Robert
Holt Beswick, born in Decatur, Indiana. Normal School training. Mar-
ried Lambert Frederick Fonts, of Clark Co., Ind. Address (1909) Trin-
ity Mills, Texas. No children in 190J; E (2) Margaret Jane Beswick,
born at Clarksville, Ind. Methodist. Married N. W. Brackett, of Green-
wood, Ind. Children: Mary E., Letta B., and John II.; E (3) John
Philip Beswick.
E (i) John Wilson, son of Polly Boyer and husband Wilson, of
Salud, Jefferson Co., Ind. ; E (2) Eli, of Ilolton, Kansas ; E (3) Others.
E (i) William Hancock, son of Sarah Boyer and husband Hancock,
of Memphis, Indiana; E (2) Others.
E (i) Dr. James Wilson Kirkwood, son of Margaret Boyer and
Dr. Adam Clarke Kirkwood, born Sei)t. 7, 1851, at Greenville, Ind.
Gradtiate of Louisville University as physician in 1873. Alethodist.
Physician, Wichita, Kansas. Married Cora May Flarmon, born about
1857. Children: Edna, born 1877, married S. G. Kimmel, of Shreve-
port. La. ; Mary W. Kirkwood, of Wichita, Kansas ; Bertha M. Kirk-
wood, of Wichita, Kansas.
F (i) Otis W. W. Boyer, son of William F. Boyer and Sallie E.
Hickman, born Nov. 15, 1875, ^t Wilmington, Mo. Business education.
Printer, 2323 N. 13th St., Terre Haute, Indiana. Married Delia; F (2)
David F. Boyer, born March 10, 1877. Methodist. Telegraph operator.
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2816 Stewart St., Indianapolis, Ind. Married Hattie Kleber. Children:
Irvin D., born Dec. 28, 1903; Ellsworth W., born Nov. 17, 1904; Wanetta,
born Nov. 21, 1906; Madeline L., born Dec. 17, 1908; F (3) Royal
Byron Boyer, born Feb.. 14, 1880, Charlestown, Ind. Rnral mail carrier,.
Charlestown, Ind.; F (4) Harry W. Boyer, born Jan. 23, 1883, Charles-
town, Ind. Printer, 1310 East Jacob St., Louisville, Ky. Married Lizzie
Sheahan; F (5) Florence M. I'oyer, born Nov. 11, 1885, Charlestown,
Ind. School teacher, Charlestown, Ind.; F (6) Lena S. Boyer, born
Feb. 10, 1889, Charlestown, Ind. Printer, Charlestown, Ind.; F (7)
Mollie L. Boyer, born June 11, 1891, Charlestown, Ind.; F (8) Wilfer
F. Boyer, born C^ct. i, 1894. Address (1909) Charlestown, Ind. At
school.
F(i) Lottie Frances Williams, daughter of Emma Adeline Boyer
and Charles H. Williams, born Nov. 3, 1881, Anderson, Ind., Methodist,
married W. H. Matthews, of 329 W. 5th St., Anderson, Iml. Children :
Charles, born Dec. 15, 1907; F (2) Nellie Boyer Williams, born Jan.
25, 1891, Methodist, 727 W. 8th St., Anderson, Ind.
F (i) Rufus Alberto Gilbert, son of Florence Adelia Boyer and
F. R. Gilbert, born Sept. 21, 1870, Charlestown, Ind. Methodist. Colleg-e
education. Married Ida Hicks, of Henderson, Ky. Children: Warren
J., Richard H., Florence Alberta, F. M. ; F (2) Charlotte Temple Gil-
bert, born Nov. 8, 1871, Methodist, married Edward G. Holmes. Chil-
dren: Lawrence G., Pauline E. ; F (3) Rev. Paul James Gilbert, born
Oct. 2, 1873. Graduate of De Pauw University. Singing' evangelist
with Dr. Chapman. Married Etta Fox, of Manchest, Iowa. Children:
Norton Helen, Lois Ellen; F (4) William Boyer Gilbert, born Sept.
21, 1877. Methodist. Clerk, Indianapolis, Ind.; F (5) Anna Adelia
Gilbert, born Jan. 19, 1882. Methodist. Graduate of Chautauqua, N. Y. ;
F (6) Lloward Wesley Gilbert, born Aug. 23, 1890. Presbyterian. Stu-
dent in Jeffersonville, Ind., 19a).
F (i) Arthur L. Boyer, son of Solomon Boyer and Isabella Pingo,
was born Aug. 31, 1867. Address (1910) St. Louis, Mo.; F (2) Westly
Abraham Boyer was born March 9, 1870; F (3) Bertha Ann Rover
was born Oct. 31, 1872, married Agnew, of Lafayette, Ind.; F (4)
Emma M. Boyer was born June 9, 1879; F (5) Ilarley H. Boyer was
born Dec. 16, 1884; F (6) Guy Earl Boyer was born Feb. 8, 1888.
Address (1910) Evansville. Ind.; F (7) Cecil Jackson Boyer, born Oct.
12, 1892; F (8) Grace Lynn Boyer, born Sept. 22, 1894; F (9) Mary
Julia Boyer was born Dec. 17, 1898.
CHAPTER XXXVI
JOHN HENRY BAYER (BEYER).
We learn from Dr. George Z. Bretz, a genealogist of great acumen,
and a descendant, that John Henry Bayer's parents came from the neigh-
borhood of Munich, Bavaria, Germany, in 1743, and settled near Beth-
lehem, Northampton Co., I'a. Dr. Bretz did not name the parents, and
the writer has not been able to find them. It would be interesting to
know what became of them, but probably they were massacred by the
Indians who captured their two children. These were Ann Bayer and
Idenry Valentine Bayer.
B (i) Ann Bayer, daughter of John Henry Bayer and wife, was
born near Bethlehem, Pa. Bike her brother, she was captured in Donegal
Twp., near Derry, Pa., Sept. 9, 1757, by the Indians. When she grew
up she became the wife of an Indian Chief, but the writer has no
further knowledge of her life; B (2) Henry Valentine Bayer was born
1750, near Bethlehem, Pa. On Sept. 9, 1757, the Indians capturetl him
in Donegal Twp., Northampton Co., Pa., near Derry. He was traded
at Philadelphia, I'a., and settled near Reading", Pa., where he remained
all his life. He is probably buried in the Alsace Church yard, now on
the outskirts of Reading. Dr. Bretz does not name his wife, but he
mentions one son, John Valentine, au.d three daughters, Hhzabeth, Cath-
erine, and Mary Aim.
C (i) John Valentine Boyer, son of Henry Valentine Boyer and
wife, was born June 9, 1774, projjably in Alsace, near Reading, Pa., antl
died July 8, 1831. Reformed. Idved a mile west of Alsace Church, on
the turnpike, where the Reading" railroad crosses the pike. The little
stone building was still there when Dr. Tiretz collected his data. . Weaver
of cloth, linen, etc. Married Sophia l)arto, of Barto's Station, Berks
Co., Pa. She died at Clu'iliclothe, Oliio, in 1805, and is burieil tliere.
After her death, he married Catharine Garrett, born Feb. i, 1799. She
died June 20, 1863. The children of the first n"iarriag"e were John,
Samuel, Daniel, William, aiid I^lizabeth. The children of the second
marriage were Catharine, Sallie, Polly. Mary, Diana, and Jacob. The
father and his second wife are buried at Alsace, near Reading, Pa.;
C (2) Elizabeth Boyer. born Dec. G, 1777, prol)al)i\' in Alsace, near
Reading, Pa., married George Ziegler, born July 3, 1768. The family
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lived at llarrisburg, Pa. She is buried in Lot 53, Section E, Harrisburi^-
Cemetery. Children: Mary, Catherine, and Elizabeth; C (3) Cathernic
Buyer married Mr. Kepner, of Reading. No children; E (4) Alary Ann
Boycr was born 1781, probably in Alsace, near Reading, Pa., and died at
Plarrisburg, Pa., where she is buried. Married Jacob Bretz, a carpenter.
Children : Jacob, William, George Z., Amelia, Catherine, and Eliza-
beth.
D (i) John Boyer, son of John Valentine Boyer and Sophia Barto,
was raised by Mrs. Jacob Bretz, at Harrisburg, Pa. Died at Cincinnati,
Ohio. Dr. Bretz, the family historian, and cousin, says nothing of chil-
(.Iren. This omission would indicate that there were none; D (2) Sam-
uel Boyer died at Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Bretz says nothing else; D (3)
Daniel Boyer married Miss Schmehl, of Muhlenberg Twp., Berks Co.,
Pa. Children: Reuben, Daniel, and Lizzie; D (4) William Boyer was
born Oct. 5, 1801, j^robably in C3hio. Lived near Bernhardt's Station,
near Reading, Pa. Weaver and boatman. Alsace Reformed church.
]\larried Elizabeth Ployer, born May 14, 1799. Both buried at Alsace
Cliurch. Children: Elizabeth, Amelia, Simon, adn Mahlon ; D (5) Eliza-
beth Boyer, born Sept. 8, 1803, married Frederick Decker. Children :
Jacob Christopher, William Harrison; D (G) Catharine Boyer, daughter
of John Valentine Boyer and second wife Catharine Garrett (Gehret),
was born Dec. 29, 181 1. Married Joseph Rothenberger. Children: Cath-
arine, John B., Mayberry, Josci)h P., and Mary E. ; D (7) Sallie Bo3'er
married Alfred Carstine. Children : Jacob, Caroline, Elize, others ;
D (8) Polly Boyer, born Jan. 10, 1817, married Daniel Windbigler,
born June 10, 1810. Buried at Alsace, Pa. Children: Charles, Adam,
Lizzie, Annie, Katie; D (9) Mary Ann Boyer, born Nov. 8, 1818, mar-
ried William Penrose. Child : Lafayette Penrose. No descendants ;
D (10) Diana Boyer, born Feb. 18, 1822, married Henry W. Keller,
born March 23, 1813. Children: John B., Henry B., Katherine B.,
Adam B., Sara Amelia, Benjamin F., Mary A., Samuel B. ; D (11)
Jacob Boyer was born Feb. 12, 181 5, and died at Leesport, Pa., Feb. 3,
1897. Married Matilda Brownmiller, daughter of Dr. Brownmiller, Ham-
burg, Pa. Only child: Aaron Shartle Boyer, born Nov. 27, 1840, died
Nov. 27, 1868. Soldier of Civil War. Married Sarah Kern. She died
Aug. II, 1890. Children: (a) Aaron Jacob Boyer, born July 8, 1861,
married Ellen Evans. Children, (b) H. Isaiah Boyer, born March 23,
1S67, married Bertha Stevenson. Children.
D (i) Jacob Bretz, son of Mary Ann Boyer and Jacob Bretz, mar-
ried Mary Dipple. Children: Eliza Jane (Mrs. Dr. Treichler), Wil-
liam, Annie, Margaret, George, Laura, Frances, Edward; D (2) George
Z. Bretz, dentist and genealogist, 168 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
I\Iarried Kate Reynolds. One child : Brewster Bretz.
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E (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Elizabeth
Hoyer, was born Feb. 11, 1826, at Bernhardt's Station, near Reading,
Pa. Alsace Reformed Church. Married Jacob Boyer, of Barto's Sta-
tion, Pa. Born Oct. 12, 1818, died Oct. 10, 1885. This Jacob Boyer
was the brother of Melinda Boyer Mellot, of Fleetwood, Pa. His father
was Samuel Boyer, descendant of John Philip Bayer, Amityville, I'a.
Children of Elizabeth and Jacob Boyer : Amelia, Ivebecca, and William.
The family lived at Lecsport, Pa. Elizabeth died Dec. G, 1853. One of
them is buried at Epler's Church; E (2) Amelia Boyer, born Feb. 12,
1828, married Paul Bock, of McKeansburg, Pa. Children: Alahlon P.,
Elizabeth M., Clara C, George B., Henry P., Frank S., and Harry P. ;
E (3) Simon H. Boyer was born Dec. 15, 1833, at Bernhardt's Station,
near Reading, Pa. Attended school at Pottsville, Pa. Reformed church.
'Went to Indiana 1854. Farmer 40 years, then dealer in farm implements,
then carried on tiling, and last of all became interested in real estate.
Very prosperous. Married Sarah Rockenficld, born March 5, 1837.
Address (1913) Ambia, Indiana. Children: Mahlon, Emma, Simon,
George, Edward; E (4) Mahlon H. Boyer was born Dec. 6, 1837, at
Bernhardt's Station, Pa. Pottsville schooling. Lutheran, Pinegrove, Pa.
Prosperous lumber merchant. Married Mary Leininger, Dec. 24, 1868.
Children: George W., Margaret A., Frank A., Annie E., Mary E., Ella
C, Gertrude S., and Charles M.
E (i) Jacob Christopher Decker, son of Elizabeth Boyer and Fred-
erick Decker, was born Sept. 13, 1823, and died Jan. 26, 1873. Mar-
ried Hannah Baehr. Children: Jacob G., A. W., others; E (2) Wil-
liam Harrison Decker was born Aug. 16, 1827. Married Sarah M. Mon-
day. Children : Clara V., Frederick W., Mary A., Francis D., Henry
W., and Anna E.;E (3) Margaret ; E (4) Edward A. ; E (5) Mary V.
E (i) Catherine Rothenberger, daughter of Catherine Boyer and
Joseph Rothenberger, was born May 29, 1832. Married Henry Schuck.
Children: Henry, others; E (2) John B. Rothenberger was born March
14, 1839. Married Sarah Pflueger. Children: George H., Ellen H.,
Jennie M., Howard T., Irvin J., William D., Katie A., Jennie M., Lulu
E. ; E (3) Mayberry; E (4) Alary; E (5) Joseph.
E (i) Charles Windbiglcr, son of Polly Boyer and Daniel Wind-
"bigler, was born Dec. 21, 1838. Address (1913) Blandon, Pa. Married
Amelia Rothermel. Children: Adam, Lizzie, Annie, and Katie; E (2)
Adam Windbigler married Alice Eberhard.
F (i) Amelia Boyer, daughter of Elizabeth Boyer and Jacob Boyer,
married Obadiah Ebling, of West Leesport, Pa., R. F. D. i. No chil-
dren; F (2) Rebecca Boyer, born Sept. 22, 1840, married Levi Baer,
R.eading, Pa. Children: Lizzie. Address (1013) Airs. Lafayette
ICaufman, Alohrsville, Pa., and others; F (3) WilHain Boyer was Iwrn
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Aug-. 8, 1855. Address (191 3) Reading, Pa. Lutlicran. Farmer. Mar-
ried Amelia Werner, Wernersville, Pa. Children: (i) Deborah \V.
Boyer. Mrs. Milton Saylor, St. James Hotel, Reading, Pa. Born Feb.
14, 1882. Children: Solomon, William, Milton, Lake, Elmer. (2)
Annie W. Boyer. Mrs. Harry Rotliermel, Hyde Park, Pa. Children:
Clara, Carrie, Amelia.
F (I) Mahlon Peter Boek, son of A.melia Boyer and Paul Bock,
was born Oct. 19, 1849, McKeansburg, Pa. Address (1913) Seville,
Flcjrida. Lutheran. Prosperous lumberman. Married Margaret Kim-
mel. Children: Edward L. Bock. Address (1913) Coabury, W. Ya. ;
Annie S., Alice A., Fred S., Laura S., and Harvey; F (2) Elizabeth
Magdalene Bock, born Feb. 11, 1851, married Franklin Nester. Children.
PLarry Fred Nester, born Feb. 3, 1881 ; F (3) Clara Cordelia Bock was
born July 11, i860. Normal school education. Lutheran. Father's
clerk in New Ringgold store 25 years. Address (i9L3) New Ringgold,
Pa.; F (4) George Boyer Bock was born Oct. 29, 1862. Address (1913)
New Ringgold, Pa. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Amanda Gerber.
Children: Lizzie R., Llelen A., Mary S., Laura C, Abner N. ; F (5)
Plenry Paul Bock was born Aug. 7, 1867. Lutheran. College educa-
tion. Car inspector. Address (1913) Jersey Shore, Pa. Married Mary
Robinson. Children: ALahlon W., Paul E., Charles R. ; F (fy) Frank
Simon Bock marrietl Lillian Lutz. Children: Clare Abner, Myrtle A.,
Margaret B. ; F (7) Harry Paul Bock.
F ( I ) Mahlon Boyer, son of Simon Boyer and Sarah Rockenfield,
was born Aug. 26, 1861. Address (1913) Ambia, Lidiana. Farmer.
No children; F (2) Emma Boyer died Aug. 5, 1893. Married Ja])heth
Hill, of Ambia, Indiana. One child: Charles Hill, Amliia, Indiana;
F (3) Simon Boyer was born Aug. 15, 1867. Married. Farmer, of
Moscow, Latta Co., Idaho. Children: Warren Boyer, others; F (4)
George Boyer, born Sept. 18, 1869, married sister of brother's wife.
Farmer, Farmington, Whitman Co., Wash. Children : liernice, Guy,
Leonard; F (5) Edward Boyer was born Aj^ril 8, 1871. Married. Chil-
dren : Several. Mill watchman, Oregon City, Oregon.
F ( t) George W. Boyer, son of Mahlon Boyer and Mary Lcininger,
was born Sept. 8, 1870. High school and college education. Lutheran.
Follows lumbering, Pinegrove, Pa. Married Carrie Scheidy, daughter
of Pinegrove Scheidy. No children. Providence Forge, A'irginia; F (2)
Margaret Boyer was born Nov. 15, 1871. Educated at Lutherville, Md.,
and Boston College of Oratory. Teacher in Ilarrisburg, Pa. public
schools and Stroudsburg, Pa. State Normal School. Acklress (1912)
Pinegrove, Pa.; F (3) Frank Austin Boyer was born Feb. 19, 1874.
Graduate of Pinegrove High School. Attended college at Gettysburg,
I'a., a year, Lehigh University, two years. Graduate of Philadelphia
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Business College. Graduate of Ann Harbor University. Practising
attorney, Cleveland, Ohio; F (4) Annie Elizabeth lioyer was born Aug.
29, 187(3. Graduate of Lutherville Seminary. Father's book-keeper.
Great worker in Church and Siuiday School. Lutheran. Addrci.r.
(1913) Pinegrove, Pa.; F (5) Mary Esther P.oyer was born Jan. 23,
1879. Graduate of Wilson College; F (6) Ella Clara. P>oyer was born
Feb. 27, 1882. Graduate of Wdlson CoUcge. Teacher. Lutheran; F (7)
Gertrude Susan lioyer was born Feb. 27, 1882. Attended Wilson Col-
lege. Lutheran; F (8) Charles Mahlon Boyer was born March 13,
1884. Schooled at Pinegrove and Pittsburgh, Pa. Works with father
in lumbering, Pinegrove, Pa.
F (i) Alvah Boyer, son of George G. Boyer and Margaret Amelia
Bretz, book-keeper, Centralia, Pa. Married Miss Porter. A most de-
lightful couple. No children; F (2) Annie Lyle Boyer, government
employe. Address (1915) The "Donaldson," Plarrisburg, Pa.; F (3)
May Florence Boyer married Johnson Hughes. Children : George and
Chauncey; F (4) Laura Boyer married Edwin Eager, Harrisburg, Pa.;
Children: Bessie, Edwin; F (5) Rebecca Garwood Boyer married Ed-
ward Van Tassel, Newtonville, ALiss. Children: Edward, Gordon B.,
Raymond, Elizabeth; F (6) Bird Pauline Boyer married Alonzo Byror*
Beasley. No children.
CHAPTER XXXVII
. VALENTINE BOYER.
One correspondent, namely, Valentine K. Boyer, of Bolivar, N. Y.
reports that Valentine Boyer was born in Berks Co., Pa., perhaps abou
1760-1770, but does not know the parents. He lived in Schuylkill Coun
ty, Pa., moved to IMercer Co., Pa., and was killed by accident afte
1856, as Xal. K. Boyer knows. The historian has not ascertained tli.
occupation or church connections of the man in (piestion. ]\.larrie(
Henrietta Kean, born 1767, at Philadelphia, Pa., and died about 1800, a
Pottsville, Pa. Children: Jacob, Henry, George, Samuel, and ihre
girls, so far as reported.
B (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Valentine Boyer and Henrietta Kear
was a blacksmith, near Kutztown, Pa., as Valentine K. Boyer report:
Married. The same correspondent thinks one of Jacob Boyer's son
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was a doctor in Reading. Probably it was Carl Beyer, who, as Rev.
John Stoiult says, contributed to the Reformed Church, June 13, 1785, at
Egypt, Lehig'h Co., Pa.; B (2) Henry Boyer lived near Sharon, Mercer
Co., Pa. Married. Children; B (3) George Boyer lived in Wisconsin.
Died single; B (4) A daughter married Troutman. She had two sis-
ters; B (7) Samuel Kean Boyer was born 1799, near I'ort Carbon, Pa.,
died July 1840, and is buried at Port Carbon. Land agent for Pennsyl-
vania. Married Elizabeth Read, born 1800, in Georgetown, Del. Chil-
dren: Zaccur Prall, Elizabeth, Marie, Samuel, Emmeline, \^alentine K.
C (i) Zaccur Prall Boyer, son of Samuel liwvcr and Elizabeth
Read, was born 1832, at Port Carbon, Pa., where he died in 1900 and is
buried on the Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa. Coal operator.
Furnace interests. Lieutenant 96th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and Colonel 173rd Regiment. Married Catherine C. Williams, born 1834,
at Alerthyr Tydvil, Wales. She was educated at Pottsville, and Penning-
ton Seminary, Bordentown, N. J. Presbyterian. Children:- Zaccur
Prall, Maude E., Caroline D., Katharine V., Walter N. ; C (2) Elizabeth
]joyer married D. P. Fitzimmons, 115 Church Ave., Washington, Pa.
■Care of Mrs. Bell; C (3) Marie Boyer has not been reported; C (4)
Samuel P. Boyer was born July, 1828, near Pottsville, Pa., died at Titus-
ville, Pa., July, 1901, and is buried there. Soldier. First Lieutenant and
Quartermaster in Civil War. In service three years. INIarried twice.
First wife, Carrie Cinderella Huntington, died about 1875. Second wife,
Amelia Fuller, born Nov., 1843, ^t AVoodstock, Vt. Address (1911) Mrs.
Amelia F. Boyer, 184 N. Grove St., East Aurora, N. Y. Children: Sam-
uel H., Clarence V., Jeannette, perhaps others; C (5) Emmeline Boyer
married William H. Downing, North Parkersburg, W. Va. ; C (6) Val-
entine K. Boyer was born 1834, in Schuylkill Co., Pa. Soldier. Lieuten-
ant, Company F, 7th Pa. Vols. Infantry, Bolivar, N. Y. Married Sarah
C. Children: Dora E., Claude B., Elsie, John K., Albert, Elizabeth,
Gertrude.
D (i) Zaccur Prall Boyer, Jr., son of Zaccur Prall Boyer and
Catharine C. Williams, was born 1857, at Llewellyn, Pa. Presbyterian.
Graduate of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Physician,
141 5 Filbert St., Phila., Pa. Married Anna G. Garretson, born 1858,
at Port Carbon, Pa. ; D (2) Maude E. Boyer married George M. Rhoads,
lawyer, Pottsville, Pa.; D (3) Caroline Boyer. Address (1909) Spring-
field Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. ; D (4) Catharine V. Boyer married J. R.
Bannan, Worcester, Mass.; D (5) Walter Nadal Boyer, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
D (i) Dr. Samuel II. Boyer, son of Samuel P. Boyer and Carrie
Cinderella Huntington, was born July 21, 1866. Address (1911) Lyceum
Bldg., Duluth, Minn. Physician. Married Emma Mining, of Duluth.
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Children: Boy and girl; D (2) Dr. Clarence Valentine Boyer, son of
Samuel P. Boyer and second wife, Amelia Fuller, was born June 25, 1880.
Lawyer. Princeton graduate, and Post-Graduate Ph. D., 191 1. Profes-
sor of English Literature, University of Illinois. Address: 908 West
Nevada St., Urbana, Illinois; D (3) Jeaimette Boyer, born March 7,
1882, married Frederick Eaton, 779 Bird Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Children:
Frederick.
D ( I ) Dora E. Boyer, daughter of Valentine Kean Boyer and his
wife Sarah C. ; D (2) Claude V. Boyer, Induplus, Ohio; D (3) Elsie
Boyer; D (4) John K. Boyer, Bolivar, N. Y. ; D (5) Albert Boyer,,
Perry, N. Y. ; D (6) Elizabeth Boyer; D (7) Gertrude Boyer.
CHAPTER XXXVIII
FREDERICK BAYER.
It is recorded in the history of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, that
Frederick liayer came from Palatinate, Germany, about 1733. The
Boyer historian can not verify this tradition by comparison with the
ship list. Fie settled in the neighborhood of the present Unionville, Pa.
Church, and was shot in his meadow by an Indian. He may be buried
at the Unionville Cemetery. The writer has not been able to get the
information. Nor do we know to whom he was married, but he left one
son, Henry.
B (i) Henry Bayer, son of Frederick Bayer and wife, was born
about 1760, or earlier. Lived at Rockdale, Lehigh Co., Pa. Married Mar-
g-aret Hankey. Children : Henry, John, two other sons, and three
daughters.
C (i) Henry Boyer, son of Henry Bayer and Margaret Hankey,
was born March 19, 1780, died June 26, 1855, and is buried in the Union-
ville Cemetery, Lehigh Co., Pa. Married Susan Deibcrt, born Aug. 8,
1777. Children: Daniel, and a sister who lived in the West; C (2)
John Boyer was born at Rockdale, Pa., Dec. 26. 1781, died Feb. 20,
1874; and is buried at Unionville, Pa. Farmer. Married (1802) Eliza-
beth Reber. Only three children grew up, namely, Elizabeth, who mar-
ried Daniel Woodring, but left no children ; Polly, who married Abraham
Woodring, but left no children, and Solomon; C (3) John and Henry
Boyer had two brothers and two sisters, for whom we have no data.
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D (i) Daniel Boyer, son of Henry Boyer and Susan Deibert, was
born Aug. 13, 181 5, and died 23, 1875. Lived near Schnecksville, L,ehigh
Co., Pa. Married Maria. Children: Charles E., Tilghman H., and
Mary. Note : A daughter of J3aniel Boyer lived in the \Vest.
D ( I ) Solomon Boyer, son of John Boyer and Elizabeth Reber, was
born at Rockdale, Pa., Oct. 29, 1816, died Feb. 17, 1897, and is buried at
Allentown, Pa. Member of Unionville Reformed Chiu'ch, and later of
Salem Reformed Church, Allentown, Pa. Postmaster and merchant
at Rockdale, Pa., till 1871, when he moved to Allentown. He was inter-
ested in the building of railroads, in iron mining, and furnaces. He
organized the Allentown National Bank, and was a director for nearly
forty years. On Oct. 29, 1843, he married Lucy A. Miller, born March
4, 1825. Children: Flora A., Lucinda, John P., Lewis F., William
H., Amandes, Agues M., Lillie C, Sallie J., and three others.
E (i) Charles E. Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and A'laria, 1323
Chew St., Allentown, Pa. Married. Children: .Vnna and Catharine;
E (2) Tilghman PI. Boyer lix-ed in Allentown, and died there. Married
Missouri Scheirer. Address (1910) 1136 Hamilton St., AllentQwn, Pa.
Children: AVarren L., of Kingston, N. Y., born Aug. 2, 1878. Soldier
in Spanish American War. Married Edith P. Preston; Allen W., of
202 N. 9th St., Allentown, Pa.; Seaton M., of 115 N. 15th St., Allentown,
Pa. ; Emma E. ; Addie G., married Edward Kocher, Allentown, Pa. ;
]\Iinnie AL, married Robert Weaver, 58 Columbia Terrace, Weehawken,
N. J.; E (3) Mary Boyer married Miller. Children: Jennie.
E (i) Flora M. Boyer, daughter of Solomon Boyer and Lucy A.
Miller, born 1844, married John Koch, 123 N. 6th St., Allentown, Pa. ;
E (2) Lucinda Boyer married John H. Beck, Treichlers, Pa.; E (3)
John P. Boyer, 42 S. loth St., Allentown, Pa. ; E (4) Lewis F. Boyer,
C^aklane, Pa.; E (5) William H. Boyer, Mechanicsville, Lehigh Co.,
Pa. Children: Lucy, Miriam, Christine, and son; E (6) Amandes
Boyer. Married. Children: Agnes and Marguerite, 2341 N. 13th St.,
Phila., Pa.; E (7) Agnes M. Boyer married H. G. Ruhe, 268 Prince
St., West Newton, Mass.; E (8) Lillie C. lk)yer married Milton R. Lau-
bach. Address (1913) Mrs. Lillie C. Laubach, Oaklane, Pa.; E (9)
Sajlie J. Boyer, Oaklane, Pa.
CHAPTER XXXIX
CONRAD BAYLCR (BYER).
The liistorian is greatly indebted to Attorney John K. Dyers, War-
rensburg, ]\Io., for the data of this chapter, and he writes that he has
his father to tliank for the definite knowledge of his ancestry. According
to these testimonies Conrad Byer was born March [4, 1744, near what
is now known as Bayerstadt, Germany. He died Jan. 2, iSof), near
Greensburg, Pa., and is buried in Feightner's Cemetery, lie came t.)
America about 1762, and, in company with several of his countr;, inci
Feightner, Kepple, Jacob llouck, and others, went from Philadelphut,
Pa., westward across the mountains, about 1765 or 1706, and settled
in Westmoreland Co., Pa. He purchased 800 acres of wooded land,
at 25 cents per acre, from the government, receiving the patent in
1773. C^ver a splendid spring, he built a large house of hewn lugs, and
a large bank barn of the same material, near by, about i7''/. II"
house remains (i()i3), but was weatherboarded and otherwise impruved
by his grandson, Jacob Byers, in i87r). The barn was torn down in
1818 and another built one-fourth mile northwest. This building re-
mained until H.J06, when his great grandson, Marian ]\Iiller Byers, as-
sisted by John K. Byers, pulled it down to build a finer one. Conrad
Byer took an active part in the Revolutionary War, and had papers
relating to this experience. Just wdiat his services were the historian
does not know, and the Archives do not tell. About 1770 or 1771, by
agreement, he met his old-time German playmate in T'hila(lel])hia, when
she came from Germany, and they were married in this city. Iler name
was Margaret Riel, as the "will" shows. Reformed. She died about
1836, in the home of the attorney's father, at Foxtown, Pa. Children:
Peter, Andrev;, John, and Mary. Conrad Byer's "will" was recorded
Jan. 4, 1806, at Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pa.
B (i) Peter l>oyer, son of Conrad Byer and Margaret Riel, born
1773. married in 170/). ChiUlren : Michael and Jacob; B (2) Andrew
Boyer was born March i, 1776, died April 9, 1852, and is buried in
Feightner's Cemetery. Lived near Greensburg. ATarried Catherine
Schrader, born 1782. His "will" was made Dec. 6, 1847. Children:
Conrad, Henry, Daniel, David, f^eonard, Abraham, Margaret, Pauline,
Hannah, Sarah; B (3) John Boyer was born June 26, 1785, near Greens-
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burg, Pa., died there Jan. 27, 1835, and is buried in Feightner's Ceme-
tery. In 1806 he married Susan Houck, daughter of Jacob Houck, a
Revolutionary sokHer. She was born near Greensburg, Sept. 30, 1786.
In his "will" he left 450 acres to his sons, John and Jacob, and the
"Painter" farm to his son Michael. Children: Michael, John IP, Jacob,
and Sarah. Note: Conrad and Mary Boyer had a daughter named
Mary.
C (i) Michael Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and his wife, was born
1809. Moved to Clinton County, Mo., in 1863, and purchased 320 acres
of land, three miles northeast of Clinton, Mo. Married 1796. Children:
Dr. Truman S. Boyer, of Salt Lake City, Utah. Perhaps others ; C ( 2 )
Jacob Boyer was born 181 1. Married. He went to Clinton County,
Mo., in 1863, and purchased 160 acres of land, now (1913) the business
part of Clinton, Mo. Married again. Children: William, Adam, Jacob,
Jennie, I\'Iargaret, and Eliza. William died unmarried at Bryan, Ohio,,
and Adam died unmarried in California. The rest are traced.
C ( I ) Conrad Boyer, son of Andrew Boyer and Catharine Schrader,
died in Ohio when his only child, William Harrison, was two years old.
This must have happened before Dec. C), 1847, when his fadier's "will"
was made. Married Anna Cole. Son: William Harrison Boyer, resides at
Youngwood, Pa. (1913); C (2) Plenry Boyer was born 1809, died
1897, near Greensburg, Pa. Acquired much property near Greensburg,
Pa. Married Sarah Steele. Children : Catharine, John S., Eliza Jane,
Martha, Andrew, William, and Sarah; C (3) Daniel Boyer was born
181 1, died near Greensburg, Pa., in 1897. Married Ellen Hunter. Chil-
dren are all dead ; C (4) David Boyer married Miss Sherrick. They
and all their children are dead (1913) ; C (5) Leonard Byers was born
1814. Married Margaret Leasure. Children: Matilda, Jackson, Wil-
liam, Mamie; C (6) Abraham Byers was born 1816. Married. Only
son: Abraham Byers, of New Stenton, Pa.; C (7) Margaret Byers
married John Eelgar (dead). Lived near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland
Co., Pa. ; C (8) Pauline Byers married John Steele. Lived near Greens-
burg, Pa. ; C (9) Hannah Byers married James Andrews. Lived near
Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pa.; C (10) Sarah Byers married
Peter Rumbaugh. Lived near Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
. C (i) Michael Byers, son of John Boyer and Susan Houck, was
born April to, 181 i, near Greensburg, Pa., died March 10, 1897, and
is buried at Warrensburg, Mo. Farmer and miller. In 1836 he married
Sarah Brinker, daughter of Jacob Brinker, Harrison City, Pa. Chil-
dren: Lucy Ann and Lydia. In 1851, Michael Byers married RebeCca
Kunkle, daughter of John S. Kunkle. The children of this marriage
are Mary Jane, John K., Emma Eliza; C (2) John Houck Byers was
born Oct. 18, 1814, died Jan. 18, 1906. Lived on farm inherited from
PRINCIPAL EDWIN LINCOLN BOYER
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his father, near Greensburg, Pa. On April 12, 1838, he married Mary
Rumbaug-h, born Nov. 22, 1817. Children: William R., John x\brahani,
Benjamin Franklin, Lydia, Alary. In 1851 John Houck Byers married
Charlotte Miller. She died June 6, 1868. The children of this union
were Charlotte, and Marion Miller. In 1872 John Houck Byers married
Emma Lynn. She died Feb. 17, 1894. He left a large estate valued
at $150,000, almost wholly to his son, Marian Miller Byers; C (3) Jacob
Byers was born Jan. 12, 1818, died May 17, 1905. About 1842 he mar-
ried Elizabeth Rumbaugh, daughter of Abraham Rumbaugh. Child:
Sarah A.; C (4) Sarah Byers, born Aug. 15, 1820, died 1909, and is
buried three miles south of Gratto, Virginia. She married ( 1836) Daniel
Kunkle Felgar, born in 1812. Children: Susannah and William B.
D (i) William Harrison Byers, son of Conrad iioyer and Anna
Cole, was born 1845. Address (1913) Youngwood, Pa.
D (i) Catiiarine Byers, daughter of Henry Byers and Sarah Steele,
married Eli Sell, of Greensburg, Pa. Children: John Byers Sell, of
Greensburg, Pa., cashier of National Bank. He has a brother and a
sister; D (2) John Steele Byers married Eisaman. Reared a large
family at Greensburg, Pa.; D (3) Eliza Jane Byers married William
Schrader; D (4) Martha Byers married William R. Barnhardt; D (5)
Andrew Byers married Malinda Pool; D (6) William ]!yers married
Elizabeth Bear; D (7) Sarah Byers married Thomas Bra^ly.
D (i) Matilda Byers, daughter of Leonard Byers and Margaret
Leasure, married Mr. Elder; D (2) Jackson Byers. Married; D (3)
William Byers married twice; D (4) Mamie Byers married Jacob R
Trauger. Two children.
D (i) Abraham Byers, son of Abraham Byers and wife. Address
(1913) New Stenton, Pa.
D (i) Lucy Ann Byers, daughter of Michael Byers and Sarah
Brinker, married Conrad Ludwig in 1852, and lived in AIcKeesport, Pa.
In 1875 they moved to Washington Co., Kansas. Children: Belle,
Frank, Ellis, William, Minnie, Charles, May, and Arthur. Mother lives
in Frankfort, Kansas, (1913) with son William Ludwig; D (2) Lydia
Byers married Michael Fritchman, of Harrison City, Pa. Children :
Sarah, Charles, Homer, Cora, Emma, William B., Anna, and Howard;
D (3) Mary Jane Byers, daughter of Michael Byers and second wife
Rebecca Kunkle, married John C. Lanham, of Concordia, Mo. One
child: Thomas Byers Lanham, Warrensburg, Mo.; D (4) Attorney
John K. Byers. Teacher. Published the Lincoln Independent (1886-
1888) in Lincoln, New Mexico. Returned to Warrensburg, Mo., in 1891,
where he became Police Judge. Lawyer in 1913. Address (1913)
Warrensburg, Mo.; D (5) Emma Eliza Byers. Normal school educa-
tion.
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D (i) William Runibaiigh Byers, son of John Honck Bycrs. Mar-
ried. Children: Alice.. Mrs. Alice Cowan, Tarrs, I'a. ; Marian Frank-
lin, Jacob, of Tarrs, Pa.; John C, of New Stenton, Pa.; Hniina. Mrs.
]£mma Frances, RufTsdale, l^a. ; Anna. Mrs. Homer; Birdie, Byron;
D (2) John Abraham Bycrs married F^ta Rumbaugh. ()nly child:
Harry R. Bycrs, lives in California; D (3) lienjamin r!}ers died single;
D (4) Lydia Byers married Mr. Sherrick, Init left no children; D (5)
J\'lary Byers married David Fisher. Children : Sarah and John, Home-
stead, Pa.; D (6) Charlotte Byers, daughter of John Jlouck Byers and
second wife Charlotte Miller, married Robert Fllis, Youngwood, Pa.;
D (7) JNIarian Miller Byers, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pa., mar-
ried Charlotte Andrews, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Children : John Andrew.
of Lacrosse, Kansas; David C, of Mt. Pleasant, f^a. ; Benjamin F., of
Lacrosse, Kansas ; Frank, Carrie, Nellie, Ruth, of Mt. JMeasant, Pa. ;
Edgar, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa. ; Etlith, of Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
D (i) Sarah A. Byers, daughter of Jacob layers and Elizabeth
Rumbaugh, married (1861) A. O. Stevenson, and died in 1863, leaving
an only daughter, Sarah A. Stevenson, who married (1884) Daniel
Fox, but leaves no children. The father, Jacob ]\vers, inherited the
grandfather's old homestead, and improved it in 1876. Tn 1839 he and
his brother John J-I. Byers built a large brick house west of the log house.
Here he lived and farmed until October iqoo, when he moved to the
"Elder." farm, which he purchased in 1862, and where he died. In 1901
he sold a part of the old homestead to the Mt. Pleasant Coal and Coke
Company for $250,000. He and his wife, daughter, and grandchildren,
rest in St. John's Cemetery, near Mt. Pleasant, Pa. All belonged to
the Reformed Church. He left an estate of half a million dollars to a
distant relative.
D (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and his wife, married
Elizabeth Schlott. Children: Charles W. Boyer, Corner Monroe St. and
Auburn Ave., Toledo, Ohio. Carriage trimmer; Minnie M., married
E. E. Newman, 2302 Whitney Ave., Toledo, Ohio. Children : Florence
M. and Jessie Ruth; D (2) Jennie Boyer. Married. Left one son; D
'(3) Margaret Boyer married Mr. Bonnell. Children: Fannie, died at
Bryan, Ohio; Ollie, of Los Angeles, Cal. ; Alice, married W. W. Avery,
Los Angeles, Cal.; D (4) Eliza Boyer married William McKean. Son
.William died at Redding, Shasta Co., Cal. He had married, and left two
children, Millie and Hilda. Eliza Boyer married a second husband, Mr.
.Wickum, and there are three daughters. They live \vith the mother
'(^1914) at Redding, Cal.
CHAPTER XL
LEONARD BOYERS.
Leonard Boyers !T!ust have been born about 1762, or earlier, perhaps
in Virginia, but we have not been able to find his ancestors. He had
come to vSte])liensburg', Frederick County, Virginia, early in 1782, or
earlier. Here he married Catharine Trout, sister of Henry Trout, one of
the founders of Trout Royal, Frederick Co., Va. On Sept. 6, 1782, he
purchased a lot in Stephensburg-. Tlieir only child was Jacob Boyers, born
Dec. 27, 1782.
B (1) Jacob Boyers, son of Leonard Boyers and wife Catharine
Trout, was born Dec. 27, 1782, and died 1836. Married Elizabeth Lauck,
born August 30, 1870, daughter of Simon Lauck (of Captain Daniel
IMorgan's Rifle Corps) and Catharine Starr. Children: Josiah, Cath-
arine E., Harriet, William Green, Morgan L., Hyrcanus J., Elizabeth,
Julia Ann, Mariamne, Jacob, Simon L., and Henry G.
C ( I ) Josiah Lioyers, son of Jacob Boyers and wife Elizabeth
Lauck, was born Feb. 22, 1806, at Winchester, -Va., and died in Ken-
tucky, 1880. Colonel of Tyler County Militia. Member of Legis-
lature from Tyler County, Virginia, in 1847 and 1848. Married B'lleu
vS. Williams, born 1811. His second wife died at Mentor, Kentucky,
1895. Children: J. "Edgar, Bernard A., Susannah, Asbury, Alonzo,
Almeda, Alcinda; C (2) Catharine Ameha Boyers was born March
13, 1807. Write Hercannus Starchman, VVorthington, W. Va. ; C (3)
Harriet Boyers was born Aug. 28, 1808; C (4} William Grey Boyer
was born July 15, 1810. Married. Children: Benson Boyers. Ad-
dress (1908) Davidsville, Kansas, and perhaps others; C (5) Morgan
Lauck Boyers was born Dec. 19, 181 1, at Winchester, Va., and died
Feb. 22, 1S92. Methodist. ATarried Juliann Bright, born March 8, 1822.
Children: Elysie, Kesiah, Dr. Cyrus Fletcher, Elizabeth M., Elbertine,
Julia Ann, William T. ; C (6) Hyrcanus Jefferson Boyers was born
March 3, 1813. Married. Children: Ella Boyers. Address (1908)
Randall, West Virginia; Charles Boyers, and perhaps others; C (7)
Elizabeth Boyers was, born July 30, 1826, married William Campbell.
'Children: William and others; C (8) Julia Ann Boyers was born Feb.
18, 1817, married Abraham MacLean Scott, born April 28, 1809. He
died Oct. 6, 1881, and is buried at Washington, D. C, with wife. Chil-
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dren: Walter Q., Victoria, E. M. B., William F., Julia H., Albert H.,
Mary A., Charles P. G., Edwin L-, and Emma K. ; B (9) INIariamne-
Boyers was born Oct. 18, 1818, married William Forse. Cliildren r
Mary, Joseph, and perhaps others; B (10) Jacob Boyers was born
April 22, 1820. Eived at Brownsville, Pa. Married. Children: Charles,
William, etc.; C (11) Simon L. Boyers was born Aug. 17, 1823, died
Feb. 24, 1908, and is buried at Morgantown, West Virginia. Methodist.
Farmer and merchant. Married Rebecca Stoops, born Sept. 16, 1833.
Children: Dr. James S., Laura A., Attorney Luther I\L, Rev. Dr. Simon
L., and Hugh E. ; C (12) Henry George Boyers was born Oct. 28, 1824.
D (i) J. Edgar Boyers, son of Josiah Boyers and first wife Susan
Pindel, was born 1832. Address (1908) Mentor, Kentucky. Married.
Children: Josiah W. Boyers, of Marietta, Ohio, and perhaps others;
D (2) Bernard A. Boyers, son of Josiah Boyers and second wife Ellen
S. Williams, was born 1834. Address (1908) Alexantlria, Kentucky;.
D (3) Susannah Boyers was born 1836, married Edward Morin. Ad-
dress (1908J Mentor, Kentucky; D (4) Asbury Boyers was born 1838.
and died 1870; D (5) Alonzo Boyers was born 1843. Address (1908)
Alinnie, W. Va. ; D (6) Almeda Boyers was born 1846. Address (1908)
Mentor, Kentucky; D (7) Alcinda Boyers was born 1840, married James
H. Sharp, of New Martinsville, W. Va. Children: Richard PL, of
Venangyawng, Burmah, India; Josiah B., of Benwood, W. Va. Married.
Children : Margaret.
D (i) Benson Boyers, son of William G. Boyers and wife. Ad-
dress (1908) Davids ville, Kansas.
D (i) Elysie Boyers, daughter of Morgan L. Boyers and wife
Juliann Bright, was born Sept. 27, 1839. Married Mr. Robinson. Ad-
dress (1908) Mrs. Elysie Robinson, 602 S. Sherman Ave., Denver, Colo-
rado; D (2) Kesiah Boyers was born Feb. 28, 1841. Married Mr. Davis,
of Boothsville, W. Va. Children: Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Lanham,
Boothsville, Marion Co., W. Va. ; D (3) Dr. Cyrus Fletcher Boyers was
born Oct. 22, 1842. Address (1908) Fairmont, W. Va. Married.
Children ; D (4) Elizabeth Boyers was born Dec. 4, 1843, and married
Mr. Jamison. Children: Augusta M. Stewart, of 288 Grand St., Mor-
gantown, W. Va. Her son is Attorney T. D. Stewart, and perhaps
others; D (5) Elbertine Boyers was born Feb. 5, 1846. Married J.
W. Plolland, of Morgantown, W. Va. Children: (i) Isa, born Sept.
21, 1868, married John F. Keener, of Morgantown, W. Va. Son: Paul
H. (2) Walter Forse Holland, Ijorn May 19, 1879, married Grace
Jacobsoh. Children: James and Virginia; D (6) Julia Ann Bvers
was born Feb. 23, 1849, married Mr. John, of Vanvoorhis, W. Va.
Children; D (7) William Thomas Boyers was born Aug. 18, 1851.-
Address (1908) ,176 McClane Ave., Morgantown, W. Va. Methodist-
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Dealer in real estate. jMarricd Sarah E. Stimm, born 1852. Children:
(i) Bertha E. Boyers, born July 17, 1876, wife of C. B. Vanvoorhis,
of Vanvoorhis, W. Va. (2) Flora O. Boyers, born Nov. 28, 1892.
D (i) Ella Boyers, (laughter of Hyrcannus J. Boyers and wife.
Address (1908) Randall, W. Va. ; D (2) Charles.
D (i) Professor Walter Q. Scott, son of Julia Ann Boyers and
Abram ]\1. Scott. Address (1909) 574 Lexington Ave., New York. Chil-
dren : Mrs. Dr. F. W. Davis. Address ( 1909) 609 North Main Ave.,
Scranton, Pa. ; D (2) Victoria Scott married Amos O. Mauck, of Temple
Farm, Norfold, Va. ; D (3) E. M. B. Scott, druggist, of Ottumwa,
Iowa; D (4) Attorney William F. Scott, of 87 N. Broadway, Yonkers,
N. Y.; D (5) Julia H. Scott; D (6) Albert H. Scott; D (7) Dr.
Mary A. Scott. Address ( 1909) Northampton, Mass. Professor in
Wellesley College; D (8) Charles P. G. Scott, of 59 Woodward Ave.,
Yonkers, N. Y. ; D (9) Edwin L. Scott; D (10) Emma K. Scott mar-
ried Homer Carr, of INJooresfield, W. Va.
D ( I ) Mary Forse, daughter of Mariamne Boyers and husband
William Forse. A very able genealogist. Aildress (1915) Shady Side
and ^lorewood Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.; D (2) Joseph Forse.
D ( I ) Dr. James S. Boyers. son of Simon L. Boyers and wife Re-
becca Stoops, was born July 17, 1852. Address (1908) Decatur, Indiana.
Highly trained physician. Methodist. Married Eva Elizabeth Musson,
bom Sept. 12, 1858. Children: Luther Boyers, born March 29, 1888.
graduate of Leland Stanford University, California, and Bessie Boyers,
born Jan. 30, 1889. Graduate of Illinois Woman's College, Jackson-
ville, 111.; D (2) Laura A. Boyers was born June 29, 1855, and died
March 25, 1879. Married Clark C. Wade, of Randall, W. Va. Chil-
dren : Ada B. Wade, wife of James H. Short, 4737 Marpal Avenue,
Pittsburgh, Pa., and Alice B. Wade, of Randall, W. Va. ; D (3) Attorney
Luther M. Boyers was born Dec. 11, 1858, and died Oct. 29, 1887; D (4)
Rev. Dr. Simon L. Boyers was born Feb. 19, 1862. Address (1915)
Osceola, Iowa. Methodist minister. Married Ordella B. Haydn. Chil-
dren: William H. and perhaps others; D (5) Hugh E. Boyers was
Lorn Sept. 16, 1870. Address (1909) Randall, W. Va.
CHAPTER XLI
JOHANNES BAYER.
The most important correspondents for the family tree of Johannes^
Bayer, is Francis H. Boyer, Somerville, Mass. According to this cor-
respondent Johannes Bayer was the son of an 'immigrant from Alsact,
Germany, coming to New York abont 1750, or earher. He was born near
New York City about 1750, if the historian guesses correctly, and is
buried in the old "Yellow Church" yard at Manheim, Herkimer Co.,
N. Y. He was. one of the first settlers on the Glenn Purchase, a few
miles north of Little Falls, N. Y., arriving there a little before 1770.
He was a soldier, and lost his horse in the Battle of Orinsky. A pension
was granted to him in 1812. See page 436, History of Herkimer Co.,
N. Y., published by Nathan S. Benton, 1856. The historian has not
learned to whom he was married, but he left at least two sons, John and
Henry, perhaps others.
B (i) John Boyer, son of Johannes Bayer and his wife, was born
about 1770, in Herkimer Co., N. Y., and is buried on his own farm, at
Clifton, Decatur Co., Indiana. He wont to Indiana after the War of
1812, in which he served as soldier. He was present in the Battle of
Sacketts Harbor. Married Margaret Ritter, born 1771. She is buried
at old Yellow Church, Manheim, Herkimer Co., N. Y. She died March
10, 1812, aged 41. Afterwards he married Kate Bateman Kramer. His
children were: John, Peter, Benjamin, Robert, Daniel, Nancy, and Her-
man (of second wife) ; B (2) Henry Boyer was born about 1781, and
was the youngest son. Farmer. Went from tlerkimer County, N. Y.,
to Chester Twp., Eaton Co., Micliigan, in 1837. The historian has
not been able to find to whom he was married, but he left a large
family. Two sons, Edwin and Jorum, came to the historian's desk
through a newspaper containing reference to them and pictures. The
former was born 1825, the latter 1835. Correspondence has brought
no reply.
C (i) John Boyer, son of John Boyer and Margaret Ritter; C (2)
Peter Boyer was born Nov. 30, 1798, at Manheim, Herkimer Co., N. Y.
He died Jan. 18, 1856, and is buried with his wife at Mount Prospect,
near Little Falls, N. Y. A very devout Lutheran. Lawyer and aboli-
tionist. Cloth dyer. Contractor owning stone, quarry. Married Mary
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Von Swartwout, born June 26, 1807. She died Feb. 20, 1856. Chil-
dren: Lanson, Nancy, Sarah Ann, James Allen, Alice, Alary Eliza,
Sarah Ann, Francis Howard; C (3) Benjamin Hoyer was born at Man-
heim, N. Y. Lived in Indiana. Married. Children: Nancy, Martin,
and perhaps others; C (4) Robert L'.oyer. Married. Children: At
Kokomo, Indiana; C (5) Daniel Boyer was born abont 1800, Maiiheim,
N. Y., died 1870, and is buried at Clifton, Indiana. One of God's best
men. Followed his father to Indiana. Lived at Flat Rock, Decatur
Co., Indiana. Farmer. County Commissioner for many years. Splen-
did'financier. Married Leanna, a Kentucky girl. Children: Peter and
Emily; C (6) Nancy Boyer, born 1786, Manheim, N. Y., married
Pickett, and moved to Indiana or Iowa; C (7) Herman Boyer, son of
John Boyer and his second wife, Kate Bateman Kramer, was born ai
Manheim, N. Y., and died at Los An-eles, Cal., in 1896, about 80 years
old, but left no children.
D (i) Lanson Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Mary Swartwout
was born Au- 24, 1824, and died April 10, 1879. Teacher. Later
engao-ed in transportation, N. Y. Married Amelia Rymph, of Herkimer,
N.^ Y. Children: Charles H., Frank W. ; D (2) Nancy Boyer, born
May 15. 1856, married Lloyd. No children; D (3) Sarah Ann Boyer
born Auc-. 7", 1828, married Ilart. Children : Martha ( P.uyea), Sylvanus
Addi-ess^'{i9oS) Manlius, N. Y. I'erhaps others; D (4) James Aller
Boyer was born Oct. 4, 1830. Carpenter and l)uilder. Retired fanner oli
Seneca, Kansas. Married. Children: Elizabeth Nancy, and Nellie.
Note: James A. BoyCr had a sister named Alice, and another name^i
Sarah Ann; D (7) Mary Eliza P.oyer was born July 9, 1836, and diec^
at Neosho. Kansas, Jan. 9, i«)o8. College training. Proprietor o{
pxivate school, Greensburg, Indiana. Marrie.l William S. McKinn -
Greensbur^, Indiana, about t8()0. He died about 1872. One child*
Sarah N. McKinn; D (8) Francis Howard Boyer was born Sept. 6
1845, at Manheim, N. Y., and died at Somerville, Mass., in February
1909! He was educated at the P.rooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Lecturer.
Senior member of firm of manufacturers. Somerville, Mass. President-
of Board of Trade. A very l^ne man and a charming genealogists
Married Abbv P. Flanders, born March 9, 1845- ^^"^Y child: Charles
W Boyer, born Dec. 23, 1871. Address (1909) 50 Highland Ave.
Somerville, ATass. Polytechnic Institute and Pratt Institute education .
Mechanical engineer. Junior member of firm of manufacturers. Mar ^
ried Elizabeth Iv Hogan, born June 20, 1873.
D (i) Nancy Boyer, daughter of lienjamin Boyer and his wife^
married Sage, of Osgood, Indiana; D (2) Martin Boyer, of Chant, Kan-
sas; D ('3) Others. _
D (i) Peter Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and his wife Leanna, diei^
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in Iowa. No children; D (2) Emily Boyer married Lester Dagget.
Children: Lydia, wife of Boicourt; Ira Daggett, Flat Rock, Decatur Co.,
Ind., and Luella (Glover).
E (1) Cliarles H. Boyer, son of Lanson Boyer and Amelia Rymph,
of Herkimer Co., N. Y., was born 1856. Married Elizabeth Gregory,
who died i'_,i05, and then Dolores Marshall. Address (1908) 90 Water
St., New York. No children. Mr. Boyer and his brothers are very
successful bankers at 82 Beaver St., New York; E (2) BVank W. Boyer
was born 1S59, Brooklyn, N. Y. Banker. Address (1908) 90 Water
St., New York. Married Catherine Louise Browning. Children : ( i )
Russell L. Boyer, of 82 Beaver St., New York. Treasurer of banking
firm of father and uncle. Married Catherine Murry. One child : Lanson
Murry Boyer. (2) Adele Boyer, wife of William Chilvers, lawyer. No
children.
E (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of James Allen Boyer and his
wife, married Charles Roberts, of Salem, Nebraska; E (2) Nellie Boy-
er married .\. L. Scoville, of Seneca, Kansas.
E (i) Sarah N. McKinn, daughter of Mary Eliza Boyer and
William S. McKinn, married VVilliani Ried. Children: Address (1908)
Mrs. Sarah N. Ried, Neosho Rapids, Kansas.
CHAPTER XUI
SAMUEL BOYER
The grandson of Samuel Boyer writes that his grandfather was born
'in Scotland. The historian thinks the family came into Scotland from
France as early as the wars of Robert Bruce, if not earlier. If these
people were an off shoot of the Norman conquest (1066) they would
very probably have acquired the English spelling "Bowyer," instead
of the French "Boyer." The historian has not learned when Samuel
came to America, but he settled first in Pennsylvania, and later migrated
to Tennessee. What his occupation was has not been rei)orted, nor his
church affiliations. He married. The only child reported is Isaac
Boyer.
B (i) Isaac Boyer, son of Sanniel Boyer and his wife, was born
in Tennessee, and died 1884 or 1885, in Hamilton Co., near McCleans-
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"boro, Illinois. Farmer. Came from Tennessee to Illinois, but lived
later in Missouri. Married. Children : George W., Robert N.
C (i) George W. Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and his wife; C (2)
Robert N. Boyer was born 1847, in Hamilton Co., Illinois, and died
IQ07. Married. Children: William I., a farmer; John H., of Clark
Hill, Indiana; Thomas J., a farmer, and Dr. J. A. Boyer. Address
(1909) Jessup St., Carnii, 111. I'.orn 1872, Hamilton Co., Illinois. Blue
eyes, black hair, and five feet seven inches in height. Taught school.
Graduated from St. Louis, Mo., Medical Qjllege, in 1899, with honors.
Practised in Brownsville, White Co., 111., five years. Then moved to
Carmi, Illinois. Married (1900). Children: Son.
CHAPTER XUII
JACOB BEYER (BEIER).
The ship "Minerva," last from Rotterdam, Holland, brought Jacob
Beyer, son of Anthony Beyer (Beier), of Germany, to Philadelphia, Pa.,
Sept. 17, 1771. With him came his wife, his son Peter, and, if traditions
preserved in the family are correct, two brothers, John and Sanuiel,
The three brothers located in the neighborhood of Reading, Pa. Ac-
cording to the same traditions, the father came over late in the i8th
Century, but returned to Germany, ami died there. John and Samuel
remained in Pennsylvania, but Jacob and his sou I'eter, with their fam-
ilies, moved to Augusta County, Virginia, before 1793. Presently, to
conform with the Virginian, or English spelling, the name became Bowyer.
The historian has not been able to find the descendants of John and
Samuel Boyer. The tax lists of Berks County do not show their pres-
ence. This probably means that they located in a neighboring county,
and that they will be identified by and by. Jacob Beyer (Beier) is
probably buried in Cass County, Indiana, and, so far as we know, left
only one son, Peter.
B (i) Peter Beyer (Beier), son of Jacob Beyer and his wife,
born probably in Alsace, Germany, died Oct. 10, 1850, and is buried in
May's Cemetery, Cass County, Indiana. Captain John Marshall Bow-
yer, to whom the historian is largely indebted for the traditions of this
family, says that I'eter was a matross in Captain Turnbull's Company
of the Second Pennsylvania Regiment of Artillery, commanded by Colonel
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Proctor. Even if tliis occurred as late as 1784 Peter was hardly 18 years
old, unless he died a very old man. On the rolls and pension records
his name is spelled Peter Bowyer. lie was married twice, but nothing
except that her first name was Eva is known. On Aug. 16, 1793, he
married Catlierine Shellman (Katrina Schelman), in Augusta County,
Virginia.' She was born Sept. 29, 1773, probably in Hagerstown, Mar)'-
land. Peter Bowyer lived in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, for some
years. He was a blacksmith. He kept his books in German, but could
speak English. He also lived for a time at Bowyer's Ferry, on New
River, (now Sewell's Station, C. and O. Ry.), but finally moved to
Walton, Cass Co., Indiana. The family Bible records the following-
children: Elizabeth and Jacob (of his first wife Eva), John, Daniel,
William, Pauline, Lewis, Magdalena, Ann, Catharine, Peter, Catherine
(2nd), y\dam, and Susannah (Single).
C (i) Elizabeth Beyer, daughter of Peter Beyer and his wife Eva,
was born Oct. 14, 1791, and we do not have any further knowledge;
C (2) Jacob Beyer was born April 13, 1793, but the family traditions
are silent; C (3) John Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Catherine Shell-
man, was born April 26, 1794, at Lewisbnrgh, Greenbrier Co., West
\'irginia, and died Dec. 28, 1878. Alelhodist. Soldier in the War of
1812, and Marshall of the Western District of Virginia for several years.
Represented the County of Putnam in the Legislature. Farmer. Mar-
ried Permelia Brown, born Dec. 16, 1806. Children: George C, Na-
poleon Bonaparte, Maria Louisa, Victoria, Jerome Toledo, Cicero Lewis,
Dimidoff I-'amly, and I^edru Rollin ; D (4) Daniel Boyer was born Nov.
23, 1795, died about 1905, and is probably buried near Walton, Cass Co.,
Indiana, where he came to live in 1834. He married. Children: Wil-
liam— perhaps his name was Washington — Peter, Daniel, Robert, Phoebe,
Franklin, Jane — and perhaps others. Note: Jane's address (1909)
Mrs. Jane Murphy, Tipton, Indiana; C (5) William Boyer. born Nov.
7, 1797, died in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Married. No male de-
scendants; C (6) Pauline Boyer, born Oct. 19, 1799, married Gideon
Frederick. No children; C (7) Lewis Boyer was born in (jreenbrier
Co., W. Va., Jan. 15, 1801, died Jan. 1, 1855, in Cass Co., Indiana, and
is buried in Williams Cemetery. Farmer. Married Melinda Wilson,
born in Virginia. May 9, 1806. Children : Lewis F., Allen W., C. Gran-
ville, Napoleon B., S. Clayton, J. Marion, Virginia, Eliza; C (8) Mag-
dalene Boyer was born Dec. 26, 1803. No records; C (9) Ann Boyer,
born June 10, 1805, married James Mays, born 1805. She died June
21, 1883. Children: John S. Mays married Sarah. Children: Charles
Mays. Address (1908) Onward, Indiana, R. F. D. 18; C (10) Peter
Boyer, born Oct. 10, 1808, lived in Fayette County, W. Va., but moved to
Winfield, W. \^a., and died there in the 70's. Married. Children: John
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L., Mary, Harvey, Martha, Anna, Thomas, Catherine, and James ; C (11)
Catherine iioyer was born March 23, 1807. Another Catherine was born
Jnly 7, 181 1, probably named after the first one because she died an
infant. We have no records; C (12) Adam Boyer was born May 18,
1814, but we have no records; C (13) Susannah Boyer.
D (i) George C. Bowyer, son of John Boyer and ParmeUa Brown,
born March 28, 1829, at Sulphur S])rings, Greenbrier Co., W. Va., died
I'eb. 4, 1906, at Winfield, W. Va. Member of House of Delegates from
Putnam County, under the restored government of Virginia, at Wheel-
ing. A member after West Virginia was admitted into the Union of
States. Commissioned Brigadier General of Militia, by Governor A. J.
Boreman, first governor of W. Va. Present at Battle of Appamatox.
President of County Court for several }'cars. Held other positions.
At time of death he owned 545 acres of land on the Kanawa River, ad-
joim'ng Winfield. He married March 23, 1853, Sophia Miller, born May
23, 1835, daughter of Charles C. Mliler. She died at Winfield, June 30,
1882. Children: Charles Clendenen, Jennie Clendenen, Demie Cam-
eron, Frank Chancellor.
D (2) Colonel Napoleon f^>onaparte Bowyer, born Aug. 14, 1832.
on Sewell Mountain, Fayette Co., Va., died Dec. 23, 1910, at Tampa,
Florida. In 1832 he visited California in search of gold. Commanded
the loth Virginia Cavalry, Army Northern Virginia. Present at Ap-
pamatox. Engaged in orange growing and investments at Tampa, Fla,
Married Anna Burton Roberts, Aug. 15, 1853. She was born Oct. 30.
1833, in Nicholas County, Virginia, and died July, i8C)0, in Wharton
Co., Texas. The children of this union are: Ida Henrie Anna, Ernest
Napoleon, and Egbert Jerome. In 1868, Colonel Napoleon Bonaj^arte
Bowyer, married Victoria E. Handley. She was born (~)ct. 27, 1838, in
Putnam Co., W. Va., and died in Lakeland, Florida, May 30, 1898. The
children of this second marriage are: Frank C, Frederick Earl, and
Carl Griffin. The Reunion Committee of the Association of American
Boyers placed the Colonel's photograph on the 191 1 Reunion button;
D (3) Maria Louisa Bowyer, born April 18; 1835, in Teays Valley,
Fayette Co., Virginia. In 1855 she married John C. Miller, son of Charles
C Miller. Children: Amanda Victoria, Georgie Anna, Demiiloff W.,
Carrie C, Capt. Harry N. Miller; D (4) Victoria Bowyer, born Jan
4, 1838. In 1855 she became the wife of Capt. James Benton Dudding,
who commanded steamboats on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers for years.
Address (1909) WinfieUl, W. Va. Children: John BoNvyer Dudding,
Alice P., Victoria F. C, Charles B. C, Dynn W. C, Kate C, Bryan C,
George S., Charles M., Florence D., and Terome; D (5) Colonel Jerome
Toledo Bowyer was born Feb. 22, 1841, in Teays Valley, Kanawha (ni-v
Putnam) Co., W. Va., antl died about 1910. Student in (Jhio University,
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Athens, Ohio, for three years. The Civil War put an end to his college
course in 1861. Studied law under Judge James W. Hoge and Capt. H,
C Parsons. Admitted to the har in 1868. Practised law up to time of
■death. Elected member of House of Delegates in 1869, for two years.
Appointed Prosecuting Attorney of Putnam County, March, 1870, and
afterwards elected for full term. Appointed a member of the staff of
Governor A. B. Fleming in 1889, with the rank of Colonel, and con-
tinued as such to the end of his term. Owner of coal lands and coal
mines below Winfield, W. Va. National Councillor of O. U. A. M.,
1898-99. No descendants; D (6) Cicero Louis Bowyer, born Oct. 5,
1843, "^ Teays Valley, Putnam Co., W. Va. Farmer. Member of M. E.
Church. Address (1909) Winfield, W. Va. On Feb. 13, 1868, he mar-
ried Sallie Walker Handley, born April 8, 1846. Children: Earl C,
Leonora B., Zena Clyde, Louis B. ; D (7) Dimihoff Pamly Bowyer was
born April 18, 1846. On Nov 22, 1865, she married Dr. John L. Middle-
ton. He died in Feb., 1889, leaving an estate valued at $100,000. Her
address (ic)09) was Winfield, W. Va. Children: Zua Wheaton and
Frank L. ; D (8) Ledru Rollin Bowyer was born Oct. 14, 1848, Putnam
Co., W. Va., and died Jan. 31, 1902, at Winfield, W. Va. Merchant.
Accumulated some property. On Dec. 7, 1876, he married Attie A. White,
born July 29, 1849, at Green Up, Kentucky. No children.
D (i) Lewis Franklin Bowyer,- son of Louis (Ludwig) Bowyer
and Melinda Wilsorl, was born Jan. 25, 1825, in Greenbrier (or Fayette
Co.) Virginia, and died in Chicago, 111., Sept. 25, 1855. Attended As-
bury University, Greencastle, Lidiana. Admitted to the bar when a
young man, but did not practise law, except as Justice of Peace. Mer-
chant. Protestant. Married Naomi Emeline Pugh, born in Guilford
Co., N. C. A Quaker. Children : Captain John Marshall liowyer, E. G.
Bowyer, Ellen Bowyer, Emma E. Bowyer, Leonora Bowyer, Aonilla B.
Bowyer, Loraine F. Bowyer; D (2) Allen Wilson Bowyer was born
July 31, 1834, near Logansport, Cass Co., Ind. Farmer, of Onward,
Lidiana. iNIarried Elizabeth. Children: (a) Adelbert C. Bowyer, born
i86f). Farmer, married Mary C. Address (1909) Walton, Indiana.
Children: Clifford A., Wayne, (b) Dr. John Edgar Bowyer, born Sept.
6, 1876. Graduate of Chicago College of Dental Surgery. Address
(1909) 415 Broadway, Logansport, Ind. Married Nellie J. Children:
'Glenn Aaron Bowyer, born Sept. 24, 1901 ; D (3) Charles Granville
Bowyer. Married. Address (i909)Lincold, Indiana. Children: Four
•girls and two boys; D (4) Napoleon B. Bowyer. Married. Children:
Frank Bowyer, of Logansport, Indiana, and perhaps others; D (5)
Sylvester Clayton Bowyer was born 1849, in Miami Twp., Cass Co.,
Indiana. Christian Church. Farmer, of New Waverly, Indiana. Mar-
ried Lucretia Ann Smoot, born June 28, 1854. Children: Albert Ros-
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coe, born Feb. 27, 1881 ; Laura C, born May 28, 1883; Clara ^lyril,
born Jan. 23, 1886; Arthur Russell, born Jan. 31, 1891 ; D (6j John
jSIarion Bovvyer has family records of his father's family. Address
(1909) Onward, Indiana. Married. Children: Charles L. Bowyer,
Horace A., Alvin W., Carrie S., lona F., John AI., and Owen; D (7-10)
Virginia, Eliza, and two others.
E ( I ) Charles Clendenen Bowyer, son of General George C. Bowyer
and Sophia Miller, was born April 6, 1856. Cashier Merchants National
Bank, at Mt. Pleasant, VV. Va. Married Kittie Parsons. Children:
Irene K., Neida O. ; E (2) Jennie Clendenen Bowyer, born Jan. 15, 1863,
married Lawrence A. Christy, of Maiden, Kanawha Co., W. Va. Chil-
dren: Paul; E (3) Demia Cameron Bowyer, born Sept. 21, 1872, mar-
ried Stanley J. Lowe, June 16, 1896, Chatanooga, Tenn. Children: Vir-
ginia Cameron, Edward B., and Stanley Jerome; E (4) Frank Chancel-
lor Bowyer was born Feb. 4, 1875. On Jan. 29, 1899, he married Myrtle
Clyde Ball, born July 12, 1874. Address (1909) Winfield, W. Va. Chil-
dren: Grace Christine Ball, born Nov. 18, i8[f), and George Chancellor
Ball, born Sept. 4, 1903.
E (i) Ida Henrie Anna Bowyer, daughter of Colonel Napoleon
Bonaparte Bowyer and Anna B. Roberts, born April 24, 1856, in Win-
field, W. Va., married (1882) E. Melville Lusk. She is a superior
woman, finely educated. Teacher for a number of )'ears, and was Secre-
tary of the Teachers' State Association of West Virginia. Presbyterian.
Address (1915) Lakeland, Florida. One child: Egbert Eugene Lusk,
born at Conway Springs, Kansas, Nov. 26, 1884. Student Academy St.
Leo Military College, St. Leo, Florida. Mrs. Lusk is a fine genealogist,
and has helped the historian very greatly. She is also a member of the
Reunion Committee of the American Boyers ; E (2) Egbert Jerome
Bowyer was born Dec. 10, 1859. Part owner of Penn Steamship Com-
pany, Tampa, Florida. Married Madge La Fontissie. Children : Eloise,
Ernest, Egbert; E (3) Ernest Napoleon Bowyer was born Dec. 10,
1859, Wharton Co., Texas, and died at Detroit, Red River Co., Texas,
in 1897. In 1883 he married Agnes AIcKee, of Red River Co., Texas.
Children: Ernest McKee, of Orienta, Oklahoma; Anna Josephine, Paul,
Earl, Carl G., of Tampa, Florida; Napoleon B., and Ernestine. The
mother is Mrs. Dr. R. A. Stewart, Leesburg, Florida; E (4) Frank
Clayton Bowyer, son of Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte Bowyer and second
wife, Victoria E. Handley, was born Nov. 6, 1S70, in Teays Valley, Put-
nam Co., W. Va. Graduate of Commercial College, Kentucky University,
Lexington, Kentucky. Address (1909) Tampa, Florida. He organized
the F. C. Bowyer Company, steamship agents and ship brokers, dealers
in phosphite rock and lumber. He is president of the Tampa Terminal
Company, president of the Florida Investment Comjjany, president of
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the Tampa Board of Trade, and was the Mayor of Tampa during- the
Spanish American War (1898-1899). Married Lulu 1. Baldrick, born
Marcli 13, 1871, in Lounds Co., Alabama. Children: Frank Prague
Bowyer, born June 5, 1893, in Lakeland, Florida; Russell Baldrick
Bowycr, born Aug. 2^,, 1897; Fred. Louis Bowyer, born March 12, 1900;
K (5) Frederick Earl Bowyer was born in Red River Co., Texas, and
died March 30, 1898; E (6) Carl Griftin Bowyer was born about 1882,
in Red River Co., Texas. Address (1909) Tampa, Florida.
E (i) Amanda Victoria IMiller, daughter of Maria Louisa Bowyer
and John C. IVIiller, born May 25, 1859, married D. F. Coe, of Steuben-
ville, Ohio; E (2) George Anna Miller, born April 4, 1861, married
Benjamin Brown. Children: Gcraldine, of Wintield, W. Va. ; Charles;
E (3) Demidoff W. Aliller, born Nov. 24, iSr)4, married Isaac Barnett,
born March 16, 1S56; died after 1900. Children: Rebecca Pansy
Louisa, born Feb. 12, 1890; Carrie Virginia Frances, James Cantrel,
Demie Enid Franklin, Martin Liiicoln Keith, born Aug. 22, 1900; E (4)
Carrie C. Miller, born Jan. 18, 1870, was single in 1909. Address (1909)
Los Angeles, Cal. ; E (5) Capt. ILirry N. Miller was born Jan. 8, 1873.
Address (1909) Charleston, \V. \ a. Commamler of steamboat "Win-
fred's," Ohio River. On July 7, 1894, he married Gertrude May Stal-
necker. Children: Lydia ?\Iay Stalnecker, iMildred Louisa, Cantrel L.,
and Brown Russell.
E (i) Earl C. Bowyer, son of Cicero Louis Ijowyer and Sallie
Walker Handly, born Jan. 19, 1869. Merchant. Address (1909) Galli-
polis, Ohio; E (2) Leonora Bou'yer, born Nov. 2y, 1870, married July
8, 1891, John W. Miller, of Winfield, AV. Va. ; E (3) Zena Clyde Bowyer,
born March 12, 1874, married June 10, 1894, J. William ?,Iorris, of Win-
held, W. \^a. Children: Ruth M. and AL Morris; E (4) Louis B.
Bowyer was born Dec. 30, 1875. Address (1909) Winchester, W. Va.
I\larried, March 22, 1899, Clara Howell. Children: Raymond L. Bowyer,
born Oct. 26, 1902.
E (i) Zua Wheaton I^diddleton, daughter of Dcmihoff Pamly
Bowyer and Dr. John L. Middleton, born June 4, 1867, married Jan. i,
iStjO, Dr. Joseph Mayer, born July 25, 1865. Children: ALarg-uerite,
born July 20, 1891 ; Frank L., banker, Winfield, W. \'a., married June
9, 1901, Dennie A. Ball. Children: Maxine Julie, born July 20, 1902;
Frances Neilson Middleton, and John L. Middleton.
E (i) Ca])tain John Marshall Bowyer. son of Lewis Franklin
Bowyer and Naomi Emeline Piigh, was born June 19, 1853, in Cass Co.,
Lidiana. Appointed to U. S. Naval Academy from First District of
Iowa in 1870. Graduated in 1874. Promoted from one position of trust
and honor to another. Captain of the U. S. "Illinois," one of the big-
ships in the great fleet that toured the world. Lie died about 1912 when
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superinteiulent of the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Methodist. Mar-
ried Cora McCarter, born in Erie, Pa., Jan. 23, 1858. Children: (a)
Joseph McCarter l>o\v\'er, lawyer in Patent Office. Address (iqck)) F
St., N. \'V., Washin<,non, D. C. Burn AnL,^ 30, 1883, Erie, Pa. Grad-
uate of Princeton University (Scientific Course) UJ04. Presbyterian,
(b) Ruth Bowyer, born Jan. 21, 1890, in Yokohama, Jajian. Graduate
of Miss Madeira's School for Girls, Washington, D. C. (lyoS). Pres-
byterian; E (2) Emma Eliza l>o\v}er, born July 3T, 185T, married Silas
William Gray, born Sept. 1854. Finely educated. Metliodisl. Chikh-en :
Etha D., wife of Franklin Johnson, Granville, North Dakota. Children :
Graydon M. and Beryl N. ; Cyril William, Lewis \'enie, ni .Xortli Dakota.
Born June 20, 1876. Electrician. IMarried Familc llucl. Children:
Dorothy, born 1903; Harry Millison, 303 Union St., Jolict, 111., born Oct.
4, 188S. Graduate of University of Illinois. Methodist; E (3) Ellen
]5owyer married John Marquette. Address (1909) I\lrs. Ellen Marquette,
1035 First Ave., Fort Dodge, Iowa. Children: Three daughters; E (4)
Elbert Green Bowyer was born Sept. 10, 1857, at Onward, Cass Co.,
Ind. Watchmaker and jeweler. Very bright man. Methodist. Ad-
dress (1909) Algona, Iowa. Married Nellie Gray, born March 21,
1862. Children: Edith, born April 9, 1882, married Walter C. Whiffin,
Sept. 6, 1904, of 253 Jackson Park Terrace, Chicago, HI. She was a
teacher in Chicago Musical College; Ambrose A., born Sept. 16, 1883.
Salesman, Chicago, 111. Care of sister; Marjorie, of Algona, bnva;
Genevieve, of Algona, Iowa; E (5) Leonora Bowyer married Basil VV.
A'^eirs, of 179 Park Ave., Chicago, 111.; E (6) Aonilla 15ell Bowyer mar-
ried Herbert E. Bell. Address (1909) 3170 Maiden St., Chicago, III.;
E (7) Loraine F. Bowyer. Address (1909) Calumet Club, Chicago, III.
CHAPTER XLIV
CASPAR BEYER.
Caspar Beyer was born 1732, near Constrat, in Wurtembnrg, Ger-
many. He was a married man, and had a family of children before he
migrated to America. The ship "Tiger," which brought them all, reached
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 19, 1771, as recorded in Vol. 17, Second Series,
Pennsylvania Archives. Just where in Penns3-lvania he first settled has
not been brought to the writer's attention. According to records in the
hands of Mrs. Fronheiser, daughter of Mrs. Mary Seymour, and con-
firmed on pages 41 and 42, Vol. 5, Fifth Series, Pennsylvania Archives,
he was a Lieutenant under Colonel Miller, in the Revolutionary War.
In 1780 he was "overseer of the poor" in Dauphin County, Pa., living
in Paxtang. He died in 1793, and, so far as the writer can ascertain,
he is buried in Adams County, Pa. The children were John, Michael,
Lambert, Peter, Gabriel, Detrick, Jacob, Catherine, Elizabeth, Frederick,
David, and perhaps others.
B (i) John Beyer, son of Caspar Beyer and wife, was the oldest
of the children, and died single, as his relatives declare. Between 1791
and 1795, he went with his brother, Jacob, and two sisters, to Ken-
tucky, where he acquired possession of a large farm. He served in
the War of 1812; B (2) Michael Beyer, probably the next son of Caspar
Beyer and wife, appears to have been a soldier of the Revolution, with
his father Caspar, and his brother Lambert. According to Heitman's
Historical Register, he was Second Lieutenant, Sixth Maryland, on
April I, 1777; First Lieutenant in November of the same year, and
Captain on May 25, 1778. He retired Jan. i, 1781. His Kentucky
relatives affirm that he married Catherine Arter, but tlie writer has no
knowledge of children; B (3) Lambert Beyer is not mentioned by
David B. Byers, a very reliable correspondent, but may be the Lambert
of Heitman's Register. If so, he was also a Second Lieutenant, of the
Sixth Maryland, on April i, 1777, and discharged Oct. 8, 1777; B (4)
Peter Beyer, born 1760, Wurtemberg, Germany, enlisted from Paxtang,
near Harrisburg, Pa. First Lieutenant German Regiment, July 12, 1776.
Came from Pennsylvania to Maryland. One of the founders of West-
minster, Maryland. Spoke German. Lived on Lingamore Creek, Fred-
erick Co., Md., and later in Montgomery Co., Md. Died 1805. Buried
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under a chestnut tree on farm now owned by Professor Walker, near
Browningsville. Married Mary Musseter. Methodist. She died July
22, 1827 and is buried at her husband's side. Children: Elizabeth,
Susan, Catherine, Margaret, Mary, John, Adam, William, Michael, Peter ;
B (5) Gabriel Beyer was born Dec. i, 1766, probably in Constrat, Wurt-
emberg-, Germany. Reformed. Lived in Frederick Co., Md. Died July
28, 1835. Buried in Kritler's Burial Ground, near Westminster, Md.
JMarried Elizabeth C. Arter. Children: Michael, Elizabeth, Catherine,
Sarah, John, Henry, and Mary II.; B (6) Detrick Boyers was born
probably in Germany. Lived in Frederick County, Md. Died single. Mr.
J. F. Boyer, Monrovia, Md., a fine genealogist, owns this Detrick's
precious walnut cabinet, or desk; B (7) Jacob Boyers was born May
12, 1770. Went from Maryland to Harrison County, Kentucky, between
1791 and 1795. With him went his brother John and his sisters Eliza-
beth and Catherine. He died May 11, 1843. Pi'ivate grave, Plarrison
Co., Kentucky. Married Dorothy Lemmons, July i, 1795. Children:
Esau, Jacob, John, Rachel, Elizabeth, Catherine, Amelia; B (8) Cath-
erine Boyers, born March 17, 1773, married John Arter. Came to Ohio,
1806. Children: Michael, Jacob, Ann M., Elizabeth, David, Catherine,
Sarah; B (9) Elizabeth Boyers died 1851, wife of David Lemmons, of
Kentucky. Children: David, Elizabeth, George, Jacob, Torsey, Amelia,
Eliza, and another girl; B (10) David Byers was born July 25, 1777,
Fredericck Co., Md., and died Oct. 17, 1854. Farmer and cooper. In
181 1 he resided in Westminster, Md. In 1857 he married Elizabeth
Williams. Children: David, Dixon, Benjamin W., John Frederick;
B (11) Frederick Byers was born 1782, and died Feb. 26, 1815. Lived
ill neighborhood of Westminster, Md. Married. Children, as David
Dixon Byers recalls, died young.
C ( I ) Elizabeth Boyers, daughter of Peter Boyer and Mary ATus-
seter, married Basil Longsworth. Went to Ohio about 1820. Children:
William and Rebecca (Smith), of Freeport, Ohio; C (2) Susan Boyers
married Henry Mark. Lived and died at ElHcott City, Md. Children :
Hamilton, William, Minerva, iVlrs. Adam Meade. Write George W.
Meade, Ellicott City, Md., for full account; Miranda (Clark); C (3)
Mary Boyer married John Bear, of Ohio, about 1820. Children : Reuben,
George, Margaret Bear (Wright), of Xenia, Ohio; Julia, Mary Bear
(Owens), of Freeport, Ohio; John, Peter; C (4) John Boyer was born
Oct. 15, 1791, on Lingamore Creek, Fred. Co., Md., and died 1869. Buried
near Browningsville, Md. M. P. Church. Very fine man. Lived in
Montg. Co., Md. Married Elizabeth Day, daughter of Rev. James
Day. Children: James, Sarah, William, John, Wesley, Greenbury, Mil-
ton, Elizabeth; C (5) Adam Boyer, born about 1789, Fred. Co., Md.,
died about 65 years old, and is buried at Fairview, Md. Methodist. Mill-
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er. Lived at Fairview. Married Cordelia Baker, a German lady, and
after her death Christina Jacobs. Cliildren : Peter and Mary Ann (of
first mother), Harriet, Albert, Jane, Margaret, William, Isabel; C (6)
William Boyer went to Ohio about 1820, as his nephew Henry reports,
where he married, and left two children : Susan and Dr. Thomas Boyer,
who left no children; C (7) Michael Boyer died in the early 6o's. Farm-
er. Lived in Middletown Valley, Fred. Co., Md. Married Elizabeth
Jacobs. Children: Oliver, Hanson, John, Adam, Columbus, Louisa,
Ehzabeth; C (8) Peter Boyer, born 1796, Fred. Co., Md., died 1859, ai
Jefferson, Fred. Co., Md., buried there with wife. Methodist. Farmer
near Jefferson. Married Catherine E. Hershberg-er, who died 1837, and
then he married Mrs. Polly Herring. Children: Mary, Cordelia J., Jesse,
John Everest, Greenbury, all of first mother ; Ezra and Henry, of second
mother; C (9) Catherine Boyer married Longs worth, and moved to
Ohio about 1820. Children: Enoch, Dr. William, and Solomon l-ieece ;
C (10) Margaret Boyer, born 1805, married George Walker. Children:
Nathan J., Prof. George W., William, Sarah A., and Mary i\L
C (i) Michael Boyers, son of Gabriel Boyers and Elizabeth Arter,
born Sept. 9, 1793, died Nov. 17, 1876. Served in War of 181 2. Mar-
ried Margaret Dotterer. Children: George M., Noah, Joseph, Joshua,
Elizabeth, John Gabriel, David PL, Jacob, Francinia, Caroline, Margaret;
C (2) Elizabeth Boyers, born Sept. ii, 1799, died Aug. 6, 1S72. Mar-
ried Judge Jacob Ponder, born Oct. 20, 1791. Children: Francinia, John
D., and others; C (3) Catharine Boyers married Peter Slagle. Children:
Mary Slagle (Weaver), Elizabeth, John, Levi, Louis; C (4) Sarah
Boyers married Solomon Meyerly. Children: Eliza Meyerly (Weaver),
Jacob, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Jesse, Sarah (Morelocks), Ellen, Francinia,
Clementinia Meyerly( Blizzard), and George; C (5) John Boyers, born
1804, died June 19, 1842. Married Ellen Zachariah. Children: William,
Daniel, Frank, Susan, Elizabeth; C (6) Henry Boyers, born Aug. 20,
1808, died March 21, 1858. Buried at Krider's. Could not talk. His-
torian has no data in 1913; C (7) Alary Boyers married Joseph Orn-
dorff. Children : William, Mary Jane, Elizabeth, Sarah, Isadore.
C ( I ) Esau Boyers, son of Jacob Boyers and Dorothy Lemmons,
married Mary Asbury. Address (1908) Williamstown, Kentucky. He
died before 1914. Very fine man. Children: Elizabeth and Arabella.
They arc both dead. The former married Nesbitt, and left two chil-
dren: Elizabeth and Clarence, married to Brack Rulierts and Zella
O'Hara, respectively. The latter daughter of l{sau Boyers married
Clark, and left a boy and a girl; C (2) Jacob Boyers, born near Cyn-
thiana, Harrison Co., Ky. Christian Church. Married Eliza Smith.
Children: William D., Amanda, Elizabeth; C (3) John I?oyers, born
D^c. I, 1808, died Aug. 8, 1839. Married Emma A. Pock. Children:
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Jacob M., A. Perry, Mary Ann, and Emma. The family lived near
Connersville, Ky ; C (4) Rachel Boyers, born Jan. 23, 1797, married
Samuel Ecklar. Children; C (5-7) Elizabeth married William Conrad;
Catharine, Paul Renaker; Amelia, Mr. Gossett.
C (i) Daniel Boyer, probably a grandson of Caspar Beyer and
wife, judging from the Frederick County connections, was born about
1780, as we judge from the date of his wife Christina's birth, Oct. 5,
1780, recorded on her tomb, in Miildletown Valley, Frederick Co., Md.,
as reported by our most efficient correspondent, Mrs. D. P. Chamber-
lain. Children: Peter, Daniel, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Susan, Lydia, Mary.
Note : Daniel Boyer, senior, had brothers and sisters, as the tradition
of his descendants shows, but they have not been reported. lie may be
a son of Michael Boyer, or Lambert Boyer, sons of Caspar. Perha[)S,
indeed, he was only a relative.
C (i) Michael Arter, son of Catharine Boyers and John Arter,
born Aug. 22, 1795; C (2) Jacob, born Dec. 18, 1796; C (3) Ann M.,
born Dec. 2, 1798, wife of Mr. IVitchard; C (4) Elizabeth, born April
20, 1801 ; C (5) David Arter, born March 10, 1803. Son. Address
(1913) Frank Arter, 1006 Garfield Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Present at
the Ringing Rocks Reunion, June 18, 1913; C (6) Catharine, born Jan.
31, 1805; C (7) Sarah, born August 14, 1807, wife of Mr. Shields.
C (i) David Lemmons, son of Elizabeth Boyers and David Lem-
mons, died 1885. Married twice. Large family of children. Address
son (1909) John W. Lemmons ; C (2-9) Elizabeth, George, Jacob, David,
Torsey, Amelia, Eliza, etc.
C (i) David Dixon Byers, son of David Byers and Elizabeth Wil-
liams, born Nov. 6, 1830. Address (1910) East View, Carroll Co., I\Id.,
R. F. D. Methotlist. Farmer and cooper. Very fine man, and a most
charming correspondent of the Boyer historian. Married Rachel A.
Knight, born Dec. 15, 1843. No children; C (2-3) Benjamin W. Byers,
born Nov. 14, 1820, and John Frederick Byers, born Sept. 25, 1833, have
not been reported. The latter left no children.
'D (i) Peter Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife Christina, was
born March 3, 1805, in Frederick County, Afar)'!and, and died Oct. 27,
1882, in Nodaway Co., Missouri, near Hopkins, but his body was taken
to his old home at Lapel, Indiana. Member of the Church of the
Brethren. Farmer. Married first to Elizabeth Barnhizer, Feb. 12,
1829. She \vas born April 1809, and died Jan. 27, 1869. After her
death he married Lucy M. Good, Aug, 14, 1869. Children: Elias, John
Ezra, Sarah, Mary, Malinda, Martha Jane, Daniel Webster, Amanda E. ;
D (2) Daniel I5oyer was born Aug. 23, 1807, and died June 1808. His
wife Alary died 1888, aged "j-]. Children : Daniel, Margaret. Benjamin
Franklin, born July 1832, died Jan. 23, 1863; Silas C, Iluldah (Smith) ;
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D (3) Elizabeth Boyer, born Feb. 24, 1809, marrieil Mr. Clark. Chil-
dren : One of them John, living in 1898. Another, Calvin. Address
(1898) Myersville, Md. ; D (4) Jonathan Boyer was born 1820, died
1856, aged 36 years. Married Catharine. Children: Kittie, single.
Middletown Valley, Md. ; Rettie, wife of Mr. Rager. Address (1914)
Frederick City, Md. F:^ight children.
D (i) James Boyer, son of John Boyer and Elizabeth Day, born
June 19, 1817, died Feb. 19, 1883. Married Matilda Browning. Chil-
dren: Drusilla (Green). No descendants; Grayson died unmarried ; J.
W. Hank Boyer, of Monrovia, Md., R. D. 2, married Alice Williams.
Children: India Boyer; Thomas Webb, of Phila., Pa., married Delia
Day. Children: Guy, Ray; Columbus W., of Monrovia, Md., R. D. I,
married Carter; D (2) Sarah Boyer died unmarried; D (3) William
Boyer, born Oct. 29, 1821, died Feb. 1904. Farmer in Montg. Co., Md.,
married Jane Browning. Address (1909) Mrs. Jane Boyer,' Ridgeville,
Md. Children: (a) Granville Boyer married Alice Bretwning. Both
died, leaving no children; (b) Emery Reese Boyer married Josephine
King, of I'^altimore, Md. She died 1903 ; he 1910. Children: All Meth-
odists: (i) Norman Boyer, of 452 Fifth Ave., New York. Born 1878,
at OIney, Montg. Co., Md. Graduate of Johns Hopkins University.
Editor of magazine "Smart Set." See Chapter 34. (2) Harold Stuart
Boyer, of 150 R. I. Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. Born Nov. 14, 18S5.
Johns Hopkins education. Married Clara Tillinghast. Address (1914)
Z7 N. Y. Ave., N. E., Washington, D. C. (c) Luanah Boyer. Ad-
dress (1913) Mrs. Luanah F. Day, Monrovia, Md., R. F. D. 2. Mar-
ried Lafayette Day. No children; D (4) John Boyer, born Nov. 10,
1823, died about 1910. Married Elizabeth Brandenburg. Living in
1912. Children: Ella C. Address (1912) Mrs. Ella C. Hyatt, Mon-
rovia, Md. ; Charlotte (Cain). Address (1912) Adamstown, Md. ; Wil-
liam H., dead in 1912; Lemuel, dead in 1912; James D. Address (1912)
Monrovia, Md., Route 2; Mary, BVances, Matilda, and Anna; D (5)
Greenbury Boyer, born March 12, 1828, near Browningsville, Md., died
Feb. 21, 1896. Buried at Kemptown, Md. M. P. Church. Farmer and
merchant. Married Elizabeth A. Bealle, born Dec. 14, 1827, died Feb.
14, 1908. Children : John Wesley, of Boyds, Montg. Co., Md. ; Basil Ed-
ward, of Kemptown, Md. ; Emma Matilda, of Baltimore, Md. ; Alice B.
(Dupuy), of Hallwood, Va., born April 30, 1858, married Joseph Dupuy,
born June 30, 1851. Son : Rev. Alvin B. Dupuy, of Hallwoood, Va. ; D (6)
Milton Boyer, born July 13, 1S34, near Browningsville, Md. Address
(1912) Mt. Airy, Md., Route 6. M. E. Church. Licensed exhorter.
Farmer, married Elizabeth W. Purdum. Children: John F., James W.,
Jemima E., Jesse D., Emma C, Mary L., George M., Sarah R., William
E., Alice O., Washington R. ; D (7) Wesley Boyer, born 1825. Address
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(1912) Monrovia, Md., Route 2. Married Miranda Kindley. Child:
George (dead). No descendants; D (8) Elizabeth Boyer, born 1837,
married Rev. George F. Kindley. Address (1912) Monrovia, Md., Route
I. Children,: John Newton (dead) ; George Wesley, of Frederick City,
Md.; Rev. Bradley W., of Baltimore, Md. ; W. Ernest, of Buckeyes-
town, Md.
D (1-2) Peter Boyer and Mary Ann Boyer, children of Adam Boyer
and wife Cordelia Baker, have not been reported, except that Mary Ann
married Mr. Shipley; D (3) Adam Boyer, son of Adam Boyer and sec-
ond wife Christina Jacobs, born ab<jut 1835. Address (1910) New
Market, Md. Married Rachel Hall. Children: Henry H., Ernest,
Amelia, Mabel, all of New Market, Md. ; D (4) William H. Boyer, born
about 1840, New Market, Md. Address (1910) Libertytown, Md. Re-
formed. Married Catharine Elizabeth Davis. Children: Thomas S.
Boyer. Address (1910) 80 South Chestnut St., Coatesville, Pa., born
1866. Reformed. Engaged in Sewing Machine Agency, 65 N. Queen
St., Lancaster, Pa. Married Ella S. Roderick. Children: (i) Bessie
Boyer, born 1892. Address (1910) 80. S. Chestnut St., Coatesville, Pa.
(2) Ada R., (3) Catharine E. Thomas S. Boyer has three brothers,
namelv, William E., Henry H., and Howard C, all farmers, of Liberty-
town, Md., and one sister, Mary C; D (5) Albert Boyer died 65 years
old. Buried at Fairview, New Market, Md. ; D (6) Isabella Boyer^
born about 1842. Address (1910) New Market, Md. ; D (7) Harriet
Boyer, born about 1820, married Steward, of New Alarket, Md. ; D (8)
Margaret Boyer married Frank Duvalle. Children: Elizabeth (1910)
New'' Market, Md., Benjamin, Scott, Astello, Tliomas. All at same
address.
D (i) Oliver Boyer, son of Michael Boyer and Elizabeth Jacobs
was born Mav 16, 1835, and died Dec. 22, 1907. Married Martha M
Rice. Children: (a) Albert A., of Jefferson, Md., married Jennu
Moser; (b) William E. of Knoxville, Md., married Salome Blessing
(c) Caroline G. married Stephen R. Bowlus, Knoxville, Md. ; (d) Ettu
M. married Oliver Cobbutz, Middletown, Md.; (e) Emory E., Middle-
town. ^Id., married Carrie Arnold; (f) Charles S., of Middletown, Md.
(g) Florence married Carlton D. Beachly, Middletown, Md. ; (h) Annit
(deceased); (i) Millard (deceased; (3) Lora E., Jefferson, Md. ; (k)
Russell L. Boyer, Middletown, Md. Miss Lora is the historian's corres-
pondent; D (2) Hanson Boyer, born 1836, died Aug. 10, 1906. Mar-
ried. Children: (a) Charles (deceased); (b) Mary Elenore marriec
Harry G. Tritapoe, Frederick, Md. ; (c) Cora D. married Amos Rudy
Middletown, Md. ; (d) Martin Luther Boyer, Middletown, Md., marriec
Nellie HufTer; D (3) John C. Boyer died Dec. 2, 1906; C (4) Adair
married Maria Roher; C (5) Columbus married Mary J. Koogle ; D (6)
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Louisa Boyer married Ezra Arnold. Children: Sophronia, Ettie, Mil-
lard Arnold, Burkettsville, Md. ; Calvin, Emory, Avie; D (7) Elizabeth
Boyer married Morgan Kcfaufer. Children: Estie, Hubert, Russell,
of Waynesboro, Pa., and Marcatine, of Middlctown, Pa.
D (1) Mary Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and Catharine E.
Hershberger, married Arnold, of Jefferson, Fred. Co., Md. ; D (2) Cor-
delia Jane Boyer married Roderick, of Jefferson, Fred. Co., Md. Lives
with daughter, a Mrs. Frey; D (3) Jesse Boyer, born 1821, died 1892.
No data; D (4) John Everest lioyer, born Oct. 1835, Frederick, Md.
Address (1914) 20CK) N. FToward St., Dallas, Texas. Married Mary
Elizabeth Willard, 1864. Lived in Missouri 10 years. Afterwards made
his home in Dallas, Texas. Contractor and builder. Fine couple. Chil-
dren: (i) Willard, of Dallas, Texas; (2) Mrs. Robert Nolan, Hattie,
Kate, all of same city. The parents celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary, Dec. 20, 1914; D (5) Greenbury Boyer went as a young
man, 1849, to California, and died there several years later; D (6) Ezra
Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and second wife (Polly Herring) born about
1828, Fredericktown, Md., died about 1905. T'] years old. Went, at 19,
a carpenter, to Lexington, Mo. Methodist. Afterwards member of
"Christian" Church. His son, L. E. Boyer, says of him : "He was the
kindest and best man on earth." Married Elizabeth Wainright. Chil-
dren: Leslie E., William C, Robert L., Jesse B., and Henry; D (7)
Henry Boyer, born Jan. 22, 1837, Fred. Co., Md. Address (1913) Box
134, Georgetown, Col. Furniture dealer and undertaker. Methodist.
Married Emma L. Landsdown. Children : Ernest H., of Denver, Col. ;
Bert L. and Charles E., of Payette, Idaho; Edith. Mrs. Joseph Vavra,
Huntingdon Beach, California ; Ella F. Mrs. George W. Miller, Wiley,
Colorado.
D ( I ) Nathan J. Walker, son of Margaret Boyer and George
Walker. Address (1910) Gaithenberg, Montg. Co.; Md. ; D (2) George
W. Walker, son of Margaret Boyer and George Walker. Address ( 1910)
Prof. George W. Walker, Monrovia, Md. ; D (3-5) William, Sarah A.
(Glase), Mary M. (Miller).
D (i) George M. Byers, son of Michael Boyers and Margaret Dot-
terer, born Dec. i, 1828, died at Peoria, Iowa, March 3, 1897. Farmer.
I\farried Mary Grant. Children: John J., Florence A., CaroHne M.,
George B., Rachel L., William L., Charles L., Cyrus D. ; D (2) Noah
Byers was buried at Kreider's ; D (3) Joseph Byers, born March 19,
1824, married Ellen Gilbert. Children : George G., Jacob, Margaret,
Jeanette, Jane, Blanche; D (4) Joshua Byers married Martha Wilson.
Children: Huzinger, Lyman, Mary, Caroline; D (5) Elizabeth C. Byers
married Keller. Children : Alice, married R. Beemer, of Gettysburg,
Pa.; Laura, married Charles Koch, of Phila., Pa.; D (6) John Gabriel
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Byers married Anna Getty. See biography in Adams Co., Pa., history.
Children: Jacob, Harry; D (7) David H. Byers. Married. Chil-
dren: William, Luther, Margaret, Caroline ; D (8-1 1) Jacob; Francinia,
wife of Francis A. Wampler; Caroline, wife of William G. Rhinehart,
and Marg-aret.
D (i) Francinia Ponder, daughter of Elizabeth Boyers and hus-
band Jacob Ponder married Alfred llc^ss, of Tennessee; D (2) John D.,
Ponder married Elizabeth H. llindes. Children: (a) Mary H. Hindes.
Married John Seymour, Virginia. Address (1912) 115 Quincy Place,
N. E., Washington, D. C. Children: (i ) Mrs. W. G. Fronheiser, Potts-
town, Pa. (2) Mrs. S.' C. McConnell, Washington, D. C. (3) William
P. Seymour, Washington, D. C. Note: Mrs. Mary H. Seymour h:is
done her ])eople a great service as one of the pioneer genealogists.
D (i) William Boyers, son of John Boyers and Ellen Zachariah ;
D (2) Daniel Boyers, D (3) Frank Boyers, have not been reported;
■D (4) Susan Boyers married Bansemer; D (5) Elizabeth Boyers mar-
ried Bansemer. Children : William Sherman, of 600 Maryland Tele-
phone Bldg., Baltimore, Md. ; Caroline.
D (i) William D. Boyers, son of Jacob Boyers and Eliza Smith,
born May 19, 1844. Address (1910) Boyd, Kentucky, R. D. 2. Married
Mary I.ouisa. Children: James E., born March 10, 1869. Address ( 1910)
Cynthiana, Kentucky, R. D. 6; William W., born June 27, 1871. Ad-
dress (1910) I5rackenridge, Ky. ; Thomas F., born Sei)t. 20, 1875. Ad-
dress (1910) Paw I^iw, 111.; Charles N., of Paw Paw, 111.; Grover C,
Mary E., and Olive M.; D (2) Amanda Boyers married Kendall. Mrs.
Amanda B. Kendall, Boyd, Kentucky; D (3) Elizabeth Boyers mar-
ried Smith. Address (1910) Mrs. Elizabeth B. Sihith, Piondexter, Ky.
D (1) Jacob M. Boyers, son of John Boyers and Elizabeth A. Pock,
born Feb. 6, 1836. Address (1914) Sadiesville, Ky., R. F. D. 2. Mar-
ried Sarah A. Allen, born Jan. 20, 1863. Children: Mary E., John T.,
David P., Alice C, Emma, Jacob M., Sarah E., William G., and Allen.
Mattie died in infancy; D (2) A. Perry Boyers, born Jan. i, 1834, died
in Kansas. Married Lettie Craig, who left him one child, Lettie Craig
Boyers. Address (1914) Cynthiana, Ky. Perry Boyers married a second
wife, Verna Miller, who left him two sons, Thomas and Elon. Both
live at Anthony, Kansas, in 1914, and are married; D (3) Mary Ann
Boyers, daughter of John Boyers and second wife Lemmons, married
Joseph Conrad. Children: Emily, Benjamin, and Mary Ann.
E (i) John Fletcher Boyer, son of Milton Boyer and Elizabeth
Perdum, born Nov. 15, 1857. Address (1912) Monrovia, Md., Route 6.
Methodist. Teacher and farmer. Very fine genealogist, and most de-
lightful correspondent of the Boyer historian. Married Amanda Wilson,
born June 17, 1857. Children: (a) Mildred S., born July 2, 1883, mar-
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ried W. E. C. Hyatt, of Mt. Airy, Md., R. D. 6. Children: Edna M.,
John C. (b) Cora E., born Dec. 31, 1884, married Willard L. Souder,
of Germantovvn, Md., R. D. i. Children: Willard L.., Evelyn, (c)
Willard D., born July 11, 1888. Doctor of Medicine. Address (1912)
8th and E. Capitol Sts., Washington, D. C. (d) Rosa L., born Aug. 7,
1891, of Monrovia, Md. (e) Doris A., born May 8, i8>;(>, of Monrovia,
Md. (f) John Milton, born Feb. 23, 1902, of Monruvia, M d. ; E (2)
James W. Boyer, born Dec. 23, 1859. Address (1912) Gcrmantown, Md.
]\lethodist. Farmer. Married Alice Lewis. Children : Mamie, married
W. L. Bowman, of Germantown, Md. ; Lindell L. ; E (3) Jemima E.
Boyer, born Oct. 9, 1864, married A. W. Bowman, Mt. Airy, Md., R. D. 6.
Children: Elizabeth and McAndree; E (4) Jesse D. Boyer, born Oct.
7, 1866. Address (1912) Monrovia, Md., R. D. 2. Methodist. Farmer.
Married Caroline Watkins. Children: Ruth Landella Watkins ; E (5)
Emma C. Boyer, born Aug. 1868, marrietl Thomas G. Woodtield, Ger-
mantown, Md., R. D. I. Children: Dorney, Emery, Leslie, Bradley,
William, George; E (6) ]\lary L. Boyer, born March 1870, married
Alonzo Watkins, Mt. Airy, Md., R. D. 6. Children : Paul, Faye, Ralph,
Irma, Dorothy, Loree ; E (7) George AL Boyer, born May 22, 1872. Ad-
dress (1912) Mt. Airy, Md., R. D. 6. Physician. Methodist. Married
Annie Bowman. Children: Susan, McAndree, etc.; E (8) Sarah R.
Boyer, born 1874, married Claude H. Burdette, of Mt. Airy, Md., R. D. 6.
Children: Basil, Earl, Claude, Sarah, Mildred; E (9) William E. Boyer,
born 1878. Address (1912) Dr. William E. Boyer, Cor. 5th and G Sts.,
N. W., Washington, D. C. Pharmacist. INIelhodist. Married Amelia
Baker. Children: Everest, Milton, Ralph; E (10) Alice O. Boyer,
bom 1881, married Granville Kinsey, of Mt. Airy, Md., Route i. Chil-
dren: Edwin, Mary, Howard ; E (11) Washington R. Boyer, born Sept.,
1883. Address (1912) Dr. Washington R. Boyer, 14th and P Sts., N. W.,
Washington, D. C. Pharmacist. Methodist.
E ( I ) Leslie E. Boyer, son of Ezra Boyer and Elizabeth Wainright,
born March 19, 1859, Dover, Lafayette Co., Mo. Address (1913) 201
Shukert Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. Normal School training. '"Christian"
Church. Saddler and carpenter. Very successful general insurance
agent, and a fine genealogist. Married Mary V. Hickman, 2556 Charlotte
St., Kansas City, Mo. Children: (a) Albert L., of 4416 Swan Ave.,
St. Louis, Mo. Born March 18, 1887. Railroad postal clerk. Married
Eva A. Molin, born Aug. 9, 1888. Children: Oscar Leslie, born May
I, 1910. (b) Anna May, music teacher, 2556 Charlotte St., Kansas City,
Mo. (c) Margaret K., married John K. Hubbs, Kansas City, Mo. (d)
William H., born April, 1896, student, 2556 Charlotte St., Kansas City,
Mo.; E (2) William C. Boyer, born about 1858. Address (1913) Grand
Junction, Col. Carpenter. "Christian" Church. Married. Children :
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William, and others; E (3) Robert , Lee Boyer, born alDOut 1861. Ad-
dress (1913) Oklahoma City, Okla. Carpenter. "Christian" Church.
Married. Children; E (4) Jesse B. Boyer, born about 1863. Address
(1913) Grand Junction, Col. Carpenter. "Christian" Church. Married.
Children; E (5) Henry Boyer, born about 1865. Address (1913) J205
E. 14th St., Kansas City, Mo. Merchant. "Christian" Churcli.
E (i) John James Byers, son of George M. Byers and iVlary Grant.
"born Feb. 27, 1859. Address (1908) Prairie City, Iowa. Married Martha
E. Ashton. Children: Ethel, George Michael, Arvo Joseph. Blanche
E., and Luell John; E (2) Florence A. Byers, born Feb. 11, 1861, mar-
ried Jacob Swisher, of Prairie City, Iowa. Children; E (3) Caroline M.
Byers, born Feb. 5, 1866, married John Ridgeway, of What Cheer, Iowa;
E (4) George B. Byers, born Feb. 17, 1869. No descendants; E (5)
Rachel L. Byers, born Oct. 24, 1871, married George Hess, of Prairie
City, Iowa. Children: Four. Second marriage to Bert A. Owen ; E (<))
William Louis Byers, born July 16, 1874. Address (1908) Cedar, Iowa.
Married Etta R. Mohler. Children; E (7) Charles L. Byers, born Oct.
13, 1876. Address (1908) Filmore, Canada. Farmer. Married Rose
Rashbonn-n. Children; E (8) Cyrus David Byers, born Sept. 17, 1879.
E ( I ) George G. Byers, son of Joseph Byers and Ellen Gilbert, mar-
ried Patterson. Children; E (2) Jacob. Married; E (3) Margaret
Byers married Mr. Black, of Littlestown, Pa.; E (4) Jeannette; E (5)
Blanche.
E (i) Pluzinger Byers, son of Joshua Byers and Martha Wilson,
married and left children; E (2) Lyman Byers. Married. Children:
Blanche, John, Clarence. Address (1913) Arnold Bldg., Atlantic Chy,
N. J. ; E (3) Mary Byers married Hatfield. Address ( 1908) New York;
E (4) Caroline Byers. Address (1908) Pottstown, Pa.
E (i) Rev. Jacob Byers, son of John Gabriel Byers and Anna Getty,
a pastor. Address (1913) Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Married Ida Stoll.
Children: Helen and Rumaine ; E (2) Harry Byers. Farmer: Littles-
town, Pa. Married Brown. Children; E (3) Ethelia Byers married
Bashore. Address (1913) Litt^estown, Pa. Children: Ena, Ida, Annie,
Carrie ; E (4) Minnie layers married John Robert, of Youngstown, Ohio,
E (i) William M. Byers, .son of David H. Byers and wife. Ad-
dress (1910) Salt Fork, Grant Co., Okla.; E (2) Luther Byers, of
McPherson, Kansas; E (3) Margaret; E (4) Caroline.
E (i) Mary E. Boyers, daughter of Jacob M. Boyers and Sarali iC
Allen. Address (1914) Sadiesville, Ky., R. D. 2; E (2) John T. Boyers,
Georgetown, Ky.. Route 4. Farmer. Christian Church. Married Mary
T. Lucas. Children: Willis and Jacob; E (3) David P. 15oyers died
July 1901. Physician. Christian Church. Married Anna More. Child:
Marion Boyers. Address (1914) Falmouth, Ky. ; E (4) Alice C. Boy-
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ers married Dabney Renaker, of Paris, Ky., Route 7. Children: Clay-
ton B., Sarah Elizabeth, Anna Tee, R. Dabney, and Buford Allen; E (5)
Emma Beyers married J. L. Burgess, farmer, Sadiesville, Ky., Route 2.
Child: Sarah L. ; E (6) Jacob Marion Boyers died Feb. 7, 1900. Phy-
sician. Christian Church. Alarrjed Anna T. Parks. She died June 7,
1901. No children; E (7) Sarah E. Boyers married S. S. Jones. She
died Oct. 23, 1909, leaving two children: Leroy and Lawrence Gordon,
who stay with Boyer grandparents; E (8) William G. Boyers, of Sadies-
ville, Ky. ; E (9) Allen Boyers married Verna Giles, of Sadiesville, Ky.
Farmer.
E (1) Elias Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and wife Elizabeth Barn-
hizer, was born Jan. 4, 1830, in Frederick Co., Md., and died Nov. 20,
1852, in Hamilton Co., Indiana. No descendants are reported; E (2)
John E. Boyer was born Oct. 10, 1831, in Fred. Co., Aid., and died Jan.
28, 1884, in Rush Center, Kansas. Married Margaret Reddick, and after
her death, Maggie McKenzie. Children: (i) Martha Agnes, wife of
Mr. Smith. Nine children in Kansas City, Mo.; (2) Alice, wife of Dr.
Charles Bent, Bridgewater, Iowa. Children: Ethel, Bessie (Michael),
of Benton, Iowa ; Fred Bent, Marie Bent; (3) Frank Boyer, son of second
wife Lucy McKenzie. Address (1908) Lock ]>ox 56, Mellville, La.;
(4) John H. Boyer, of 4119 Terrace St., Kansas City, Mo. Born Feb.
13,1873. Conductor. Married Blanche McWilliams ; E (3) Sarah Ann
Boyer, born Sept. 27, 1833, <^l^cd Feb. 7, 1853. No descendants re-
ported; E (4) Mary Boyer, born Oct. 9, 1837, married Elijah Reddick,
born June 23, 1828, near Mt. Perry, Ohio. Wagon maker and farmer.
S'oldier in Civil War. 12th Mo. Cavalry. Quarter Master Sergeant.
Died July 18. 1900. Address Mrs. Reddick (1914) 718 N. 7th St.. Beat-
rice, Nebraska. Children: (1) Amy Alice, wife of D. P. Chamber-
lain. Address (1914) as above. She was a teacher, and is a most de-
lightful genealogical correspondent. She was born March 22, 1868, and
her husband, June 30, 1858. (2) Elias Albert, 609 W. Pike St., Craw-
fordsville, Ind. (3) Martha Jane, wife of John Thomas Wagoner, Odes-
sa, Mo. (4) Mary Elizabeth, wife of John Henry Shamberger, of
Medicine Lodge, Kansas. (5) Lilly, wife of Jesse Edwin Shamberger,
of Payette, Idaho. (6) Clara Minerva, wife of Richard Dixon Pursell,
of Alva, Okla. (7) John Reddick. Address (1914) his wife, Mary
Rickabaugh, Marshall, Mo. (8) Ferdinand Reddick, of 489-492 Broome
St., New York. Home address,' 251 W. 89th St. Married Claudia Mc-
Pherson. No children. (9) Jessie Lloyd Reddick, of Sheridan, Mo.,
married Ida Virginia Archer. Has family records ; E (5) Malinda Alice
Boyer, born March 20, 1842, died Aug. 13, 1885. Wife of William Allen
Fisher. Children: (1 ) Lola, wife of Harvey Kennison. (2) Grant, of
Missouri, married Nora Nash. Children: George, Olive, Lela, Mildred,.
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Glade, Kenneth, etc. (3) Lydia, wife of Henry Hulse, of Haxtiim,
Colorado; (4) Electa, wife of Isaac Mills, of Clarendon, Texas; (5)
Lulu, wife of C. P. Dowis, Sheridan, Mo.; (6) Hiram, Robbstown,
Texas; (7) John, married Bessie New. She lives at Sheridan, Mo.
Children: Howard, Janice, Chaunccy. The father is dead; E (6)
Martha Jane Boyer, born June 15, 1844, died Aug. 13, 1885, wife of
Andrew J. Hufifman (dead). Address her (1914) Lapel, Indiana. Chil-
dren; Linnie A., wife of James Lauding; Bert, John, Martin, Dollie.
lyinnie A., wife of James Lauding. Address (1914) Lapel, Ind ; Bert,
Noblesville, Ind.; John, Noblesville, Ind; Martin, Onward, Ind.; Dollie.
wife of Lona Shock, Noblesville, Ind. ; E (7) Daniel Webster Boyer was
born May 6, 1846. Address (1914) Warrensburgh, Mo. Farmer. Mar-
ried Elvina P. Nash. Children: (i) Vinton, of Warrensburgh, Mo.
Farmer, married Laura VanCamp. Children : Harlan, Lena, and Dan-
iel. (2) William A., of Savannah, Mo., banker, married Effie. (3)
Austin, of Warrensburgh, Mo., married Fannie Nails. Children: Three.
(4) Howard B., of Warrensburgh, ]\To., farmer. Married. Children;
E (8) Amanda E. Boyer, born April 9, 1848, married Samuel M. Mc-
Glothlan. Address (1914) Savannah, IMo. One child: Dr. Arthur B.
McGlothlan, St. Josephs, Mo., married Anna Fakes.
E (i) Benjamin Franklin Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and wife
Alary, was born July 1832, died Jan. 23, 1863. Note: Brothers Daniel
and Silas, and sisters Margaret and Iluldah, have not been reported,
excent that Huldah married Smith.
CHAPTER XLV
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS BAYER.
Born in Eeipsic, Germany, June 2, 1756, Frederick Augustus Bayer,
came to America with Nicholas Bayer on the ship "Union," last from
Rotterdam and Cowes, landing at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 30, 1774.
This agrees with the testimony of his descendant, Aaron Boyer, Dover,
York Co., Pa., the historian's corresjxindent. On the same ship came
Valentine Beyer, of whom this correspondent says nothing, and whom
the historian has not identified. Frederick settled in Newherry Township,
York County, Pennsylvania. He married a woman by the name of Shall,
born June 2, 1765, and of a good German family. He died Dec. 4,
1840, and his wife April 1845, ^getl 79 years, 10 months and i day.
They are both buried near Ball Hill, Newberry Twp., York Co., Pa.
Lutherans. Frederick Bayer took part in the American Revolution,,
serving under General Washington eight years. On page 887, Vol. 3,
Fifth Series, Pennsylvania Archives, he is reix^rted serving under Count
Casimir Pulaski, the famous Polish patriot who had come to help the
Colonies in their struggle. He served in Pulaski's legion from 1778
to 1783. The historian has the coat of arms belonging to his ancestors —
a watch dog resting in a big heart — and hopes to find the meaning, no
doubt full of honor, in some book on heraldry. The children of this
worthy couple were Peter, John, Jacob, Augustus, Joseph, Charles, James
(Jay), Catherine, and Elizabeth.
B (i) Peter Boyer, son of Frederick Augustus Bayer and wife
Shull, was born 1789, in York Co., Pa. Millwright and farmer. Active
in Salem Lutheran Church. Lived a retired life for twenty years. He
died 1881, aged 92 years, and is buried at the Salem Church, Union
Cemetery. Married Sarah Hidelbaugh, born in York Comity, Pa. Chil-
dren: Solomon, Elizabeth, Israel, Sarah, and John. (Israel Boyer left
no descendants) ; B (2) John Boyer was born at Dover, York Co., Pa.,
and is buried at St. John's Church, near Shiremanstown, Pa. He lived
66 years. Lutheran. Millwright and farmer. Married Eva Kiehl.
Chilldren: Israel D., John G., Jacob Edward, Miller H., Sarah E.,
Eliza A., Rebecca E., Adeline, Almina, Prinelle Isabelle, Amelia M. ;
B (3) Jacob Boyer was born Jan. i, 1800, in York Co., Pa., and died
1882, in Tiffin, Ohio, where he had moved in 1834. Lutheran. Wool
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carder and drygoods merchant. Married Susannah Bair, born July 10,
1797. Children: Henry Augustus, Mary Jane, and William Jacob;
B (4) Augustus Boyer, born in York Co., Pa., died in Ohio. Married.
Children: Josei)h, Frederick A., Elizabeth; B (5) Joseph Boyer, born
Dec, 1806, in York Co., Pa., lived near Newberrytown, York Co., Pa.
Blacksmith. Married Elizabeth Kilmore, born Dec. 7, 1808. Children:
Two daughters, Mrs. Levi Fissil. Address (1909) Cly, York Co., Pa.,
and Mrs. Garretson (Mary Ann) ; B (6) Charles Boyer, born in York
Co., Pa., died at Tiflin, Ohio. Married Mary Bair. Cliiklren : Solomon,
Susan,, and Kate. Susan married a man by the name of liarbaugh. Her
daughter, Clara, is Mrs. John Byers, Poncha Springs, Colorado. Solomon
Boyer and Kate Boyer left no descendants; B (7) James (Jay) Boyer,
born in York Co., Pa., married J\'Iary Saylor. Children : All dead, says
Mrs. Fissil. One son lived in Kansas; B (8-9) Catharine Boyer and
Elizabeth Boyer were the first and second wives of Abram Aliller, grand-
father of Attorney J. R. Miller, Carlisle, Pa., one of the most important
correspondents of the historian. It was through him that we found
the coat of arms belonging to the ancestors of Frederick Augustus
Bayer.
C (i) Solomon Boyer, son of Peter Boyer and Sarah Plidelbaugh,
was born Oct. 28, 1819, in Manchester Twp., York Co., Pa. Lutheran.
Farmer and millwright. Retired in 1885, when he moved to Dover,
York Co., Pa., where he remained until 1906. In 1909 he was living
with his son Aaron. Married Louisa Lenhart, born Dec. 17, 1820. Chil-
dren: Edwin, Aaron, and Amanda; C (2) Elizabeth Boyer, born Jan.
19, 1818, married John Mickley. Children: Lavina (Reeser), Solomon,
Adam, Aaron, Edward, of York, Pa. ; Charlotte, Lucinda, and Rebecca ;
C (3) Sarah Boyer married Ziegler; C (4) John Boyer was born Dec.
II, 1833, and died before 1913. Millwright, carpenter, and farmer in
York Co., Pa. Married Annie May Lauer. Only child: S. Ellen Boyer.
She married W. S. Kunkle. Address (1913) Thomasville, Pa., R. D. 2.
Children: Edith M. (Hershy), of York, Pa., and others.
C (i) Israel D. Boyer, son of John Boyer and Eva Kiehl; E (2)
John G. Boyer; D (3) Jacob Edward Boyer was born August 10, 1840,
and died at Stowe, Pa., June 10, 1913. Lutheran. Lived on the Gross-
town Road, Stowe, Pa. Married. Children: Bertlia, Urene, Walter
Edward, Permilla A.; C (4) Miller H. Boyer, of Pensacola, Florida;
C (5) Sarah E. Boyer married Ed. Pflieger; C (6) Eliza A. Boyer
married W. H. Shoemaker; C (7) Rebecca E. Boyer married Henry
G. Pleyd. Address (1908) Mechanicsburg, Pa.; C (8) Adeline Boyer
married Jacob Moser. Address (1909) Douglassville, T^a. ; C (9) Almina
Boyer married Ivan Barrett. Address (1908) Mrs. Almina Barrett, Pen-
sacola, Florida; C (10) Prinelle Isabelle Boyer; C (11) A daughter;
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C (12) Amelia M. Boyer, born Feb. 10, 1834, married Dr. W. B.
Bigler. Address (1913) Dallastovvn, Pa.
C (i) Henry Augustus Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and Susannah
Bair, was born Jan. 20, 1827, in York Co., Pa. Dry goods merchant
at New London, Tiftin, and Defiance, Ohio. Retired to Grant wood, N.
J., in 1908. Address (1915) Grantwood, N. J. The historian found him
a most dehghtful correspondent. Married to Sarah E. Weller, at Tiffin,
Ohio. Chiklren: Harry A. was born 1878, and died June 2, 1912; a
daughter, Mrs. N. B. Hartman, 16 E. 33rd St., New York; C (2)
Mary Jane Boyer, born June i, 1842, at Ti(fm, Ohio, married Kridler.
Children: Ralph R., Eva, and Susan, of Pratt, Kansas; C (3) William
Jacob Boyer was born Sept. 27, 1844, in Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio. Store
and office work, 582 Spring St., Columbus, Ohio. Married Annie E.
Breen, born April 10, 1847. Children: Helen Elizabeth l^oyer.
C (i) Joseph Boyer, son of Augustus Boyer and wife, married.
Only child: Harry, of Bcllvue, Ohio; C (2) Frederick, of Detroit,
Michigan left two sons; C (3) Elizabeth married Josej)!: Houpt, of
JMcCutchenville, Ohio.
D (i) Edwin Boyer, son of Solomon Boyer and Louisa Lenhart,
was born Oct. 23, 1845, i'l Dover Twp., York Co., Pa. Studied at Mill-
ersville Normal School. Taught school and farmed. Active in Salem
Lutheran Church, near Dover, York Co., Pa. Married, but left no
descendants. He died 1885; D (2) Aaron Boyer was born Sept. 15,
1849, '" Dover Twp., York Co., Pa. Lutheran. Farmer, Dover, Pa.,
R. D. 2. Married Susan Smith, 1874. Children: (a) Halleck, born
May II, 1875, farmer, of Thomasville, York Co., Pa., R. D. 2. Married
Miss Linebaugh. Children: Roman, Goklen, Gussie. (b) Annie, born
Sept. 26, 1879. Lutheran. Married Edward Lauer, of Dover, Pa., R.
D. 2. Children: John B., Alverta L, Elizabeth C, Franklin A. (c)
Minnie, born June 20, 1886. Lutheran. Married Harry Bott. Lives
on very large farm at Dover, Pa., R. D. i. (d) John, born June 21,
1888, attended school at York Academy and Millersville Normal School.
Lutheran. Address (1909) Dover, Pa., R. D. 2; D (3) Amanda Boyer,
born April 7, 1853. Lutheran. Married Jacob Zinn, a miller. Address
(1909) Mrs. Amanda Zinn, Oxford Mills, Iowa. Children: Harry,
Catharine, Frank, Nettie, Charles, iMarion.
CHAPTER XIvVI
FREDERICK BAYER.
Born April 5, 1766, in Prussia, Germany, Frederick Bayer came
to America in the year 1786, a "Redemptioner," according- to Mrs. Wible,
his granildaug-hter, and otiier descendants. Remained for some time in
Baltimore, Maryland. Went to O.xford, Adams Co., Pa., where he took
up mercantile pursuits. Here he met and married (1791) Elizabeth
Young, born March 4, 1770. By and by he moved to a farm near Get-
tysburg, Adams Co., Pa., and made farming- his life work. lie died
Sept. 24, 1845, and his wife June 9, 1839. Their bodies with those ot
four sons and three daug-hters rest in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg,
Pa. Children: John, Alary, Jacob, Frederick, George, William, Eliza-
beth, Rebecca, Henry, Daniel, Anna Margaret, and another child who
died in infancy. Note: Frederick Bayer had a half-brother, Philip
Bayer, who came -with him to America. This Philip Bayer settled near
Fayetteville, Franklin County, Pa.', and went by the name of "Byers."
At the time of this writing the historian has not found this man's de-
scendants, unless it was Philip Boyer of Chapter 55.
B (i) John Boyer, son of Frederick Bayer and Elizabeth Young,
was born May 30, 1792, at Chambersburg, Pa. Buried at Chambersburg,
Pa. He married twice, but left no children: Miss Martha Aughen-
bangh, Gettysburg, Pa., the historian's informant, knows this uncle's
grave; B (2) Mary Boyer, born April 28, 1794, died young; B (3)
Jacob Boyer, born Dec. 4, 1795, died young; B (4) Frederick Boyer
was born Nov. 29, 1797, at York, Pa. He moved to Maryland, and lived
at Mt. Airy, where he probably died. In Maryland his name became
Byers, and all his childt-en use this name. Married. Family became
Methodists. Children: (a) James Byers, of Baltimore, Md., marrierl
twice. Children of first marriage are Alice, now married, and Winfield
Byers, of Baltiiiiore, Md. (b) Thomas Byers, of Martinsburg, Virginia.
Married, (c) Mary and (d) Julia lived single with ])arents at Mt. Airy,
Md. (e) Henrietta Byers was a teacher, and lived in Baltimore, Md.
(f) Anne Eliza Byers, married Caleb Doty, Baltimore, Md. Children:
Nancy, James, and Winter, (g) Rebecca Byers, married ]\Tr. Duvall.
Children: Scott and James; B (5) George Boyer was born Nov. 19,
1799, "^ Straban Twp., Adams Co., Pa., died 88 years of age, and is
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buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. Lutheran. Married
Kinyett Deatrick, born in Adams Co., Pa. Died at the age of 34 years.
Children: John Nicholas, Rose Anna, Susan Mary; B (6) William
Boyer was born Oct. 28, 1801, in York Co., Pa., and is buried in Ever-
green Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. Married Leah Aughenbaugh, buried
near him. Only child: Charles; B (7) Elizabeth Boyer, born Jan. 5,
1804, in York Co., Pa., married Nicholas Deatrick. Children: Charlotte,
Ella Nora, Harriet, Charles, Mary; B (8) Rebecca Boyer, born Dec.
29, 1805, at New Oxford, Adams Co., Pa., married Joseph Wible, born
Aug. 6, 1805, near Gettysburg, Pa. Lutheran. Buried in Evergreen
Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. Children: Mary J., Mrs. Henry Herbst, son,
daughter, J. W. ; B (9) Henry Boyer was born May 6, 1809, in York
Co., Pa. Left no descendants ; B ( 10) Daniel Boyer was born Aug. 23,
181 1, in Adams Co., Pa., and died near Lima, Ohio, Oct. 26, 1881, or
1884. Methodist. Tailor. Came to Ohio in 1835. Married (1837)
Sarah G. Hughes, of Rockingham, Ya., born 1888. Children: Mary E.,
Lla, George Frederick, Clara, Richard L. ; B (11) Anna AFargaret lioyer,
born Aug. 12, 1814, in Adams Co., Pa., was buried in Evergreen Ceme-
tery, Gettysburg, Pa. Married Jacob Aughenbaugh ( Achenbach), buried
near husband. Children: Nellie, Edward, Emma, Martha.
C (i) John Nicholas Boyer, son of George Bcn'cr and Kinyett
Deatrick, was born Jan. 4, 1831, in Straban Twp., Adams Co., Pa. Taught
school for several years. Farmer later on. Lutheran. First Lieutenant
Co. K, 184th Regiment, Pa. Vols., Civil War. Married Anna Raffens-
berger Wright, born Jan. 19, 1835. Children: Annie, William U., George
E., Eva M., Grace M., Susan; C (2) Rose Ann i^oyer was born 1828,
in Adams Co., Pa., died Feb. 21, 1906, and is buried in Gettysburg, Pa.
Lutheran. Married William Wible, born Nov. 6, 1825. Children: David
B., George E., Charles P., Kent K., Henry B., Cora P.; C (3) Susan
Mary Boyer married Daniel Swope. Children: Rose Swope, Mrs. J. C.
H. Benjamin, and Norman Swope.
C ( i) Charles Boyer, son of William Boyer and Leah Aughenbaugh,
was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. Married Ellen
Mary Suesserott. Buried near husband. Only child: William L. Boyer.
Address (1912) Box 114, Chambersburg, Pa. Married Louise Wood.
Children : Margaret and Louise.
C (i) Charlotte Deatrick, daughter of EHzabeth Boyer and Nicholas
Deatrick, married Dr. Bleistine, formerly of Duncannon, Pa.; C (2)
Her sister, Ella, married Mr. Lytic, whose son, Boyer Lytle, lived in
Defiance, Ohio; C (3) Harriet was a teacher in Kentucky; C (4) So
was Charles; C (5) Mary married a missionary and went to India, but
returned a widow.
C (i) Mary J. Wible, daughter of Rebecca Boyer and Joseph Wible,
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married Baumgardner. One son, J. W. Baumgardner, resided (1908) at
6ori Ellis Ave., Chicago, 111. Once County Superintendent of Schools
in Nebraska; C (2) Mary J. Wible, born Oct. 28, 1832, a Lutheran, a
teacher, married Samuel Baumgardner, born Oct. 2, 1824, York, Pa.
Children: (a) Miriam R. Baumgardner, born Nov. 6, 1863, in York, Pa.
Baptist. Teacher. Married George Williams, born 1853, in Iowa. Ad-
dress (1909) Norfolk, Nebraska, (b) Ada Ruth Baumgardner, born
March 11, 1867. Baptist, Married (1887) Willis E. Spencer, born Nov.
23, 1866, in Iowa. Address (1908) AlHance, Nebraska, (c) John W.
Baumgardner, born Sept. 12, 1868. J3aptist. Teacher. Spent some years
in educational work in Philippine Islands. Returned 1907. Married.
Born April 6, 1873, at llullsdale, Jersey Co., 111.; C (3-6) There were
two sisters and two brothers, namely, J. W. Wible, and another.
C (i) Mary E. lioyer, daughter of Daniel Boycr and Sarah G.
Hughes, born 1838, in Lima, Ohio. M. E. Church. I\Iarried Cornelius
Parmenter, born May 5, 1831, in the Catskill Mts., Vermont. Printer,
Editor, and Publisher. Children: Robert Winthrop I'armenter. Ad-
dress (1909) Ivima, Ohio; George Lemuel, of San Francisco, Cal.; Wil-
liam Lewis, of Lima, Ohio; Walter Cornelius, of Lima, Ohio; Frederick
Styles, of Philailelphia, Pa.; Mrs. J. M. Chase, of 241 1 E. Fifth St.,
Dayton, Ohio ; Mrs. W. PI. Cleaver, of Everett, Washington State ; C
(2) A daughter married I. N. Kalb, of Beaverdam, Ohio, R. D. i; C
(3) Ida Boyer married Marshall, of Beaverdam, Ohio, R. D. i ; C (4)
George Frederick Boyer was born Nov. 18, 1848. Methodist. Farmer
near Beaverdam, Ohio. Married Edith J. Doty, born Aug. 10, 1852.
Children: Lulu C, Mrs. Wm. W. Hall, Rockport, Ohio; Bertha G.,
Mrs. Frank Anderson, Lima, Ohio; Mary E., of Beaverdam, Ohio; Mame
M., of Beaverdam, Ohio; Ida N., Mrs. Walter E. Marshall, Beaverdam,
Ohio; C (5) Clara Boyer, born 1846, in (Jhio, was a teacher and Pres-
byterian. Married Alfred B. Sybert, Editor, of Rochester, Indiana.
Children: Erminnie Sybert, Mrs. Dr. J. W. McMahon, Earle Park,
Indiana. Historian's correspondent; Ida L., Mrs. Wm. C. Nellons, Men-
tone, Indiana; Bianca, Mrs. Winfield E. Smith, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Susan,
Mrs. Earl C. Biery, Logansport, Ind. ; Kent B., Alamie, and Jessie, of
Indianapolis, Inil. ; C (6) Richard L. Boyer, born Feb. 22, 1840, died
Sept. 22, 1863. Hero of the battle of Chickamauga. Enlisted Sept., 1861,
in Co. K, I4tli Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
C (i) Nellie Aughenbaugh, daughter of Anna Margaret Boyer and
Jacob Aughenbaugh, married Mr. Leeds. Employed by the government
at Washington, D. C. Child : Belle Leeds. She married Dr. Marion
Kline, Lutheran Minister, Harrisburg, Pa. ; C (2) Edward Aughen-
baugh, of Harrisburg, Pa.; C (3) Emma Aughenbaugh, married J.
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Howard Wert, of Harrisburg, Pa.; C (4) Martha Aughenbaugh, of
Gettysburg, Pa.
D (i) Annie Boyer, daughter of John Nicholas Boyer and Anna
Wright, Ijorn July 26, 1862, in Straban, Twp., Adams Co., Pa., Lutheran,
married Eli Garretson. Address (1909) Gettysburg, Pa., R. D. G. Chil-
dren: Lloyd Garretson and Eva Kinyett Ga:rretson ; D (2) William U.
Boyer was born Nov. 19, 1864, in Straban Twp., Adams Co., Pa. Luth-
eran. Butcher, Arendtsville, Pa. Married Elizabeth Lott. Children :
Mary Lucile, Mary Helen, John Lott, Donald Cornelius; D (3) George
Edwin Boyer was born Jan. 24, 1868, in Straban Twp., Adams Co., Pa.
Lutheran. Butcher, Arendtsville, Pa. Married Mabel Raffensberger.
Children: Dorothy Marion Boyer; D (4) Eva May Boyer, born Jan.
26, 1874, in Straban Twp., Adams Co., Pa. Attended Shippensburg
State Normal School. Taught school. Arendt;,ville, Pa.; D (5) Grace
Moore Boyer, born Nov. 23, 1876, in Straban Twp., Adams Co., Pa.
Attended Gettysburg Preparatory School. Graduate of Pennsylvania Bus-
iness College, Lancaster, Pa. Teacher of stenography, Philadelphia,
Pa. Address (1908) 1708 Arch St., Phila., Pa. Lutheran; D (6)
Susanna Moyer, born ALarch 31, 1879, in Straban Twp., Adams Co.,
Pa., attended Gettysburg Preparatory School. Graduate of Pennsyl-
vania Business College, Lancaster, Pa. Teacher. Lutheran. Married
Byers W. Kadel. Address (1908) 411 Fifteenth Ave., Roanoke, Va.
D (i) David B. Wible, son of Rose Ann Boyer and William Wi-
ble, was born Feb. 24, 1866, in Adams Co., Pa. Farmer. Married Mar-
garet A. Swartz, born March 12, 1866. Address (1909) Gettysburg, Pa.,
R. D. 3. Children: Rosa J., Charles M., Francis M., Anna M. ; D (2-5)
George E., of Gettysburg, and Kent K., Henry B., and Charles P., were
brothers; D (6) Dora Boyer Wible married Rev. C. B. Etter, of Wads-
worth, Ohio.
D (i) Rose Swope, daughter of Susan Mary Boyer and Samuel
Swope. Address, Greenville, Georgia; D (2) A daughter married J. C.
H. Benjamin, of 3039 North West St., Wallbrook, Maryland; D (3)
Norman.
CHAPTER XLVII
NICOLAS BAYER.
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The date of birth of Nicolas Bayer is not known to the historian
at this writing-. He came from the estate of Nicolas I'rudivic, Count
of Zinzendorf, at Nurhutt, Upper Austria, and settled first at Bethlehem,
Pa., but removed later to Halifax, Pa., where he died, 1823, and is
buried on the "Hill Cemetery." He was a cabinet maker and worked
at this trade up to the time of his death. His wife's first name was
Eva, but her maiden name is not known. The children: John, Nicholas,
George W., Philip, Joseph, and Eva. There is no tombstone for the
father.
B (1) John Boyer, son of Nicolas Bayer and his wife Eva, born
March i, 1794, died May i, 1857, and is buried at Halifax, Pa. Methodist.
Married Anna Brubaker, born May 7, 1781. Children: David, Joseph,
John, Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Daniel; B (2) Nicholas Boyer, born July
18, 1797, died Aug. 26, 1854. Married. See "Administration," Harris-
burg, Pa., Jan. 3, 1855. Children: (a) Harriet, born Aug. 2, 1832.
She died July 26, 1854. (b) Mary E., born Aug. 28, 1834. She died
Sept. 26, 1854. Estate administered by brother, Philip; B (3) George
W. Boyer, born Nov. 7, 1803, at HaHfax, Pa., died I'eb. 7, 1873. His
first wife died 1845, leaving him one child, Lewis. His second wife,
Elizabeth Bartley, born May 14, 1816, died Aug. 9, 1888. She is buried
near her husband at Shanondale, Pa. Children of this marriage: George
W., Mary, and Sarah; B (4) Philip Boyer, born Aug. 22, 1808, died
July 28, 1884. Cabinet maker at Halifax, Pa. Finished and furnished
a home for his bride. The home remains almost as he. left it. His
father lived about 100 yards distant from this son. He married Nancy
A. Medlam, born Feb. 10, 1812. Children: James, Margaret, M. Louisa,
Angelica, and W. Harris. This son administered his father's estate, TY'b.
26, 1886; B (5) Joseph Boyer. Married. Only child, Anna, married
David L. Boyer, son of her cousin, Joseph. Address (1910) Mrs. David
L. Boyer, 707 Eleventh St., Altoona, Pa.
C (i) David Boyer, son of John Boyer and Anna Brubaker, died
single ; C (2) Joseph Boyer. born Aug. 17, 1817, died Oct. 8, 1872. Mar-
ried Mary L., born Jan. 20, 1818. Children: David L., Joseph M.,
.Mary Jane, Sarah E., John H., and George; C (3) Elizabeth Boyer,
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born Feb. 14, 1819, died Dec. 31, 1844. Married Frederick Funk; C (4)
John Boyer, born Jan. i, 1822, died Dec. 18, 1896, and is buried at
Halifax, Pa., with his wife near by. Methodist. Contractor and Hme
merchant. Married Janes K. Keyle, born Feb. 15, 1825. Children: John
D., Anna R., Amy E., Mary, Sarah M., Catherine L., and Joseph P. ;
C (5) Rebecca Boyer, born 1916, died Jan. 29, 1884. Married Davis
Clemson.
C (i) Lewis I. Boyer, son of George W. Boyer and his first wife,
born at Hahfax, Pa., died 1904, and is buried at Duncannon, Pa. He
was brought up among strangers, because his mother died young. Mar-
ried. Children: George E., Charles L., and Mary; C (2) George W.
Boyer, son of George W. Boyer and his second wife Elizabeth Bartley,
was born Oct. I, 1846, at Shanondale, Clarion Co., Pa. He was a soldier
of the Civil War. Company C, 62nd P. V. Regiment. Fine record. ,
Valuable citizen of St. Mary's, Elk Co., Pa., where he is buried. Mar-
ried Mary S. Address (1910) 133 Mill St., St. Mary's, Pa. Children:
Charles W., and Caroline E. ; C (3) Mary Boyer, born Aug. 6, 1841,
married Israel Klepper. Both buried at Shanondale, Pa. Children :
William G., of Warren, Pa., and two girls; C (4) Sarah A. Boyer, born
Dec. 21, 1850, died Jan. 10, 1870. Married T)avid M. Swab. Both
buried at vShaiiondale, I'a. Chiliiri'u: Son (deceased), girl.
C' (1) James Bt)yer, son of i'hilij) P)()yer and Kaucy A. Medlam.
vXddress (1910) 304 E. 13th St., Oklahoma City, Okla. ; C (2) Margaret
Boyer, married M. B. Chrisman, of 261 North St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Children: Francis L., Annie h., and Margaret L. ; C (3) M. Louisa
Boyer died single in Harrisburg, Pa. Milliner; C (4) Angelica Boyer
married J. T. Thompson, of 131 Lincoln Ave., Washington, N. J.;
C (5) W. Harris Boyer. Address (1910) 47 Leonard St., New York,
N. Y.
D (i) David L. Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and his wife Mary
L. Liter, died Oct. 25, 1912. Married Anna Boyer, daughter of his
father's uncle, Joseph Boyer. Address (1910) 707 Eleventh St., Al-
toona, Pa. No children; D (2) Joseph M. Boyer, born July 14, 1844,
died March 15, 1893. Married Sarah Sheetz, born Feb. 2, 1842. Chil-
dren: Charles H., of 1409 Eighth Ave., Altoona, Pa. Born Oct. 2,
1865 ; George E., of 1004 S. Cameron St., Harrisburg, Pa. Married.
Children: Forest L. Boyer; Monroe F., of Halifax, Pa.; Harvey C,
of Halifax, Pa. Married. Children: Joseph, Leon, Alfred, Grace;
Mary married Monroe Beck, of Lebanon, Pa. ; Herbert J., of Halifax, Pa. ;
D (3) Mary Jane Boyer married L B. Potteiger, of Halifax, Pa. Chil-
dren: W. B. Potteiger, of 504 S. 2nd St., Chambersburg, Pa.; W. E.
Potteiger, of Millersburg, Pa.; J. F. Potteiger, of Halifax, Pa.; D (4)
Sarah E. Boyer married Samuel Bowman, of 1004 S. Cameron St., Har-
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risburg, Pa. Children : Elsie, Naomi, Hailnah, Ethel, Uriah F., of
1004 S. Cameron St., Ilarrisburg, Pa.; D (5) John II. Boyer married
Marion Yeager. Address (1910) 2519 Corlies St., Station C, Phila.,
Pa. Children : Mary. Mrs. William Good, Walnut, near 13th St., Har-
risburg. Pa. ; Jessie. Mrs. Augustus Haley, Plainfield, N. J. ; Helen ;
D (6) George Boyer died young.
D (i) John 1). Boyer, son of John Boyer and Jane E. Keyle, was
born Aug. 10, 1850. Address (1912) 809 Eighth Ave., Altoona, Pa.;
I) (2) Anna R. Boyer, born Nov. 7, 1854, married John L. Kintzer, of
550 Mifilin Ave., Wilkinsburg, Pa. No children ; D (3) Amy E. Boyer,
born Nov. 30, 185O, married Alex. L. Ayres, 2902 8th Ave., Altoona, Pa. ;
D (4) Mary Boyer, born Dec. 6, 1858, married Albert P. Ettien, of
Halifax, Pa. Children : Catherine, married Leroy Smith. Address
(1912) Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.; John P., of Halifax, Pa.; D (5)
Sarah M. Boyer, born March 3, i860. Address (1912) 809 Eighth Ave.,
Altoona, Pa. Care of Mrs. Calvin Black; D (6) Catherine E. Boyer.
Address (191 2) Care of Mrs. Calvin i>lack, 809 Eighth Ave., Altoona,
Pa. ; D (7) Joseph P. Boyer, born Oct. 16, 1864, married Alvesta Drippt.
Children : Rebecca, Wallace, Atterbury, Olive.
D (i) George E. Boyer, son of Lewis I. Boyer and his wife. Ad
dress (1910) Duncannon, Pa. Married. Children: Lewis H., Millie
M., George H., Elton W., Wallace H., and Wayne M.; D (2) Charles
L. Boyer. Address (1910) 141 Louther St., Carlisle, Pa.; D (3) Mary
Boyer. Address (1910) Mrs. Mary Hemperly, Duncannon, Pa.
'D (i) Charles W. Boyer, son of George W. Boyer and his wife
Mary S., was born Feb. 19, i8(_k). Physician, 133 Mill St., St. Mary's,
Pa. Married Mary B. Krug, born May 15, 1868. Children: Zeta,
Charles S., Mary K., Dorothy E., Omer F. ; D (2) Caroline E. Boyer
was born Oct. 15, 1884. Finely educated.
D (i) Francis L. Chrisman, son of Margaret Boyer and M. B.
Chrisman. Address (1912) Mt. Clair, N. J. Proprietor of the "Mont
Clair Herald"; D (2) Annie L. Chrisman; D (3) Margaret B. Chris-
man.
CHAPTER XLVIII
MARTIN BEYER.
If the traditions reported by Andrew Jackson Boyer hold, Martirt
Beyer came to America with wife and children before 1800. Presently
the father and mother retnrned to Germany, with the daughters, leaving
the sons. Apparently there were five sons, though tradition hints at
eig-ht. The family had located at Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pa.,
where the sons began their life after the return of the parents and sisters
to Europe. At least some of the sons, if not all of them must have
been old enough to help themselves, and probably to decide on their
own account to remain in America. It would be impossible to explain
the return of both parents, with the daughters, on any other reasonable
supposition. The sons were David, Andrew, Jacob, jMartin, Joseph.
One daughter married a Mr. Pfeffer. The ship list, Vol. 17, Second
Series, Pennsylvania Archives, contains no reference to Martin Beyer's
coming to America.
B (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Martin Beyer and wife, was probably
the oldest of the -five boys, born in Germany. Unless one of his sons
was John Boyer, we know nothing at all about him. See C.
B (2) David Boyer, son of Martin Beyer and wife, of Schaeflfers-
town, Pa., was born in Germany, probably about 1770, and came to
Pennsylvania. He died of tuberculosis, leaving one son, so far as we
know. This was David K. Boyer, of Dayton, Ohio. In 1870 he had
two sons, David and Joseph. The latter died without issue.
B (3) Martin Boyer, son of Martin Beyer and wife, died on his
way from SchaefTerstown, Pa., to Ohio, |)robably without issue.
B (4) Joseph Boyer, son of Martin Beyer and wife, was shot by
accident, leaving no issue.
B (5) Andrew Boyer, son of Martin Beyer and wife, was born
April 19, 1775, in Germany, and came to Schaefferstown, Lebanon Co.,
Pennsylvania. In 1797 he married Elizabeth Whistler, of Lancaster
County. He lived in Cumberland County for some time, but in 1823 he
moved to Rocky Springs, Franklin Co., Pa., where he died in 1856. He
was a farmer, blacksmith, and Dunkard minister. Mrs. Boyer died in
1849. Both are buried in a little graveyard on a farm in the hands
of (1908) Jacob Rohrer. So reports Andrew Jackson Boyer, his grand-
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son. Children : David C. Byers, Daniel Byers, Benjamin Byers, Kate
Byers, Lydia Byers, Polly Byers, and Margaret Byers.
C (i) John Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer, of SchaefFerstown, (smm
of Martin and his wife), nnless all proofs of locality fail. Judging from
known dates of birth in his family, he was born about 1770-1775. From
the fact that Jacob Buyer was then living at Schaefferstown, and that
this John, according to correspondents, lived there, we can hardly be
mistal-:cn. If he was not Jacob's son, he was a son of his Schaeffers-
town l>rothers. W^e do not know to whom he was married. Three of
the children were John, Jacob, and Teter. There may have been others.
Jacob died yovmg.
C (i) David K. Boyer, son of David Boyer and wife. Address
(1870) Dayton, Ohio. Andrew Jackson iioycr reports that he was not
living in 190S. Two sons, David and Joseph. Only the latter left
descendants. See Chapter 105.
C (i) David C. Byers, son of Andrew Boyer and wife Elizabeth
Whistler, was Ijorn April 13, 1807, in Cumberland Co., Pa. He died at
Martinsburg, West Virginia, and was buried there in ]S88. Farmer.
]\Iember of United Brethren Church. Married Catharine Crall, born
in Lancaster Co., Pa., Feb. 13, 181 1. Children: Joseph, Levi, John,
James K., Andrew Jackson, Maria, Kate, Elizabeth, Isabella; C (2)
FJaniel Byers died in 187G. He is buried with his v.ife, two sons, and
his parents, in the little family graveyard on the old farm near Rocky
Springs, F^ranklin Co., Pa. Children : J<jhn Byers, David S. Byers,
Mrs. Schlichtcr, i\Irs. Lesher, Mrs. Devine, Lydia (single) ; C (3) Benj-
amin J. livers was born 1817, near Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pa.
He died 76 years old, and is buried on Mt. ]Ie1)ron Cemetery, Win-
chester, Va. Married Catharine Reife, born 1818. Children: Samuel
A., of Stephenson, Virginia; David C, of Laurel, Maryland, and others;
C (4) Kate Boyer married John Rohrer. Chiklren: Jacob. Address
(190S) Beautiful, Franklin Co., Pa. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Hoover,
near Pleasant Hall, Franklin Co., Pa.; C (5) Lydia Byers married
Henr}- Hoover. Children: Benjamin, of Mansfield, Ohio, and others;
C (6) Polly Byers married Jacob Whistler. Children: Mrs. William
Kriner, of Greencastle, Pa., and others; C (7) Margaret Byers married
Mr. Wingert. Children: A. B. Wingert, of Chambersburg, Pa., R. F.
D. 4, and others.
D (1) John Boyer, son of John Boyer, of Schaefferstown. and his
v/ifc. was born about 1770, two miles from Shoeneck, Pa., and died about
1872. Farmer. Married Susan Kolb (Kulp). Both buried on his farm at
Cocalico, Pa. Cliildren : William, Rebecca, Sarah, Mary, Catharine,
Susan ; D (2) Peter Boyer. Married. Children: Cyrus, Henry, Peter,
Daniel, John, and perhaps others.
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D (i) Joseph Byers, son of David C. Byers and wife Catharine
Crall, born 1833, died 1872. Miller and farmer. Married Rebecca
Ruth. Children: Irene, Isaac, of McConnellsville, Pa., and Rev. Ralph
Byers, Presbyterian minister, of Silverton, Colorado; D (2) Levi Byers
was born Oct. 9, 1835, in Franklin Co., Pa., died April 24, 1877, and
is buried in Luigan, Franklin Co., Pa. U. B. Church. Wife's name
was Mariah, born July 15, 1835. Children: (i ) Milton Byers, a travel-
ing salesman, residing- in Cliicago in 1900. (2) Rev. Dr. William Levi
Byers, born May 25, 1866, and died at Keokuk, Iowa, Nov. 24, 1900.
Congregational minister. In 1889 he married Mary Ella liaker, of Day-
ton, Ohio. She died there 1896. Children: Ruth M., Mark, and Paul.
Address of all (1908) was 110 South 24th St., Omaha, Nebraska. (3)
Anna Catherine, wife of Dr. Young. She was born March, 1857. Meth-
odist. Taught school 23 years. In 1906 she married Dr. Young. Ad-
dress (1909) Box 46, New Cumberland, Pa. (4) Viola layers, wife
of her cousin, Jason Byers. Address (1909) U. S. Arsenal, Augusta,
Georgia; D (3) John Byers, born 1841, died at Mansfiekl, Ohio, 1911.
Civil W^ar soldier, in Ohio regiment. U. B. Church. Married. Chil-
dren: James, and others, at Mansfield, Ohio; D (4) James K. Byers,
born 1846, married Miss Phillips. Child: Jason, in U. S. Hospital
Service, just returned from four years' service in Philippine Islands.
Address, Augusta, Georgia. Married Viola Byers, daughter of uncle,
Levi Byers. Child: Harold; D (5) Andrew Jackson Boyer was liorn
August 5, 1839, at White Oak Springs, Franklin Co., Pa. Address, 1404
M Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Newspaper man, scientist, govern-
ment printer. Married Margaret Cormany, born July 10, 1842, in Frank-
lin Co., Pa. She died March 12, 187 1. Then he married Dora T. Titch-
enor, born 1840, at Ithaca, N. Y. She died in 1899. Then he married
Anna M. Moore, born Sept. 29, 1856, in Chester Co., Pa. Children : (i)
Stella W., daughter of first marriage, born March 27, 1870. Wife of
Harry T. Beach, printer in Government C)ffice. Address (1909) Wash-
ington, D. C. Child: Raymond, born 1893. (2) Charles Darwin
Boyer, son of thirtl marriage, born Oct. 16, 1886, in Washington, D. C.
Married Aurie G. Welch, born 1884, in Laurel, Maryland; D (6-8)
Maria Boyer, Isabella Boyer, wife of A. R. Kerr, and Kate Boyer, were
daughters of David C. Byers and wife Catharine Crall.
D (i) John Byers, son of Daniel Byers and wife, Children: (i)
Christian Byers, married, but left no descendants; (2) Daniel Byers.
Married. Children: Enos, married, children; Harvey, John, married;
Daniel left an only daughter; {3) John Byers died about 1906. Mar-
ried. Children: David ; Frank. Address (1915) Lancaster, Pa. Busi-
ness College student. Single ; Harry. Address (1915) New York, N. Y. ;
Elmer, Minnie, David Byers died about 1900. Married. Children: Hen-
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ry died in Kankagee, Illinois; W. S. Byers, or Strock Byers. Address
(1915) Chambersbiirg, Pa., R. D. 3. Farmer and stock dealer. Married.
Children: Retiza, Mary, Bruce, Samuel; Mrs. Frank Staik. Address
(1915) Chambersburg-, Pa.; (5) Elizabeth Jiyers. Address (1915) Mrs.
Daniel Sollenberg-er ; (6) Catharine Byers, single; D (2) David S.
Byers, son of Daniel Byers and wife, marrieil. Children; D (3) Air-,.
Schlichter. Address (1915) Chambersburg, Pa.; D (4) Mrs. Leshcr ;
D (5) Mrs. Devine; D (6) Lydia died single.
E (i) Sanuiel A. Byers, son of Benjamin J. Byers and wife Cath-
arine Reife, was born 1846, at Hagerstown, Md. Lutheran Church. Mar-
ried Sarah Lewis, born at Hagerstown, Md. Children: (i) Lillie M.,
Avife of William S. liromley, Ikrryville, Va., R. F. D. 4., born Dec. 13,
1871. Children: Chloe, and others. (2) JJenjamin L. Byers, Summit
Point, W. Va., born Nov. 6, 1873. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Alice
Wright. (3) Efhe L. Byers, born jNIarch 6, 1877, Stephenson, Va. ;
E (2) David C. Byers was born near Hagerstown, Md., 185 1. Address
(1915) 108 Newburgh Ave., Catonville, Md. Farmer. Presbyterian.
Married Clara J. Middlekauff. Children: (a) ILirry M. Byers, 251
Monroe St., Baltimore, Md. Children: Ethel, Helen; (b) Frank K.
Byers, of Catonville, Md. Married; (c) John Byers, Kent Place, Wash-
ington, D. C. Married; (d) J. Tyson Byers, Catonville, Md.
E (i) William Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Susan Kulp,
was born March 2, 1823. Address (1908) Richland, Pa., Bo.x 11. Luth-
eran, married Elizabeth Mattes, born March, 1820. Children: (i)
John M. Boyer, 249 South 8th St., Lebanon, Pa.; (2) Annie, wife of
George Reiss, 249 N. 12th St., Reading, Pa.; (3) Martha, of SchaetTers-
town, Pa.; (4) Elizabeth, wife of Aaron Bartolett (dead), Richland,
Pa.; (5) Susan, wife of Mr. Trostle, Centralia, Nemaha County, Kansas;
(6) Freeman Boyer, Friedensburg, Schuylkill Co., Pa.; (7) Tslary, wife
of Henry Lane, Ephrata, Pa.. R. D. 4; (8) Peter M. Boyer, Womels-
dorf. Pa., born May 12, 1858. Farmer, married Kate M. R. Mattes.
Child: Paul M. Boyer, Womelsdorf, Pa., born May 3, 1883. Telegraph
operator, married Caroline May Matthew; (9) Polly, wife of Mr. Fet-
ter, Junction, Lancaster Co., Pa., born April 14, 1848. Children: Phares,
of Harrisburg, Pa., Emily 0., at home; (10) Elias Boyer, Canton, Ohio;
(11) Levi Brooks Boyer; E (2) Rebecca Boyer married Mr. Kessler,
Cocalico, Pa.; E (3) Sarah Boyer married Mr. Weaver, Lititz, Pa.;
E (4) Mary Boyer, born Dec. 11, 1839, married Henry Treicht, Martin-
dale, Pa. Children: (i) Susan, wife of iNIr ISIyers, Martinsdale, Pa.;
Jacob B., Harry B., Barton, of ALartindale, and Annie, wife of Mr.
SchaefiFer, same address; E (5) Catharine Boyer married Mr. Lewis,
Lebanon, Pa.; E (6) Susan Boyer married Mr. Possev, Oakbrook, Pa.,
R. F. D. I.
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E (i) Cyrus Boyer, son of Peter Boyer, of Schaefferstown, and his
wife, married. Children: (i) Ehzahetli, wife of Mr. Ulrich, Lebanon,
Pa., (2) Mrs. John Gockley, of Crouse House, Mycrstov/n, Pa., and
others; E (2-5) Henry, Peter, Daniel, and John, were brothers. Daniel'
lived at Waldeek, Pa., in 191 2.
CHAPTER XLIX
TOBIAS BAYER.
The records on page 672, Vol. 2, Sixth .Series, Pennsylvania Archives,
show that this Tobias Bayer — the name is written Tobies Boayer— was a
soldier of the Revolutionary War. He belonged to the York County
Militia. The same page records Henry Boayer, evidently a brother. The
administration records at York, Pa., show that this Tobias Bayer had a
brother Martin, whose estate he administered March 29, 1794. There
can hardly be a doubt about this relationship, for the only other Tobias
Bayer in Pennsylvania, so far as the historian can discover, was bora
July 12, 1800, and was evidently the son of the administrator. Mrs.
George W. Lauver, daughter of the Tobias, born July 12, 1800, writes
that her mother told her that the father of the Tobias, born July 12,
1800, came from Germany, he being one of nine brothers. His brother
Henry died in 1795, in the same Township, namely Heidelberg, and his
estate was settled up, October 23, 1795, by Anna Bayer, probably his
wife, and apparently there were no children. There were two other
Boyers in the York County Militia in 1782, namely Better Boyer and
John Boyer. Although the names are not spelled Boayer, for they may
have been recorded in dillercnt compaiiies — see pages 673 and 675, Vol.
2, Sixth Series, I'ennsylvania Archives,— it looks as if these were also
brothers of Tobias Boayer. This conclusion would account for five of
the nine brothers in the tradition of Airs. Lauver's mother. Whether
the descendants can be found is difticult to predict. Tobias Bayer, senior,
may have been only about 22 years old in 1782, judging from the fact
that his son, Martin, was born in 1787. From this conclusion it may
be deducted that his brothers, Martin and Henry, died young, leaving
no descendants. The historian must find the York Court House records
to prove the case. Perhaps Tobias and the brothers, Martin and Henry,
are buried in Heidelberg Twp., York Co., Pa., and the dates may be
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found on the tombstones, or in Church records. The names of the
wives may also be found in the same connections. The sons of Tobias
Bayer were Mennonites, which would go to prove that the immigrant
brothers were Mennonites, and kin to the Lancaster County Hovers of
that faith. Tobias Bayer, the elder, left two sons, Martin and Tobias.
B (i) Martin Boyer, son of Tobias Bayer and his wife, was born
f Oct. 7, 1787, died Oct. 18, 1841, near Biglerville, Pa., and is buried at
I Mummasburg, Pa. Married a woman born Sept. 7, 1789. Children:
I John and Anna. The latter married John Eichholtz. Address son,
Jonas B. (1912) 2907 Wilcox Ave., Chicago, Bl.; B (2) Tobias Boyer
was born July 12, 1800, died Dec. 5, 1880, and is buried at Mummas-
I burg, Pa. Mennonite. Farmer. Married Mollie Shoemaker, whose only
I son, John Boyer, died unmarried at the age of 30 years. Idis second
I wife was Elizabeth Byer, who left two children, namely Elizabeth M.,
\ and Martin Tobias Boyer.
I C (i) John Boyer, son of Martin Boyer and his wife, was born
I ' Jan. 12, 1812, near Biglerville, Adams Co., Pa., died May 19, 1896, and
j is buried at Mummasburg, Pa. Mennonite. Fariuer. Married Elizabeth
I Sherk, born 181 1. Children: Abraham, Susanna, Isaac, Elizabeth,
Jacob, Catharine, Hettie, Tobias, Martin, John, Aaron.
C ( I ) Elizabeth M. Boyer, daughter of Tobias Boyer and Elizabeth
; Byer, married George Washington Lauvcr, of Cashtown, Pa., Box 148.
Only child: Albert Boyer Eauver, of Cashtown, Pa.; C (3) Martin
Tobias Boyer. Married. Children: Charles M., Paul B., married Virtie
Bullinger.
D (i) Abraham Boyer, son of John Boyer and Elizabeth Sherk.
born June 26, 1836, left no descendants; D (2) Susannah Boyer, born
Nov. 26, 1837, married Martin Wisler. No descendants; D (3) Isaac
Boyer, born Feb. 22, 1839, died young; D (4) Elizabeth Boyer, born
July 13, 1840, left no descendants; D (5) Jacob Boyer, born Sept. 22,
1841, was married first to Maria Slothous, who died 1872, leaving no
descendants. Then he married Margaret Ilartzell, aiid had two children.
He was killed in a railroad wreck at Persia, Iowa, June 12, 1900; D (6)
Catharine Boyer, born June 29, 1843, married Henry Slothous in 1867,
of Panora, Iowa. No descendants; D (7) Hettie Boyer, born June 12,
1845, resides at Pickerington, Ohio; D (8) Tobias Boyer, born Mav
16, 1847, farmer, Mummasburg, Pa., married Margaret Oilliland, .\'-
descendants; D (9) Martin Boyer, born Nov. 2, 1848, Mennonite, ma-'
chinist, Biglerville, Pa., R. D. 3, married Mary A. Raffensbergcr, born
May 24, 1844. She died Dec. 22, 1895, leaving seven children, namely
Elizabeth, John M., William E., Clayton T., btho C, Anna M., and
Kate C. In 1897 l^e married Mary A. Gingrich, born Jan. 2, 1868, to
wliom the following children were born: Retta, Elton, Nancy, Joseph,
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Warren, Ida, Cora; D (lo) John Boycr, born Sept. 12, 1850, farmer,
Ada, Kansas, married Ella Hill, of Maine. Children; D (11) Aaron
Boyer, born Sept. 9, 1854, farmer, Pickerington, Ohio, married Emma
Crum, born Jan. 23, i860. Children : Mary E., Charles E., Lawrence E.,
Zora E., Harry E., Clara E., Ada E.
E (i) Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Martin Boyer and Mary A.
Raffensperger, born Oct. 14, 1871, married B. W. Hankey, of Hampton,
Pa. Children; E (2) John M. Boyer, born May 25, 1873, machinist,
Harrisbnrg, Pa., married x\lzena Lauver. Children; E (3) William E.
Boyer, born April 2"], 1875, machinist, Chambersburg, Pa., married Lydia
Frey. Children; E (4) Clayton T. Boyer, born May 16, 1877, railroader,
Harrisburg, Pa., married Laura Kline. Children; E (5) Otho C. Boyer,
born Aug. 11, 1878, farmer, Woodville, Oregon, married Goldie M.
Spidel; E (6) Anna M. Boyer, born Sept. 22, 1881, married J. W.
Matthews, Harrisburg, Pa.; E (7) Katie C. Boyer, born May 3, 1886,
married J. A. Albert, Biglerville, Pa.; E (8) Retta Boyer, daughter of
Martin Boyer and second wife, Mary A. Gingrich, born Jan. 3, 1899;
E (9) Elton, born March 15, 1900; E (10) Nancy, born Oct. 24, 1901 ;
E (11) Joseph, born April 22, 1904; E (12) Warren, born Oct. 24,
1905; E (13) Ida, born Aug. 7, 1907; E (14) Cora, born Dec. 19,
1908.
E (i) Mary E. Boyer, daughter of Aaron Boyer and Emma Crum,
born Dec. 23, 1885, near Gettysburg, Pa. Reformed. Married (Sept.,
1906) Elmer Bender, of Canal Winchester, C)hio. Address (1911)
Groveport, Ohio. Children: Orpha M., born July 3, 1907; Lawrence
L., born Sept. 4, 1908; Andria G., born Nov. 22, 1910; E (2) Charles
E. Boyer, bom July 8, 1887, machinist, Pickerington, Ohio. Reformed;
E (3) Lawrence E. Boyer, born May 29, 1889, U. S. Navy machinist-
Address (1911) U. S.' S. "Lancaster," Phila., Pa.; E (4) Zora E.
Boycr, born June 3, 1891. Address ( 191 1) Pickerington, Ohio. Married
(z'Vug., 1910) Walter P. Mason, of Pickerington, Ohio; E (5) Harry
E. Boyer, born May 16, 1893, farmer, Pickerington, Ohio; E (6) Clara
E. Boyer, born Oct. 30, 1894, telephone operator, Pickerington, Ohio;
E (7) Ada E. Boyer, born Feb. 12, 1900. Address (1911) Pickerington,
Ohio.
CHAPTER Iv
GEORGE BEYER.
The "old" cemetery at Harrisburg, Pa., is the resting place of George
Beyer, born in Germany, Oct. 31, 1760, as recorded on his tombstone.
He died May 24, 183 1. At the time of this writing (191 3) the historian
does not know the name of George Beyer's wife, nor why he migrated
from Germany, nor what his occupation was, nor to what church he held.
Perhaps he left a large family, but we know only two sons, namely,
George and William.
B (i) William Boyer, son of George Beyer and his wife, lived in
Harrisburg, Pa., but died single; B (2) George Boyer was Ix^rn Sept.
16, 1 78 1, probably in Harrisburg, Pa. He died Feb. 9, 1839, and is
buried near his father, on the "old" cemetery. Lutheran. Proprietor
of the celebrated "Eamb" Hotel, Harrisburg, Pa. Married Mary Kopen-
daufer. Children: Theodore F., William L., Henry K., Camilla, and
Mary.
B (i) Theodore F. Boyer, son of George Boyer and Mary Kopen-
daufer, was born March 21, 1824, and died Feb. 4, 1881. Baptist. Groc-
er. Buried near his parents. Married Lydia K. Winslovv, of Elk Co.,
Pa. Children: Charles I^., Frank D., Emma, Susan, and Caroline;
C (2) William E. Boyer was born 181 5, and died Dec. 17, 1879. Lived
in Harrisburg, Pa., but is buried in Phila., Pa. Married Susan Strock,
born 1826. He was a manufacturer of agricultural implements. Only
child: Clara, died young; C (3) Henry K. Boyer was born Oct., 1818,
died March, 1881, and lived in Philadelphia, Pa., where he is buried.
Married Martha A. Peoples, born 1820. Manufacturer of agricultural
implements. Children: Mary E. Boyer, born Sept. 20, 1846. Address
(1913) 1830 N. i6th St., Phila., Pa., and George W. Boyer, born May
1848. He was president of the Northern Electric Light Company. Re-
sided at 1425 N. 7th St., and died without descendants, Feb., 1891 ;
C (4) Camilla Boyer married Reverend Dewees Boyer, an Adventist.
Child: Ella Boyer. In 1910 she was single; C (5) Mary Boyer mar-
ried a Mr. Hall. Left a son, Frank Hall. Address (191 2) Baltimore,
Maryland.
D ( I ) Charles L. Boyer, son of Theodore F. Boyer and Lydia K.
Winslow, was born May 29, 185 1, in Elk Co., Pa. Address (1912) 7th
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and Maclay Sts., Harrisburg, Pa. Baptist. Single. This man has ac-
compHshed wonders in "Rescue and Charity Work," in London, Eng-
land, and in Harrisburg, Pa. At tlie present writing he is Sujjerintendent
of the Home InvaHds' Union and the Old Folks' Home, Harrisburg, Pa.
Robert F. Gorman, says of him, in the Harrisburg News, Nov. 24, 191 1 :
"Had he devoted his unquestioned executive ability and unboundeil
energy to business, he would be one of the wealthy men of the city."
"He is in constant touch with misfortune in its blackest forms, yet
remains an optimist of the highest type — the optimist of deed as well
as creed." "He scatters sunshine all along his daily way," and is loved
by all who know him; D (2) Frank D. Boycr was born May 23, 1853.
Address (1912) New Cumberland, Pa. Baptist. Superintendent of
water works. Alarried Miss Trough. Children : Frank, 261 Herr St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.; Florence. Mrs. Florence Guyer, Cor. 7th and Wood-
bine Sts., Harrisburg, Pa.; Harvey, 16 N. 17th St., Plarrisburg, Pa.;
William Boyer, of New Cumberland, Pa. ; D (3) Emma Boyer married J.
C. Cassell, of Roanoke, N. C. A son. James, was in Mercer College in
1912; D (4) Susan Boyer married S. E. Ploward, who died some time
ago. Her address (1912) was 16 N. 17th St., Harrisburg, Pa.; D (5)
Caroline Boyer married J. Burd Sharp, of St. Eouis, Mo.
CHAPTER I.I
JONATHAN BAYER.
The historian's informants write that Jonathan Bayer v/as a Palat-
hiate German. Pie came to America after the Revolutionary War, and
settled in Charming County, New York State. Married Elizabeth lleck-
ert. Perhaps the date of birth and death of both may be obtained by
and by, for they are l)uried at Big Flat, N. Y. The children of this
union were Samuel, John, and Philip, so far as reported.
B ( 1 ) Samuel Boyer, son of Jonathan Bayer and Elizabeth Heck-
ert, was buried at Big Flat, Charming Co., N. Y. Married Elenora
Emmons, an English girl. Children: Samuel PL, J\Iary Adelia, John
L., Elizabeth Arabella, and Sarah O. ; B (2) John Boyer has not been
reported; B (3) Philip Boyer was born Aug. 5, 1791. Married. Chil-
dren.
C (i) Samuel H. Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Elenora Em-
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mons, was born Oct. 20^ 1836, at Big Flat, N. Y. Educated for Protestant
Episcopal minister. Served three charges with great credit— the last
■one at Philadelphia, Pa. Address (1913) 1729 S. Broad St., Phila., Pa.
Married Sophia M. Buckner. Children: Herbert M., 1729 S. Broad St.,
Phila., Pa. ; Charlotte married Luther S. Green, of New Bedford, Mass. ;
Rev. Francis B., Protestant Episcopal minister, of New Bedford, Mass. ;
C (2) Mar}^ Adelia Boyer married David Harrower; C (3) John h.
Boyer, lawyer, died unmarried; C (4) Elizabeth /Vrabella Boyer married
Charles Harris. Note: Dr. Charles E. Spahr, of 14 \V. Market St.,
York, Pa., promsies to report this chapter fully.
CHAPTER UI
JONATHAN BAYER.
Correspondents report that Jonathan Bayer was born in Germany.
He came to America when he was fifteen years old, perhaps about 1800,
and first lived in Pennsylvania or Maryland. Pie married in Maryland,
and, in 1857, came to Indiana. Who his first wife was the historian can
not discover. His second wife, named Elizabeth, is buried with him at
the Salem Cemetery, Burlington, Indiana,. where she died April 2, 1892.
Perhaps there were children of the first marriage, but those of the
second were John William, Ezra, Sarah, Caroline, Levi, Josiah, and
Isaiah.
B (i) John William Boyer, son of Jonathan I'ayer and his second
wife Elizabeth, was born Sept. 15, 1837, near Friedburg, Maryland.
Stone mason and farmer. Soldier in Co. E, Second Regiment, Kansas
\'ols. Enlisted 1862 and discharged 1865. Drew a pension, lie died
about 1900-10, in Topeka, Kansas, where his wife, Emma Eddy, is prob-
ably also Ijuried. Children: Saunders Boyer, Stillwater,. Okla. Mar-
ried. Children : Frederick Boyer, Stewart, Florida, has no family ; Reu-
ben T. Boyer, 1342 Mulvane St., Topeka, Kansas, born Nov. 22, 1S68,
married Minnie S. Chilson. Children: Eddie T., Luella, Harry T.,
Mabel M., Reuben L., Roland H. ; B (2) Ezra Boyer; B (3) Sarah
Boyer married Daniel Cline, of Independence, Kansas. Children; B (4)
Caroline Boyer married Aaron Cline; B (5) Levi Boyer is buried at
Burlington, Indiana, B (6) and so is his brother Josiah; B (7) Isaiah
Boyer was born 1850, near Hagerstovvn, Maryland, died at Burlington,
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Indiana, Feb. 28, 1909, and is buried on Salem Cemetery there. Chris-
tian Church (Disciples). Soldier. Company E, 154th Regiment, Indiana
Volunteers. Married Catharine Smith, April 25, 1870. Children: Anna
Bell, John W., Atlanta A., Sarah Catherine, Charles W., Jennie M., Wil-
bur H., Grant, Edna E., and Hazel V.
C (i) Eddie J. Boyer, son of Reuben T. Boyer and Minnie S.
Chilson, was born April 8, 1892, married Marguerite Wilson, Feb. 25,
1914. Address (1914) 1906 Buchanan St., Topeka, Kansas; C (2)
Luella Boyer married Charles C. Asquith, 1438 Polk St., Topeka, Kansas ;
C (3) Harry T. Boyer was born Sept. 4, 1895; C (4) Roland H.
Boyer was born Oct. 16, 1901 ; C (5) Reuben L. Boyer was born April
21, 1905.
C (i) Anna Bell Boyer, daughter of Isaiah Boyer and Catharine
Smith, was born April 10, 1874, married George C. Murphy. No chil-
dren; C (2) John W. Boyer, Burlington, Ind., born Nov. 21, 1875;
C (3) Atlanta A. Boyer, Youngstown Station, Seattle, Washington;
C (4) Sarah Catherine Boyer married Frank Kent, 1017 Forest Ave.,
Beaumont, Texas ; C (5) Charles W. Boyer was born April 8, 1883. Ad-
dress (1912) Burlington, Indiana. Blacksmith. Married. Children;
C (6) Jennie M. Boyer, born March 22, 1886, married John W. Cogs-
well, soldier in Manilla. Adilress (1912) Bainbridge, Georgia; C (7)
Wilbur H. Boyer, farmer, of Burlington, Indiana; C (8) Grant Boyer,
teacher, of Burlington, Indiana; C (9) Edna E. Boyer, of Burlington^
Indiana; C (10) Hazel V. Boyer, of Burlington, Indiana.
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CHAPTER LIII
NICHOLAS BAYER.
Correspondents inform us that Nicholas Bayer was born about 1783,
in Germany. They do not tell us in which year he arrived in America,
but he nuist have come about 1803, for in 1806 his son, David Washing-
ton, was born. Some correspondents think he came to Pennsylvania and
went from there to Maryland, where it ai)pears his children were born.
The name of the woman he married is not reported, but judging from
the name, David Washington, she was closely linked with Revolutionary
sires. Nicholas Bayer, it appears returned to Germany, perhaps on a
visit, it is really not known, and died there about 1862. His boys
were David Washington, William, Thomas, John, and Basil. There was
at least one daughter, Frances, wife of Mr. Murray. Son, Murray Mur-
ray. Address (1915) Milton, Iowa. Chapter 115 may belong here.
B (i) David Washington Boyer, son of Nicholas Bayer and wife,
was born in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 22, 1806. Baptist. Farmer and
teacher. Moved to Muskingdom, Ohio, and then to Farmington, Iowa,
where he died. Wife's name, was Maria Francis, born Nov. 4, 181 1, and
died Aug. 9, 1901. Children: Manila, William F., Dewitt C, Thomas
W., Timothy Titus, Samuel A., John Milton, Lewis M., Mary Catharine,
Alvin A., Nancy J., James F., Benjamin Oliver, and Belle; B (2)
William Boyer died in Ohio; B (3) Thomas Boyer married and died
in Ohio. Children: Isaiah Boyer, of Corydon, Iowa, and others ; B (4)
John Boyer was born in Maryland, Feb. 8, 1808, married Rebecca McRey,
in 1834. Children: Susannah, James, Angeline, George F., Martha,
Cynthia, Milton, Euphemia V.; B (5) Basil Boyer died in Ohio. De-
scendants live at Farmingtown, Iowa.
C (i) Timothy Titus Boyer, son of David Washington Boyer and
wife Mary Francis, was born Aug. 10, 1838, at Nashport, Ohio. Ad-
dress (1915) Logan, Route 2, Oklahoma. Farmer. Baptist. Married
Susan Boyer, Basil's sister. Children : David Washington, Haman C,
Sarah, Mary Jane, Eliza, Ulysses, Edward M., Annabelle, Grace, and
Leo; C (2) Dr. Thomas W. Boyer was born July 26, 1835. Address
(191 5) Bonaparte, Iowa. Surgeon in hospitals during Civil War.
Merchant for many years. Married Nancy Meek. Children: (i) Flora,
of Chicago; (2) 11. I. Boyer, farmer; (3) Georgie, of Bonaparte, Iowa;
C (3) Lewis M. Boyer was born Dec. 15, 1842. Address (1915) 507
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South Vine St., Creston, Iowa. Farmer, Baptist. Married Mary Zane.
Children: (i) Ann Lurene, wife of R. G. Wixam, Grand Junction,
Colorado; (2) Estella, wife of H. E. Gidley, 201 Clark St., Crestun,
Iowa; (3) J. W. Boyer, Chadron, Nebraska; C (4) James F. Boyer
was born Sept. 17, 1852. Butcher, Bonaparte, Iowa. Married Janctte
Wotts. Children : Mrs. Cummings, Bonaparte, Iowa, and Alary Boyer,
Keokuk, Iowa; C (5) Alvin A. Boyer was born Sept. 5, 1848. Aieth-
odist. Thresher, Farmington, Iowa. I^Iarried Janette Rhoades, Feb.
22, 1872. Poetess. Biography found in "Living Poets of America."
Children: Jessie Dell, Birdie Belle, William Crayton, Mary Jane, Effie
Hester, Grace Alice; C (6) Benjamin Oliver Boyer was born Alay 22,
1S54. Farmer, Lakemp, Oklahoma. Married Matilda Fine. Has family
Bible. Children: Orr, Dorr, and two daughters, all at Lakemp, Okla-
homa; C (7) Dr. John Milton Boyer was born June 26, 1841, in Van
Buren Co., Iowa, and died Alay 27, 1897, at Keokuk, Iowa. Physician
and merchant. President of Bowman Boyer Co., wholesale merchants.
Very fine man. Served in Civil War as Corporal, Co. A, 19th Iowa In-
fantry. Married (Nov. 28, 1867 j Mary Ann Robison. Children: Lou
Ella Boyer, 817 High St., Keokuk, Iowa, and Ora T. Boyer, teacher.
Both at home with mother, and highly cultured women. Helped to make
this chapter possible; C (8) Dewitt C. Boyer was born Feb. 16, 1834.
Lived in Mercer County, Mo. Farmer. iSIarried. Five or six children;
C (9) Samuel A. Boyer was born March 2, 1840, and died Feb. 2, 1903.
Married Amanda Ellis. Only child : Samuel Boyer, of Osborne, Kansas.
Hopes to study law; C (10) Mary Catharine Boyer was born Nov. 8,
1844, and died Oct. 19, 1884. Married Mr. Weir. One child: Lewis.
He married Miss Fritzinger. One child : George, at home in Nebraska ;
C (11 ) Nancy J. Boyer was born Dec. 8, 1850, and died Dec. 26, 1903.
Alarried J. K. Mueller. Children: Karl, of Fort Madison, Iowa, and
three daughters; C (12) William F. Boyer was born (3ct., 1832, in
Ohio. Married. Children; C (13) Belle Boyer was born Nov. 7, 1856.
J\larried Allen Perkins. One son : Charles, of Annavilla, Texas.
C ( i) James H. Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Rebecca McRey,
married Mahala Burricr, Oct. 31, 1861. Children: (1) Ira; (2) Hart-
ford. Address (1915) Farmington, Iowa; James H. married second
wife, Celestia Merrick. There are children; C (2) George F. Boyer
married Mary E. Address (1915) Farmington, Iowa. Children: (i)
Bert Monroe, of Farmington, Iowa, born about 1878. Farmer, married
Gertrude Almira. Children: Harold Francis, Chester Harrison, My-
drian Bert, Paul Edward, Bernice Marguerite. (2) E. J. Boyer, of
Farmington, Iowa; C (3) Susan married Eli Varner, Feb. 14, 1856,
lived at Alerton, Iowa. Five children; C (4) Angelina married Robert
Leisure, Feb. 20, 1864, and lived at Corydon, Iowa. Seven children ; C (5)
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JMartha married Robert Leisure, Nov. 28, 1867, and lived at Alerton,
Iowa; C (6) Cynthia married George Flamm, Nov. 26, 1874, and after-
wards W. AI. Ilammons, of Alerton, Iowa; C (7) Alilton lived, mar-
ried, and died at Chicago, 111. One son; C (8) Jennie married John
Warren, Feb. i, 1880, and lives near Alerton, Iowa.
D (i) Haman C. Boyer, son of Timothy T. Hoyer and wife Susan,
nee Boyer, was born Jan. 29, 1861, at Farminglon, Iowa. Address (1915)
Farmington, Iowa. Married Ilattie McKec, who died about 1894. One
son Byron Boyer. Address (1915) Canton, j\[o. Byron's father later
married Nora Cooley. Children: Gilbert, Greta, \'irgie, Verna ; D (2)
Sarah Boyer was born Aug. 16, 1863. Married Charles Freeman, but
died 1907. Children: Nellie Clem, of Logan, Okla., and Beulah Davis,
of Helena, Okla. ; D (3) jMary Jane Boyer was born Jan. 19, 1866. Mar-
ried A. L. Crosswhite. No children; D (4) Eliza Boyer, born Jan.
19, 1870, married John Beck, who died. Then she married Robert Mon-
roe, of Gorin, Mo. No children; D (5) Ulysses tJoyer was born Dec.
24,1867. Address (191 5) Logan, Okla. Married Myrtle Waters. Chil-
dren : Grace and William. The mother died, and he married a second
time. Children; D (6) D. W. Boyer was born Oct. 4, 1872. Address
(1915J Walters, Okla. Cashier of First National Bank. Helped his-
torian. Married Donna Ethel Kinnett, July i, 1899. She was born Feb.
2, 1879. Child: Wilfred K. Boyer, born about 1902; D (7) Edward
W^ Boyer was born June 14, 1875. Address (1915) Logan, Okla.;
D (8) Annabclle Boyer, born Oct. 8, 1877, married Elmer Wright, of
Goltry, Okla.; D (9) Grace Boyer, born Nov. 30, 1879, married John
Freeman, of Shelbina, Mo.; D (10) Leo Boyer was born May i, 1883.
Address (1915) Logan, Okla.
D (i) Jesse Delle Boyer, daughter of Alvin O. Boyer and wife
Jennie Rhoades, born Jan. 13, 1872, married Wilbur White, March 22,
1892. Address: Farmington, L)wa. Children: Forest, Myron, Theo-
dore; D (2) Birdie Belle Boyer, born Oct. 3, 1874, married Bertram
Henderson, July 4, 1904. Address: New London, Iowa. Children:
Zca (trained nurse) ; D (3) William Crayton Boyer, born Dec. 25,
1875, enlisted when the Spanish American War broke out, being promoted
several times, lastly serving as First I/ieutenant and Inspector of the
Constabulary. He married a Spanish lady, and has continued to reside
in the Philippine Islands; D (4) Mary Jane Boyer, born Oct. 10, 1883,
married Raul Miller, July 11, 1903. Address: Corydon, Iowa. Hus-
band is County Treasurer. Child: Madolyn ; D (5) Effie Hester
I^oyer, born March 22, 18S4, married Claude Gary, Sept. 22, 1909. Ad-
dress: Ivanhoe Drug Store, Kansas Cit)-, Mo. Child: George; D (6)
Grace Alice Boyer, born Nov. 8, 18S7, married Garnet Reynolds, Dec.
9, 1910. Address (191 5) St. Louis, AIo.
CHAPTER LIV
NICHOLAS BEYER.
Correspondents report that this Nicholas Beyer resided in Berks
County, Pennsylvania, and that his wife's family name was Beckei.
The tax lists show that he lived in Amity Township as early as 1740-
and as late as 1786. Apparently he did not belong to the Amityville
Church, for the baptisms of his children are not recorded there. He
may have belonged to another congregation near by. The ship list of
Vol. 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives, records a Nicholas Beyer.
He came to Philadelphia, Pa., on the ship "Lydia," Sept. 27, 1740, quite
likely from Palatinate, Germany. If tliis is the man, he must have been
over sixteen years old, and born between 1720-1724. Inasmuch as
the other townships of Berks County do ncA record a Nicholas Be\er
early enough to be this man, we take it that there can be little doubt
about the identity. His great grandson, Henry, thinks there were three
children, Jacob, and two others, but does not know for certain. It is
certain that the Amity Nicholas was not the same as the Spiece Church
Nicholas, of Chapter 32, for that Nicholas was born 1753, and could
therefore not have been a ta.x pa)er in 1754.
B (i) Jacob Boyer, son of Nicholas Beyer and wife Becker, was
born about 1760, probably in Amity Township, Berks Co., Pa., and
died about 185 1, as reported by his grandson, Henry. "Lived on a little
stony farm in Berks County." Revolutionary soldier, according to tradi-
tion. Two Jacobs are recorded as soldiers in 1777, but whether this
Jacob was one of them, or which one, can not be determined without
going deeply into the matter. Pie married Elizabeth Lorah. Children:
John, Abraham, Jeremiah, Jacob, William H., Hannah, Mary, Eliza-
beth, Catherine, Hettie.
C (i) John Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Elizabeth Lorah,
lived in Iowa. Married Catherine Baker. Children (large family) :
(i) Lavina, married and died in Michigan; (2) Elizabeth, wife of
Reuben Kile, born Aug. i, 1828, died June 20, 1909. Children: Kate,
a teacher. Address (1910) West Point, Iowa; C (2) Abraham Boyer
lived at Liberty Mills, Kosciusko Co., Indiana. Children: Elizabeth,
wife of Mr. Prizer, and others; C (3) Jeremiah Boyer was born June
17, 1809, in Berks Co., Pa., and died June ii, 1882, at Columbus Grove,
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•Ohio. Employed in a paper mill at Reading, Pa., and on the little farm.
Came with parents to Jackson Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio, about 1826.
Married Eliza Watkins, moved to Henry Twp., Wood Co., Ohio, and in
1864 to Pulaski, Williams Co., Ohio, where he owned a mill. Chil-
dren: William, Henry B., Josiah, Isaac C, Cyrus F., George PI. (called
Plarry"), the historian's correspondent; C (4) Jacob Boyer married
Catherine Boyer, a relative. Both died in Michigan. Children: Chris-
topher, boy, Emaline, Hetty, girl; C (5) William H. Boyer was born
June I, 1826, in Berks Co.', Pa., and died Aug. 28, 1871. Enlisted Aug.
25, 1862, Co. G, 2ist Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, Infantry. Served
two years and ten months. Honorably discharged at close of war, June
5, 1865. Good man. Married Elizabeth Copus, born Dec. 17, 1828
Pie died Sept., 1906. Children: (i) Emily, wife of Mr. Hogeboom,
Delta, Ohio, R. D. 27. Born April 11, 1858. Address of daughter
(1910) Mrs. John Beadle, Morcnci, Michigan, R. D. (2) Albert J.
Boyer, of Morenci, J^lichigan, born Sept. 8, 1855, married Henrietta
Bundy, born April 28, 1857. Children: P. Ray Boyer, of Ventura, Cal.,
and Ada, wife of G. H. Chapelle, Elk Grove, Cal. (3) John W. Boyer,
born July 27, i860. He died at Coft'eyville, in Kansas, 1905. (4) Eliza-
beth, wife of Adrian Alercing, born Nov. 9, 1866, died at Pine Bluflf,
Arkansas, 1905. (5) Hattie, wife of Mr. Raymond. Address (1910)
Wauseon, Ohio; C (6) Hannah Boyer married a Mr. Boyer, who died
soon afterwards. Then she married Jacob Greenly, and left a num-
ber of children; C (7) Mary Boyer married Peter Boyer and moved lo
Missouri. Children: (i) Rufus Boyer died at Charlotte, Michigan.
(2) Benjamin Boyer, (3) girl; C (8) Elizabeth Boyer married Mat-
thew Dawson. Children: (1) Mary J., (2) Jacob. Address (1910)
517 Seventh St., Redlands, Cal., (3) William; C (9) Caroline Boyer
married Daniel Keller, and left children; C (10) Hetty Boyer married
George Walmer, and left children : Mary J., and others.
D (i) William Boyer, son of Jeremiah Boyer and wife Eliza Wat-
kins, was born Dec. 31, 1832. Lived and died in Easton Co., Michigan.
Married Elizabeth Norris in 1859, but left no children; D (2) Henry
B. Boyer was born June 24, 1834, in Wayne Co., Ohio. Moved from
Wood Co., Ohio, to Michigan, where he died. Married Sarah Otts
in 1857. Children: (i) Andrew, dead in 1910, but his widow resided
at Sunfield, Michigan. There are two sons; (2) Lucinda, wife of Lou
Johnson, of Delta, Ohio; (3) Stella, of Sunfield, Michigan; (4) Jennie,
wife of Mr. Gee, Sunfield, Michigan ; D (2) Susan C. Boyer, born March
I, 1844, died Oct. 28, 1897. Wife of John A. Slemmons, born Sept.
13, 1855. Address (1910) Defiance, Ohio. Children: (i) Leo B.,
dead; (2) Blanche A., wife of William A. Strow. Address (1910)
Columbus Grove, Ohio, Box 523. Historian's correspondent; D (3)
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Cyrus F. Boyer was born June 27, 1845. Address Luray, Russell Co.,
Kansas. Married Alary A. Creek. Children: (i) Minnie, wife of Mr.
Kinnear, of Delta, Colorado; (2) Sibyl, wife of Mr. Wilkinson, of Luray,
Kansas; (3) Zoe, wife of Mr. Missemer, of Luray, Kansas; D (6)
George H. Boyer was born Sept. 22, 1850. Druggist. x\ddress (1910)
Masonic Home, Springfield, Ohio. Single. Known as "Harry." The
historian's correspondent through Mrs. Strow, his niece.
CHAPTER LV
PHIIJP BOYER.
Researches by Rev. J. Edward Byers, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania,
show that his ancestor, Philip Buyer, died in Washington County, Mary-
land. From the date of his "will," Oct. 29, 1794, we may infer that he
was born as early as 1730, if not earlier. His executor was Jacob
Boyer. This Jacob was probably his son, though he might have been
a brother, Jacob sold land to Christian lioyer in Westmoreland Co.,
Pa. A "will" of Christian Boyer is dated Nov. 13, 1809. Judging from
dates. Christian was Philip's brother. The likelihood is that Jacob and
Christian were Philip's sons. Christian lioyer had a brother John, and
deeded a farm to John Boyer, Jr., which was evidently John's son. If
the historian guesses correctly this John, Jr., came to spell his name
Boyers in Westmoreland County, where tiie po[)ulation probably took
the initiative. Rev. J. Edward llyers g^K'S back to his great grandfather,
John Boyers, evidently the John, Jr., in question. The matter wouUl
therefore be summed up thus: Philip Boyer, of Washington County,
Marylantl, left at least three sons : Jacob, Christian, and John ; or, Philip
Avas the brother of these three. In that case we can not find the father
at this time. We know, however, that John Boyers had a brother Peter,
and at least two others whose names are not at command. Note: It
is quite possible that Chapter 55 belongs to Chapter 46 or 16.
B (i) John Boyer, son of Philip Boyer, of Washington County,
^Maryland, and his wife, was probably born as early as 1750. We have
absolutely no particulars, except that he was married, and left at least
two sons, John Boyers and Peter Boyers; B (2) Jacob Boyer, son of
Philip P)Oyer, of Washington County, Maryland. Owned land in West-
moreland County, Peiuisylvania, and may have resided there; B (3)
AMERICAN BOYERS 471
Christian Boycr, son of Pliilip Boyer, of Washington County, Mar\-
land, wAs born perhaps 1750. Bought land from Jacob Boyer in West-
moreland Count}', Pennsylvania, and prol^ably lived there. His will is
dated Nov. 13, 1809, from which we guess that he was born about
1750-
C (i) John Bo)'ers, son of John lioyer, of Westmoreland Co., Pa.,
was born as early as 1770, judging from the date of his death, 1845.
Lutheran. Occupation not known. Wife's name not known. Children:
David, George, Sanuicl, Joseph, Susan, Elizabeth; C (2) Peter Boyers.
No details at hand; C (3) A son. Married. Children: Jacob Boyers.
Went West. Mary, Sallie; C (4) A son, Boyers. Married. Children:
Henry and sister Boyers, wife of Mr. Bickley.
D (i) David Byers, son of John Boyers and his wife, was born
July 20, 1797, and died April 21, 1846. Farmer. Lutheran. Lived
near Newport, Marjdand. Married Martha Brewer, born Jan. 16, 1801,
died March 15, 1875. Children: (i) Alary, wife of Jacob Beard, born
Jan. I, 1825, died Nov. 5, 1895; (2) Rosanna, born Jan. 13, 1826, died
June 22, 1900; (3) Sarah J., wife of Harrisoti Angle, born June 8,
1827; (4) Susan C, born Aug. 28, 1828, died Oct. 4, 1899; (5) John
D. Byers. Address: Hagerstown, Md., R. D. 2. Born Sept. 7, 1830.
Farmer. Lutheran. Married Eliza J. Leiter. Children: (a) Rev. J.
Edward Byers, iii N. Market St., Bloomsburg, Pa. Born May 31, 1871.
Graduate of Gettysburg College and Theological Seminary. Fine min-
ister. Married Virtue E. Hoover. Children: Helen E., Daniel H. (b)
George T. Byers. Address : Plagerstown, Md. Morn Feb. 27, 1865.
(c)' Martha L., wife of Mr. Neikirk, Hagerstown, Md., R. D. 2. (d)
Emma J. Byers, Hagerstown, Md., R. D. 2. (e) Mame E., wife of
Samuel C. Barnes, TLagerstown, Md., R. D. 2; (6) ]£mily I.,., wife of
John Bickley, born Feb. 20, 1832; (7) EH W. Byers, born Feb. 8, 1837,
died March 28, 1909; (8) Martha E. Byers, born April 11, 1841, died
July 31, 1889; (9) Laura V. Byers, born Nov. 17, 1843. Living in 1912;
D (2) George Byers lived near Eldorado, Ohio. Married. Children:
George, Joseph, and two sisters; D (3) Samuel Byers died single;
D (4) Joseph Byers married Lefever. Children: (i) William Byers
lived and died at She[)herdstown, Virginia; (2) Joseph Byers. Ad-
dress (1912) Hagerstown, Md. ; (3) George Byers, (dead); (4) Sallie
Byers, wife of Mr. Herbert, Williamsport, Md. ; (5) Sister Byers, wife
of William Lefever; D (5) Susan Byers married Hoffman, Eldorado,
Ohio. Children; D (6) Elizabeth Byers married Rohrer. Xo cliil-
dren.
chapte:r IvVi
MATTHEW BOYERS.
Matthew Boyers came from Ireland, born about 1765, and settled at
Gallatin, Tennessee, where he was a schoolmaster. His wife was born
in Wales. Thomas Boyers, our correspondent, has life-sized portraits
of both, and of the son, Robert Morris. The children of this worthy
couple were as follows : David, Robert Morris, and others, but only the
latter left children.
B (i) David Boyers, son of Matthew IJoyers and wife, graduate
of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., was a pui)il and personal
friend of the poet Longfellow; B (2) Robert Morris lioyers was torn in
York District, S. C, July 28, 1788. Presbyterian. Merchant. Married
Elizabeth Banks, of Murfreesboro, N. C. He is buried at Gallatin,
Tennessee. One son : Thomas lioyers.
C (i) Thomas Boyers, son of Robert Morris Boyers and wife Eliza-
beth Banks, was born March 21, 1826, at Gallatin, Tennessee. News-
paper man. Presbyterian. Married Annie O'Mahoney Brown. Chil-
dren : Thomas, Annie.
D (i) Thomas Boyers, son of Thomas Boyers and wife Annie O.
Brown, was born at Gallatin, Tennessee, June 29, 1859. Newspaper
man. Address (1915) Gallatin, Tennessee. Married Sophia Baber
Foster. Children: (i) Sarah Catrell, born 1893. Teacher and music-
ian; (2) Elizabeth, born 1897. Normal School training; (3) Thomas
Boyers, at home; D (2) Annie Boyers married Charles E. Baker. Chil-
dren : Louise Smith, Alice Guthrie, and Thomas B.
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CHAPTER IvVII
LEONARD BOYER.
This Leonard Bo}er, as correspondents write, was born in Chester
County, Pennsylvania. Perhaps it was Montgomery County, Pa. It
is not known to the liistorian to whom Leonard was married, nor what
his occupation was, nor anything else. Married. They died and were
buried in Chester Co., Pa. Children: John, and hve sisters, if our
correspondents remember correctly.
B (i) John Boyer, son of Leonard Boyer, of Chester County,, Pa.,
and his wife, was born perhaps about 1775-1800. ^Member of the Ciuuch
of God, Landisburg, Pa. Stone mason. Married Sarah Swarmer. Chil-
dren ; John, William, George, Elizabeth. George died young.
C (i) John Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife Sarah Swarmer,
was born Nov. 18, 1833. Civil War team driver. Address (kjI-I)
(T^andisburg, Pa. Farmer. Stone mason. Church of God. Afarn^d
Mary x\nn Cleland, born July 12, 1S34. Children: Samuel A., of 527
West Louther St., Carlisle, Pa. Church of God. Farmer. Born Oct.
4, 1866. Married Emma R. Cornman, born Oct. 17, 1864. Children:
(a) John, born 1890. Address (1914) Decatur, 111., (b) Harry W.,
born 1892. Address: Carlisle, Pa. Children: John, Samuel, and Anna
IMildred, (c) S. Gilton, born 1892, (d) Anna L., born 1896, (e) E.
Ruth, born 1899; (2) George PL Boyer, Landisburg, Pa., R. D. i. Born
about 1859. Farmer. Married Alice Sherer. Children: (a) Lottie,
wife of Harry Nackley, Harrisburg, Pa., (b) Raymond, (c) Cora, wife
of Simon Picary, Ellisburg, Pa., (d) Russell, of Danville, Pa., (e)
Charles, of Landisburg, Pa., married Annie Folk; (3) Charles Elmer
Boyer, 1251 Mulberry St., Harrisburg. Pa., lineman, born March, 1861.
Reformed. Married Sarah Sherer. Children: (a) Marie, born July
31, 1903, (b) Edward Clark, born June 1 1, 1906, (c) Charles Ross, born
May 30, 1910; (4) Park Boyer, Carlisle, Pa., R. D., married Nettie
Riesinger. Children: Elsie; (5) Laura Boyer married Charles Hoflf-
man, North Pitt St., Carlisle, Pa. Children: (a) Maude, wife of Choir
Flair, 1615 Naudain St., Harrisburg, Pa., (b) Bessie, wife of Luther
Kehl, Carlisle Springs, Pa., (c) Myrtle, (d) Effie; (6) EfBe Boyer
married William Riesinger, canal engineer. Children: Olive, Edna.
Address (1914) Myerstown, Pa.; (7) Kate Boyer, Landisburg, Perry
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Co., Pa.; C (2) William Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Sarah
Swarmer, was born 1834. Address (1914) Churchtown, Pa., R. D. i.
Farmer. Church of God. Married Agnes Cleland. Children : ( i )
Alfred E. Address: Churchtown, Pa., R. D. 1 ; (2) Ida, Churchtown,
Pa., R. D. I ; (3) Erwin James, born 1861, Lebo Twp., Perry Co., Pa.
Address: Carlisle, Pa., R. D. 7. Farmer. Lutheran. Wife's name,
Lucinda. Children: Roy Lee, born 1891; Grace Matilda, born 1896;
Anna Elizabeth, born 1897; William G., born 1905.
CHAPTER IvVIII
DR. JOHN BYERS.
We learn from the history of Allegheny Country, Pennsylvania, page
695, that Dr. John Byers, of Pennsylvania, settled at Lewes, Delaware.
He was a practising physician. Married Miss Edwards. Children:
John, perhaps others. Dr. Byers, it is said, came from Scotland.
B (i) John Byers, son of Dr. John Byers and wife Edwards, was
born at Lewes, Delaware. Married Harriett Webb. Children : John
A., Joseph, and perhaps others. Write Rev. Horace E. Hayden, Mallory
Place, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for John's children.
C ( I ) John A. Byers, son of John Byers and wife Harriett Webb,
was born at Lewes, Delaware, Sept. 15, 1806. Civil engineer. Engaged
as early as 1826 in the most important inland navigation work in
Maryland and Virginia. The last work of importance performed by
John A. Byers was the survey of the James River and Kanawha Canal.
He died Dec. 16, 1854, leaving fine books recording his services. Chil-
dren: John M., Charles E., Joseph, Ellwood, Robert, Walter P., ?lenry
W. The mother of these boys was Charlotte Weitzel ; C (2) Jose])h
Byers was born at Lewes, Delaware, in 1808. Civil engineer with
brother. Married Jane Peplow, Dec. 16, 1829, and died at Blairsville, Pa.,
Dec. 16, 1854.
D (i) John M. Byers, son of Joseph Byers and wife Jane Peplow,
was born July 14, 1832. Connected with railroad building since 1848.
In April 1871, he was appointed chief engineer of the Pittsburgh, Vir-
ginia, and Charleston Railway, and was engineer and superintendent of
it until completed in 1881. Died at Swissvale, Pa., March 4, 1893.
Married Carrie ]Mann Lewis. Children: (i) Morton Lewis Byers, of
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East Orange, N. J. Graduate of Lehigh University (1888). Engineer
in service of Pennsylvania Raih-oad Company; (2) Mary E., wife of
Dr. Hugh A. Barber, of Point Pleasant, W. Va., (3) Maxwell, Catons-
ville, Md. ; D (2) Charles E. Byers was the valued chief engineer of
Reading Railroad until his death, at Pottstown, Pa., July i, 1871 ; D (3)
Joseph Byers was an engineer of much experience. Died in the U. S. of
Columbia, South America, unmarried; D (4) EUvvood Byers was in
service of Reading Railroad 1889; D (5) Robert Byers died in the three
months' service of the Union Army; D (6) Walter P. Byers died Dec.
2, 1894; D (7) Henry W. Byers is engineer of maintenance, Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. Address ( 1899) Lawrence Junction, Pennsylvania.
Married Jennie ^larkell. Children: (i) Jennie Markell; (2) Emily
Lewis, wife of Attorney Thomas W. Dickey; (3) John Alfred Byers,
of New Castle, Pa. Contractor. Married Frances Durbin Hamilton ;
(4) Marion Hayden, wife of Dr. William A. Smith, of Webster Groves,
Mo.; (5) James McCree Byers, civil engineer of Cleveland, Ohio. Mar-
ried Dorothy Pickering. Son: James; (6) Margaret I. Byers and Cath-
arine Byers are still at home. Miss Jennie IMarkwcU Byers, our most
delightful correspondent, of New Castle, Pa., says all the "Byers" are
Episcopalians.
CHAPTER LIX
DR. THOMAS BOYER.
Correspondents report that Dr. Thomas Boyer was born 1776, prob-
ably at Hagerstown, Md. He died 1835, and is buried at Tiliin, ()liii)
Tradition has it that his people came from Bordeaux, or Lyons, Imuiuc,
but the historian has no proofs. He must have practised medicine at
Hagerstown, Md., where he married Hannah Metcalf, May 10, 1808.
In 1832, he moved to Tiffin, Ohio, where he died three years later. His
wife was born 1791, and died at Tifiin, 1847. Children: Thomas M.,
Francis H., Richard M., William G., Edmund A., Mary Rabena, Eliza-
beth M., Augustine Theodore, and Frances H.
B (i) Thomas M. Boyer, son of Dr. Thomas Boyer and Hannah
; Metcalf, was born Aug. 20, 181 1, at Hagerstown, INTd. No descendants;
B (2) Mary R.' Boyer was born March 23, 1809, at Hagerstown, Md.
No descendants; B (3) Elizabeth Boyer was born May 31, 1812, at
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Hagerstown, Md. Married James Fisher, July i6, 1829. Children;
B (4) Augustine T. Boyer was born March 13, 1818. No descendants;
B (5) Francis H. Boyer was born May 16, 1819, at Hagerstown, Md.
Manufacturer. Lived and died at Red Oaks, Iowa. Married Rachel.
Children: (a) Harriet died single; (b) Mary Boyer married A. C.
Haichman, Red Oaks, Iowa; B (6) Dr. Edmund A. Boyer was born
March, 1816, at Hagerstown, Md. Practised medicine at Red Oaks,
Iowa, and died there. Married. Children: (a) Frank D. Boyer, of
Oskaloosa, Iowa. Manager Loan and Realty Department. Married An-
nie H. Brady. Children : R. M. Boyer, cashier of Mahaska County
State Bank, Oskaloosa, Iowa; May A. Boyer married Blakeslee; Joseph-
ine, Pigeon; (b) Fannie Hoyer marrictl Judge McPherson. Address
(1912) Red Oaks, Iowa; B (7) Frances H. Boyer was born Oct. 12,
1821, at Hagerstown, Md. Married John J, Steiner, born Dec. 21, 1817,
Tiffin, Ohio; D (8) Richard M. Boyer was born March 13, 1824, at
Hagerstown, Md., and died at Tiffin, Ohio, March 7, 1897. Educated
at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. Capitalist. ISIarried Mar-
garet Wolf, June, 1847. Children : Albert M., Jesse. Anna, Kate ; B (9)
William G. Boyer was born Jan. 30, 1825, at Hagerstown, Md. Went
West about 1849-50, single, never heard from again.
C (i) Albert M. Boyer, son of Richard M. Boyer and Margaret
Wolf, was born March 22, 1853. Episcopalian. Manager of Boyer
Opera House, Kendallville, Ind., 1912. Married Zibbie Thomas, born
July 10, 1857. Children: William R. Boyer, born Sept. 10, 1884. Epis-
copalian, of Hyde Park Y. M. C. A., Chicago, 111.; C (2) Jesse Boyer
was born Nov. 29, 1859. Address (1912) Kerrville, Kerr Co., Texas.
Married. Children: Mrs. Harry Thornton, of San Antonio, Texas,
born May 10, 1886; Norton, of Tiffin, Ohio, born Oct. 9, 1888; C (3)
Anna Boyer v/as born Jan. 6, 1854, at Tiffin, Ohio. Married William
Hedger, of Mansfield, Ohio. Address (1912) 343 Park Ave., Mansfield,
Ohio; C (4) Kate Boyer was born Sept. 16, 1856. Married Eugene
Achre, of Greenville, Pa. Address (1912) Boyer Place, Tiffin, Ohio.
CHAPTER LX
HENRY BOWYER.
Correspondents report that this Henry Bovvyer and his brother
Joseph — perhaps others, were the children of a Virginian or Maryland
Bowyer. Joseph went to Kentucky, and at this time the historian has
no trace of him or his [X)sterity, if he left any. Henry was born about
1760, and came to Howard County, Missouri, in 1820, where he married
Marjory. Soldier in War of 1812, under General Jackson. Children:
Mary, Elizabeth, Catharine, Jane, Sarah, Nancy, William, and Jesse.
B (1-6) Mary married Simmons; Elizabeth, John Cherry; Cath-
arine, William Goodman; Jane, John Kemper; Sarah, Needham Tyer;
Nancy, Manoah Singleton. Note: See Chapter no.
B (7) William Bowyer, son of Henry Bowyer and wife, was born
March 12, 1803, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, where his father had
settled before he came to Missouri. He came to Ploward Co., Mo.,
with his parents. Married Martha Tyler in 1825. Soldier in Mexican
War. Children: (1) Mary E., wife of Milton Cross; (2) Margie J.,
wife of John L. Thomas. Children: William, Frank, Louis, Otto, and
Leonard; (3) Thomas B. Address (1910) Linneus, Mo. Born Dec.
25, 1833, in Linn Co., Mo. Civil War veteran. Justice of Locust Creek
Township more than 18 years. Married Mary A. Alexander. Children:
William E., Richard P., John L., Emma E., Minnie F., Benjamin F.,
and Nellie K., all of Linneus, Mo. ; B (8) Jesse Bowyer was born Jan.,
1806, in Tennessee. Came to Missouri with parents. Married Eliza-
beth Tyer in 1827. Children: (i) John P., married Lucy Wright, and
went to Oregon in 1852. Four children in Washington or Idaho; (2)
Spencer P., married Sarah A. Bearing in 1856. Children : John J.,
Jesse, PricCj Lee, Lewis, Walter, Doc, Emma, Eva, Alice; (3) Sarah,
wife of J. L. Philips, both dead. Children: Mary, Cora, James E.
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CHAPTER LXI
JOHN BOIER (BOYER).
A grandson of John Boyer reports that he was born about 1760 or
1770, in France, and that the spelhng there was either Borer or Boier.
He was a soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte for eight years. Came to
America. Died very old (1860-1870) at Cincinnati, Ohio. Married in
France. Children : Sebastian, Josephine, Elizabeth, George.
B (1-3) Sebastian, Josephine, and Elizabeth, children of John Boyer,
of France, have not been reported; B (4) George Boyer was born April
23, 1802, in France, and died at Springfield, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1893. Em-
ployed in glass factory. Married Mary Friend, born in Switzerland,
1816, and died at London, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1874. Children: (a) jNIary
Boyer, born April 22, 1849, died Aug. 4, 1890, at London, Ohio. Mar-
ried to Silas Kent. One child: Edith; (b) Robert J. lioyer, born Jan.
9, 1853, painter and decorator, of Columbus, Ohio. Married ALirgaret
Anthony, born Sept. 11, 1856. It was in Robert's time that the spelling
Tiecame "Boyer," by the advice of Judge Crab, of Madison Co., Ohio.
Children: (i) Florence A., born Sept. 30, 1877; (2) Mabel, married
John W. Hartman, of 316 S. Princeton Ave., Columbus, Ohio; (3)
Emily, married Frederick A. Ohrsted, of 343 S. Sandusky St., Columbus,
Ohio; (4) George E., brass moulder, of 214 South Princeton Ave.,
Columbus, Ohio; (5) Charles F., dairyman, of 214 S. Princeton Ave.,
Columbus, Ohio; (6) Sarah Ann married Matthew G. Staley, of 312 ,S.
Princeton Ave., Columbus, Ohio; (7) Raymond, of 214 S. Princeton
Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Cabinet worker, (c) Sarah Ann, born Dec.
18, 1855; (d) Nicholas, born Dec. 18, 1855. No children. Address
(1910) Florence Street, Springfield, Ohio; (e) Rosa. No children. Ad-
dress (1910) Mrs. Rosa Lailier, Yale Ave., Columbus, Ohio; (f) George
Washington. Address (1910) 308 South I'rinceton Ave., Columbus,
Ohio. Carriage painter. ALirried Sarah E. Shifbet. Children: Frank
E., born r'eb. 25, 1885; Ada Louise, Erma, Charles W. ; (g) Clara May,
born Nov. 14, 18C9, married Thomas Palmer. Child: Fay Palmer.
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CHAPTER IvXII
BOYER.
The Boyer with which this chapter begins, was born abont 1770-
1775; brought up near Lancaster, Pa., and his people were Dunkards.
Married. Went West. Children: John, Jacob, Abraham, Barbara, and
perhaps others.
C (i) John Boyer, son of Lancaster County father and mother,
was born about 1794, and died about 1884 or 1885, aged 79 years. Dunk-
ard. Shoemaker. Lived at IvLarshall, Indiana, where he is buried. Mar-
ried ALary A. Thomas, who died about 1868. Children: John W.,
David, Joseph, Jacob, Henry, ALiry, Elizabeth, Nancy, Llannah, and
Lydia A.; C (2) Jacob Boyer lived in Lancaster County, Pa. Used
to go by team to Ohio. Mis nephew, John W. Boyer, does not think
that this uncle had a family; C (3) Abraham Boyer lived in Pennsyl-
vania, but moved to Ohio. ALirried. Children: George, of Ohio, and
others; C (4) Barbara Boyer married John Fox.
D (i) John W. Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Mary A.
Thomas, was born in Lake Twp., Stark Co., Ohio. Dunkard. Black-
smith. Address (1912) 467 Delano St., Allegan, Michigan. Married
Charlotte J. Aloore, who died June 23, 1908. Children: (i) Susan J.,
wife of Mr. Waight, Paw Paw, Mich.; (2) Elizabeth E., wife of Mr.
Scott, Allegan, Mich., (1911); (3) Adeline, wife of Mr. Kirshn)an,
Allegan, Mich.; (4) Alvesta, wife of Misty Whelply, Kalamazoo, Mich.;
(5) ALitilda C, wife of Mr. Alabes, Allegan, Alich. ; (6) llerschel E.,
Avilla, Noble Co., R. F. D., Indiana. Alarried. Children: Elmer, Eden,
and several girls; D (2) David lioyer died at Grand Rapids, Michigan,
aged 76 years. Carpenter. Married Katharine Moats. Children : John.
Address (1911) Alaryvillc, Kansas; George, Sarah, and others; D (3)
Joseph Boyer died 70 years old. Carpenter. Married Elizabeth Weiser.
Children: (i) Nathan W., of Plymouth, Indiana, married Jennie Apple.
vSeven children; (2) James Bentley, of St. Charles, 111., born 1858, mar-
ried Gusta ITagenbush. No children; (3) Mary A., wife of J. W.
Elkins, of Bourbon, Ind. Children : James W., Martin E., Newton E.,
Mary M., Eklora P., Charles E., and Minnie M. ; D (4) Jacob Boyer
was born near Massilon, Ohio, March 16, 1832, and died Aug. 22, 191 1.
Address (1911) Lciter's Fort, Fulton Co., Ind. U. B. Church. Farmer.
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Married first to Emeline Shatto, June ii 1857, and on Sept. 8, 1864, to
Matilda Harrison. Children: (i) Emmanuel Boyer, son of first mar-
riage. Address (1915) Three Oaks, Michigan, born July 21, 1858.
Farmer. Alarried Elizabeth Petticord. Children: Alice (Davis). Ad-
dress (191 5) Gordon, Nebraska; Leonard Boyer, California, and Jacob
Boyer; (2) George Franklin Boyer. Address (1915) 317 W. i8th St.,
Marion, Ind. Born Dec. i, 187 1, of second marriage. Mechanic. Mar-
ried May II, 1892, Bertha E. Hipp. Children: Curtis Christopher, born
July 7, 1896, at home; D (5) Henry Franklin Boyer died in Chicago,
Illinois, at the age of 58 years. Railroader. Married to Angeline Bell ;
D (6-9) Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Nancy, and Hannah, are unknown to
the historian. Ivovina also is dead; D (10) Lydia A. Boyer married
Mr. Ashcroft, of Bourbon, Ind; D (11) Hester A. Boyer married Mr.
Ecklasdaffer, of Belmont, Ohio.
CHAPTER LXIII
CHRISTIAN BAYER.
Through descendants we know that Christian Bayer was born in
Germany, probably between 1775 and 1780. When he came to America
is not known to the historian. He owned the land on which part of Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, is now located. A powder mill belonging to him was
blown up in the War of 18 12, ami in this accident he lost his sight.
His son, Solomon, cared for him the rest of his life. The land was
leased to the city for 99 years. His brother, Christopher, owned the
land on which Hamilton, Ohio, is now located, by lease, just as in the
case of Christian. Christian Bayer married. Children : Samuel, Solo-
mon, perhaps others.
B (i) Samuel Boyer, son of Christian Bayer and wife, lived in
Maryland, or Virginia; B (2) Solomon Boyer lived in Fredericksburg,
Maryland. Married daughter of Colonel Staley. Children: Solomon,
Cyrus, Benjamin, Hiram, Joshua, Elizabeth, Mary, Susan, Anna, Mar-
garet, Catharine.
C (i) Solomon Boyer, son of Solomon Boyer and his wife Staley,
married. Children : Benjamin, of Hastings, Nebraska ; Sarah, wife of
Henry Drake, of Hastings; C (2) Cyrus Boyer. Married. Children:
Euther, James, Frank, and Elizabeth (Drake), all of Greenville, Ohio;
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C (3) Benjamin Boyer lived in Missouri in Civil War time; C (4)
Hiram, at Sulphur Springs, Indiana; C (5) Joshua Boyer, born March
17, 1824, in Maryland, died Dec. 8, 1898, at Marion, Ind. Volunteer in
Civil War. Company I, 12th Regiment, Indiana. Married Priscilla K.
.Wollard. Children : Solomon C, of Bunker Hill, Indiana ; James, at
Anderson, Ind. No children; Hiram, no children; Isaac, no children;
John W., of 359 S. D St., Tacoma, Washington, was born May 31, 1869;
Mary married Edwards, of Marion, Ind. ; Ella married Ilollen Brown, of
Marion, Ind., Route 2, Box 163 ; Lillie M. married Gourley, of Upland,
Ind.; C (6) Elizabeth Boyer married Luther Kepler, of Maryland;
C (7) Mary married Albert Boast, of Germantown, Ohio. Children:
Rebecca, Albert, etc.; C (8) Susan Boyer married Joseph Eckton. Chil-
dren: Daniel, of Peru, Ind.; Joseph of Farmersville, Ohio; Susan mar-
ried Kleppinger. Children : Jacob and Diana, the latter of Peru, Ind. ;
C (9) Anna left no children; C (10) Margaret W. married Nathaniel
Kemp. Children : William A., of Hartford City, Ind., born April 25,
1850, married Amanda L. Davis. Children: Mrs. E. J. Keilhau, of
Franklin, Ind.; Margaret F., Daniel W., of 150 River St., Detroit, Mich.;
Josephine (Berry), of Logansport, Ind.; C (ii) Catharine Boyer mar-
ried Stutzman. Children: Rebecca (Swain), Priscilla (Whaley), Eliza-
beth (Whaley), Lavina (Gaunt), and Laura, all of Red Key, Ind.
CHAPTER LXIV
VALENTINE BEYER.
Mr. Singer, the historian's correspondent for this family tree, re-
ports as tradition that Valentine Beyer was born about 1757, in Ger-
many, antl that he came to America about 1772. He lived in North-
ampton County, Pennsylvania. His first home was below the Blue Moun-
tains, near the Wind Gap, Monroe Co., Pa. Later he lived above the
Wind Gap, near Jackson. He died in Philadelphia, Pa. A forge man
by occupation. Married Barbara Mengel. Children: Polly, Katherine,
Hannah, Jacob, Mary Ann, Benjamin, Harriet, Soj)hia.
B (i) liannah Boyer, daughter of Valentine Beyer and Barbara
Mengel, married George Woodling, of Kellersville, Monroe Co., Pa. ;
B (2) Jacob Boyer married Kate Engler, and left two girls; B (3)
Mary Ann Boyer, born April 5, 1812, married Adam Bond, James Emery,
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and E. Scott. There were many children : OHver Bond Hved m Wilkes-
Barre, Pa. (1908), and Benjamin Emery in Phila., Pa.; B (4) Benja-
min Boyer married and left children at White Haven, Pa.; B (5) Har-
riet Boyer, born Oct. 8, 1819, married Henry Singer. Children: Jonas,
Emma M., Sarah E., Thomas, Sabina, John G., Sylvester F., and David
M., the historian's correspondent. Address (1908) Clark's Summit,
Pa.; B (6) Sophia Boyer naarried Samuel Doll.
CHAPTER LXV
REECE BOYER.
Correspondents have not reported the name of the Chester County,
Pennsylvania, Boyer, to whose descendants this chapter is dedicated.
Perhaps court house records, or Chester County Church records, may
help us. Mrs. Mary Boyer Weldin knows of two sons with whose
names this chapter must begin : Reece Boyer, Martin Boyer, Ann Boyer,
Caroline Boyer. Note: Miss Eliza B. Boyer, born 1847, and a sister
of Mrs. Weldin, says Reece Boyer came to America from Ireland when
a young man. See Chapter 34, for a genealogical dream that may ex-
plain this chapter.
B (i) Reese Boyer, son of a Chester County, Pennsylvania Boyer,
and his wife, was born about 1780, dying about 1868, aged 88. In his
early married life he lived within walking distance of the New Garden
Friends' Meeting House, which is located about a mile south of Tough-
kenamon, Chester Co., Pa. About 1830 he lived at Yorklyn, Delaware.
Occupied with marketing and butchering. Married Mary Toland, a
Quaker lady. Children: Sarah Ann, Martin, \\'illiani T., Susan, Eliza
Jane, liannah, Mary, Reese, Louisa, Henry, George.
'B (2) Martin Boyer, brother of the above Reese Boyer, lived at
Landisburg, or Landenburg, Chester Co., Pa. Married. Mrs. Weldin
remembers his daughter Emily, but can not report further.
B (3) Ann Boyer and Caroline Boyer were sisters of the above
brothers.
C (i) Sarah Ann Boyer, daughter of Reese Boyer and wife Alary
Toland, married Joel Shortlidge, of Toughkenamon, Pa. Children: (i)
Harriet, wife of Enoch Miller. Address (1915) West Grove, Chester
Co., Pa.; (2) Mary T. remained single; (3) Joel married and had a fam-
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[ ily ; (4) Isabella, wife of Joseph Shortlidge, teacher of a boys' school
at Concordville, Delaware Co., Pa.; (5) John married Anna Chandler,
I and had a family at Cream, Upper Oxford Twp., Chester Co., Pa.; (6)
Sara, wife of Sharpless Lewis, had a family. Address (1915) Kennett
i Square, Pa.; C (2) Martin Boyer was born about 1818, probably in
I Chester Co., Pa. Died at Dilworthtown, Pa. Married Lydia Jackson.
I Children: John Jackson Boyer and Lydia Boyer; C (3) William Toland
! Boyer was born Feb. 6, 1820, probably in Chester Co., Pa. Shoemaker.
JMarried Mary Poland Moore, Aut^. 21, 1845. Children: (i) Eliza B.
i Boyer remained single. Address (1915) 114 Cypress St., Kennett
I Square, Pa.; (2) Mary Toland Boyer married William IP Weldin. Her
address (1915) 1323 North Allison St., Philadelphia, Pa. Fine genealo-
gist, to whom we owe much of this chapter. ChiUlren : Laura and
Viola, at home with mother; (3) William, born probably i860. En-
gineer. Married McKennan, of Oakford St., Phila., Pa. Children:
Elsie, and ])erhaps others; (4) Nathan M., born 1862, died unmarried;
C (4) Susan Boyer married James Ni.xon, book binder. Children:
George, Frances, and j^erhaps otliers. Family lived on Wharton St.,
Phila., Pa.; C (5) Eliza Jane Boyer married William Smith, of Mer-
maid, Del. She was buried at tbe Friends' New Garden Meeting Plouse,
Chester Co., Pa.; C (6) Hannah Boyer married John W. Bennett, of
Kennett Square, Pa. Children: (1) George lived at Clarion, Pa.; (2)
Alice remained single; (3) Julia married Thomas Morgan, of McCart-
ney, Pa. Howard Bennett married and has a family. Address (1915)
Ridgeway, Elk Co., Pa.; C (7) Mary Boyer was born March 11,
1825. She married Ahial Nederry, June 12, 1845. Pie was born March
13, 1814. Children: (i) Reese Boyer Nederry. Address (1911) Sten-
ton, Pa.; (2) Others. Note: Earl Harlan, of Kennett Square, Pa., is
a grandson of Mary Boyer Nederry. Married Catharine H. Perrine,
1914; C (8) Reese l^oyer was a carpenter. He married Alice Lownes,
but left no children; C (9) Louisa Boyer married Samuel Green. Chil-
dren: George, Clara, and liannah. Her second husband was Frank
Fox. Only cliild : Frank; C (10) Henry J. lioyer, born 1840, was a
blacksmith. He married Miss Baily. Children: Harry Boyer, of the
West Indies, and James Boyer, who lost his life in New York; George
Boyer, tobacconist, of New Haven, Connecticut; William Boyer, prob-
ably of the same city. After his first wife's death, Henry J. Boyer
married a Miss Pliddelson. Children: Fdlen, wife of Mr. Person, of
Conshohocken, Pa., and Anna, wife of William Archer. vShe is not living.
Note: These items of information were obtained from Mr. Caleb J.
Fitzimmons, West Chester, Pa.; C (11) George Boyer, son of Reese
Boyer and wife Mary Toland, died young and single.
D (i) John Jackson Boyer, son of Martin Boyer and wife Lydia
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Jackson, was born June 28, 1841, Roney's Corner, Chester Co., Pa. Ad-
dress (1915) 402 North Union St., GaHon, Ohio. Soldier, Company I,
175th Regiment, Civil War, 22 months. Also Co. B, 203rd Regiment,
Pa. Vols. Christian scientist. Retired blacksmith. Member of Dick
Morris Post, No. 130. Very fine man. Alarried (Jan. 3, 1867), Maria
W. Terry. Children: (i) Anna L., wife of William H. Kline, of Fred-
ericktown, Ohio; (2) EfHe G., an artist now deceased; (3) Reece A.
Boyer. Address (191 5) Gabon, Ohio. Married Anna K. Paul. Child:
Paul E. Boyer, of Gabon, Ohio; (4) Wellington V. Boyer. Address
(191 5) Gabon, Ohio. Merchant; (5) Claire T. Boyer. Address (1915)
402 N. Union St., Gabon, Ohio. A very great help to the Boyer his-
torian, and a most estimable young lady; (6) Edward J. Boyer. Ad-
dress (1915) Gabon, Ohio. Merchant; D (2) Lydia Boyer married
James I. Smart, of Canton, Ohio. Children: (i) Frank L. Smart, Supt.
of Schools, Davenport, Iowa, and perhaps others.
CHAPTER LXVI
PILLARD BOYER.
Our correspondent can not go back to France for Pillard Boyer, but
begins with him in Canada, to which country he, or his forebears, came
from France. Judging from the date of his son's birth, Pillard Boyer
was born about 1780. We have no report on his occupation, but infer
that he was Catholic in religion. His wife's name was Susan. The only
son named by the correspondent was Louis, though there were probably
many others.
B (i) Louis Boyer, son of Pillard Boyer and wife Susan, was born
Oct. 15, 1803, at Laprarie, Canada, and died 1895. Catholic. Wife's
name, Salina, born Feb. 8, 1807. She died 1911. Children: (i) Joseph
L. Boyer, of Omer, Michigan, born June 25, in JelTerson Co., New
York. Catholic. Laborer. Married Maggie Keen. Children : Eugene,
Joseph, Maggie, Bertha, Rose, William, Kittie, Victoria, Mary, Clarence,
Salina, John; (2-5) Abrother and some'sisters; B (2) Joseph Buyer,
a relative of Louis Boyer, son of Pillard Boyer and wife Susan. Cor-
respondence shows that Joseph Boyer lived in Canada in 1837, and that
be was born about 1800, or later, but whether he or his forebears, were
immigrants remains to be ascertained. The historian believes that
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Joseph Boyer was a brother or cousin of Louis Boyer, of Chapter 66.
Farmer. Address : St. Michel, Canada. He was a Catholic, and of
French extraction. Wife's name, Marie Roy. Children: Herbert, Bern-
ard, Joseph, Julien, Ignace, Marie, L,uca.
C (i) Hubert Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife Marie Roy,
was born Sept. 10, 1837, in Canada, and died 1902, at Napierville, P. Q.,
■Canada. Farmer. Catholic. Wife's name, Philomena, born Feb. 5, 1836,
in Canada. Died 1909. Children: (i) Norbert Boyer, Box 673, Lake
Linden, Michigan. Born Sept. 2, i860. Farmer. Catholic. Married
Parmela Baurdeau, born July 3, 1866. She died May 11, 1906. Second
Avife, Sarah Toutant, born May 8, 1873. No children; (2) Joseph Boyer,
born March 26, 1862, died Nov. 2, 1910. Married Marie Robert, but
left no children; (3) Elzear Boyer, Lake Linden, Michigan, born May
5, 1870. Journalist. Catholic. Single in 1913; (4) Henry Boyer, of
Chisholm, Minnesota, born Dec. 9, 1874. Catholic. Single. Black-
smith; (5) Marie, wife of Modeste Raymond, Napierville, P. Q., Canada,
"born Sept. 10, 1864. Children: Emma, Helen, Delina, Dominique; (6)
Armesine, wife of Arsene Poupart, Montreal, Canada, born 1872. Chil-
dren : Joseph, Bertha, Raymond, Blanche, Henry, Leon, and five others ;
(7) Orvila Boyer, Lake Linden, Michigan. Farmer. No children.
CHAPTER IvXVII
BYERS, OR BAYER.
This man, as correspondents inform us, was of German descent, and
must have lived at Martinsburg, West Virginia. Perhaps he came
there from Germany, perhaps from Pennsylvania. Further correspond-
ence with the Pawnee, Illinois, descendants may clear up the matter.
The family was Lutheran. At this time we do not know the man's
occupation, nor to whom he was married. Some of his children went
West. Two of the sons, Newland and Jacob, remained in West Vir-
gmia.
B (i) Newland Byers, son of Byers and wife, was born June 21,
1801, probably in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and is buried in the
cemetery at Shepherdstown, with his wife. Lutheran. I\Lirried Mariah
McGwilliams, born Oct. 5, 1807. Children: Thomas Henry, Mary
Elizabeth, Ella Lorraine, Margaret Virginia, Mariah Isabelle; B (2)
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Jacob Byers lived in Berkeley Co., West Virginia. Methodist. Married.
Number of children, among them : ( i ) John Martin, of Pawnee, Illinois ;;
(2) Sarah, wife of Hensell, of Pawnee, Illinois; B (3) Other brothers
and sisters went West early in life, and correspondents could not locate
them.
C (i) Thomas Henry Byers, son of Newland Byers and wife Mariah
McGwilliams, was born Nov. 29, 1828, and died Oct. 3, 1909. Lutheran.
Farmer. Lived in Berkeley County, W. Va. Union soldier. Married
Laura Parran, born Feb. 20, 1838. Children: Charles Fountain, Sarah
Rachel, Frances Ellen, Thomas Allen, Garland Davis; C (2) Mary
Elizabeth Byers, born Jan. 14, 1836, niarried Emanuel IMiller. Cliildren:
(i) Isaac Newland; (2) William Henry, Martinsburg, W. Va., Route 6.
Farmer; (3) Thomas, same address, farmer; (4-6) Emma, Kate, Ella,
Martinsburg, W. Va. ; C (3) Ellen Lauraine Byers, born Sept. 16, 1838,
married Shepherd Greenwood, shoemaker. No children. Address (1913)
Bedington, Berkeley Co., W. Va. Lutheran; C (4) Margaret Virginia
Byers, born Sept. 16, 1843, married Daniel Staley. Son: Daniel Byers
Staley, of Shepherdstown, W. Va., R. D. 2 ; C (5) Mariah Isabelle
Byers, born June 11, 1846, married R. J. Wilhelm, of Bedington, W.
Va. Children: (i) Luther IL, at Brunswick, Md., (2) Virginia, at
WardenviUe, Hardy Co., W. Va., (3) Frank, (4) Earl, (5) May, and
(6) Delia, all at Bedington, W. Va.
D (i) Charles Fountain Byers, son of Thomas Plenry Byers and
wife Laura Parran, was born Jan. 19, 1858. Address (1913) Shepherds-
town, W. Va. Agency for machinery. Married Anna Belle IMiller.
Children: William H., farmer; Harry L., farmer, married Clara Cook;
Laura Frances, wife of Frank Cook; Sara B., Elmer N., Charles Levi,
all at home; D (2) Sarah Rachel Byers was born Dec. 20, i860. Ad-
dress (1913) Martinsburg, Pa. Fine correspondent; D (3) Thomas
Allen Byers was born Sept. 3, 1872, farmer, Martinsburg, W. Va., R. D.
3 ; D (4) Frances Ellen Byers, born June 24, 1870, married William D.
Bender, farmer. Children: Edna I., and Laura V., at home; D (5)
Garland Davis Byers was born Nov. 20, 1879. Address (1913) Martins-
burg, W. Va., R. F. D. 3. Married Margaret Edna Miller. Children:
Paul Davis.
CHAPTER LXVIII
ABRAHAM BAYER.
The historian's correspondents submit the following data: x\bra-
ham liayer came from Germany and died in Quebec, Canada.. From the
fact that his son, John, was born in 1808, we infer that he was born
after 1780. His wife's Christian name was Hannah, but her maiden
name is not reported. Children : John, Leonard, David, Jacob, Peter,
Samuel, George, and perhaps others.
B (i) John Boyer, son of Abraham Bayer and his wife Hannah,
was born March 4, 1808, and died 1884. Baptist. Saddler. Married
Elizabeth Shunk, born 1818. Children: Hannah, Mary A., Abraham,
Philip L., George S., Alfred L,., Benjamin F., Syndey E. ; B (2-6)
Leonard was at home in Georgia during the Civil War; David in Ken-
tucky; Jacob in the South; Peter, Samuel; B (7) George Boyer was
born i8l8, died 1881, and is buried in Kansas. Belonged to Company
PL 105th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. His wife's name was
Sarah. Children: Elias, Matilda, Abraham, Diana, Racliel, Jacob, Sam-
uel N., Sarah S., George, Ellen, and Phoebe A.
C ( [ ) Hannah Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and Elizabeth Shunk,
was born March 18, 1837, and died 1884. She married Berger, Dec. 25,
1852, and left children; C (2) Mary A. Boyer was born May 20, 1839,
and died Aug. 12, 1863. She married Plowlitt, Feb. 10, 1858, and left
one child, George Henry Plowlitt, of Andover, Ohio; C (3) Abraham
Boyer was born Nov., 1843, married Phoebe A. Harvey, June 24, 1863.
Children; C (4) Philip L. Boyer was born July 24, 1845, i" Center Co.,
Pa. Methodist. Carpenter. Address (1912) 5310^2 Naltrone St.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Belonged to Cu. L 148th Regiment, Pa. Volunteers.
Married Frances J. Quiller, born July 4, 1850. Her address (1912)
Brockwayville, Jefferson Co., Pa. Children: Annie E., John A., Minnie
L., Henry M. ; C (5) George S. Boyer was born Nov. 8, 184 — . Soldier
202nd Regiment, Pa. Volunteers. Address (1912) Vancouver, Washing-
ton. Married. Children; C (6) Sydney E. Boyer, born March 8,
1853, lives in Washington State; C (7) Alfred L. Boyer, born Oct. 8,
1855, is employed with Sydney Gage Company. Married; C (8) Benj-
amin F. Boyer, born Feb. 14, 1860, died 1883.
C (i) Elias Boyer, son of George Boyer and his wife Sarah, be-
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longed to Co. D, 158th Pa. Volunteers; C (2) Matilda Boyer is dead;
C (3) Abraham Boyer belonged to 45th Pa. Volunteers; C (4) Diana
Boyer, born about 1831, married Dickey. Address (1912) Reynolds-
ville, Pa.; C (5) Rachel Boyer was married to Dickey, but is dead;
C (6) Jacob Boyer, born Sept. 7, 1837, Center Co., Pa. Address (1911)
Sandy Valley, Jefferson Co., Pa. Belonged to 45th Pa. Volunteers. No
children; C (7) Samuel N. Boyer, of Reynoldsville, I*a., belonged to
45th Pa. Volunteers; C (8) Sarah S. Boyer married John Sincox, Lock
Haven, Pa.; C (9) George Boyer lives in Kansas City, Mo.; C (10)
Ellen Boyer, of Kansas City, Mo. ; C ( n ) Phoebe A. Boyer lives iu
Kansas.
D (i) Annie E. Boyer, daughter of Piiilip L. Boyer and Frances
J. Quiller, was born March 6, 1869, married Whel[)ly. Address (1912)
Brockwayville, Pa. Chiklren: Floyd, Guy, Norman, Philip; D (2)
John A. Boyer, of Brockwayville, Pa. ; D (3) Minnie L. Boyer was born
March 10, 1874. Married first to John Walker, and after his death to
Stanley B. Whitesell, of Aspinwall, Pa. Children : Francis E. Walker,
born Jam 11, 1895, and Stanley I^. Whitesell. Mrs. Whitesell is a very
fine genealogist; D (4) Plenry M. Boyer was born March 16, 1876, and
died April 6, 1903. Married Maude Loyne. Address (1912) Mrs.
Charles G. Garner, St. Mary's, Pa. Child: Freda Inez Boyer, born
Aug. 27, 1898. Lives with mother.
CHAPTER LXIX
JOHN BOYER.
The historian's correspondent, Professor Edw. PL Boyer, submits
the following data: His grandfather, William I'oyer, was born about
1780, probably in France. He was the master and part owner of a
vessel named the brig Susan, New York. He sailed from New York
about 1812, bound for France, but his vessel was never heard of after-
wards. His New York home stood on the corner of Broadway and Ann
street. Married and left one son, William.
B ( I ) William Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife, was born
1804, in New York, and died there in 1882. He arose to prominence in
the police force of New York and was very brave. Married J. Margaret,
born 1806. She died Dec. 23, 1862. Children: Edward H., Eliza, Mary,
and Louise.
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C (i) Professor Edw. H. Boyer, son of William Boyer and his
wife, was born Nov. 19, 1844, in New York. Address (1912) 505 W.
I42d St., New York. College graduate. Teacher in the city since 1862.
Became principal in 1874, and was holding that position in 1912. A
very fine man. Married Ella A. Vantassel, Oct. 21, 1870. She was
l>orn Oct. 18, 1850. Children: Ardmr, Wilbur S., Walter L., Eugene;
C (2) Eliza Boyer married Daniel Fitzgerald. She died in 1871, leaving
children who died unmarried; C (3) Mary Boyer married Adrien Brcu-
hofif. There were three sons, but they were all killed in the Civil War;
C (4) Louise Boyer married William Jacobus in 1868. The children are
Edward and Maude.
D (i) Dr. Arthur I. Boyer, son of Professor Edw. II. Boyer, was
born Oct. .30, 1871. Physician, married Clare Phillicky. Child: Arthur
Boyer, born Nov. 21, 1899; D (2) Wilbur S. Boyer was born June 29,
1876. Teacher. Married Edna Holdner. Children: Dorothy, born
Jan. 9, 1902; Beatrice, born Jan. 6, 1904; D (3) Walter L. Boyer was
}x)m Nov. 20, 1878. Civil engineer. Address (1914) Corporation Coun-
cils' Office, New York. Married May Hall. Children: Marion, born
June 9, 1901 ; D (4) Eugene Boyer was born May 31, 1880. Lawyer.
Address (1914) 141 Broadway, New York. Member of Strauss, Reich
and Boyer. Married Ethel Vrooman. Children : William V., born July
23, 1903-
CHAPTER LXX
CHRISTIAN BYER.
It is altogether likely that this chapter begins in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, with a Christian Byer, Revolutionary Soldier, 1784. At
this writing the links can not be found. The Christian Byer whose de-
scendants are recorded here was probably the grandson of the Lancaster
Christian, and lived in Adams County, Pa., where he is also buried.
The family graveyard is near Quarry School House, Highland Town
ship, Adams Co., Pa. He and his wife, maiden name Hummes, be-
longed to the Brethren. This fact may mean that he belonged to the
York County Boyers. Perhaps their beginning was also Lancaster
County. Children: Christian, David, Hettie, Eliza, another girl. He
was married a second time, and there were two children, a girl and a
boy, John.
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B (i) Christian C. Byer, son of Christian Byer and wife Hummes,
was born in Adams Co., Pa., Dec. i8, 1840, and died Aug. 2, 191 1.
Brethren Church. Grocer in Hagerstown, Maryland. Soldier, Private
Co. B, 138th Regiment, Civil War. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, and remained
until war was over. Married IMatilda A. Hummes, born June 26, 1839.
Died May 22, 1882. Both buried in March Creek graveyard, adjoining
Brethren Church, Adams Co., Pa. Children: William Henry, Minnie
Elizabeth, Alberta P., Maggie Grace, Marvin C, Fannie G., Nellie Kath-
ryn; B (2-7) David; Hettie (Shank), of Biglerville, Pa.; Eliza; Mrs.
Wigle, and John, of Nebraska. Perhaps others.
C (i) William Henry Byer, son of Christian C. Byer and wife
Matilda, was born May 5, 1866, four miles west of Gettysburg, Pa.
Brethren Church. Dealer in bicycles and automobiles. Address (1911)
2 Howard St., Hagerstown, Md. Married (1893) Dorothy D. Bar-
ger. Child: Harris H. Boyer, boru 1897. Address: Hager.stown,
Md. ; C (2) Minnie Elizabeth Byer married Frank Draw. Children:
Ethel, Eaura, Helen; C (3) Alberta P. Byer married Charles Shaw.
Address (1911) Kenilworth, Washington, D. C. Children: Margaret,
Richard; C (4) Maggie Grace Byer married William F. Bickel, of
Hagerstown, Md. Children: Earl, Genette, Matilda; C (5) Marvin
C. Byer was born July 8, 1875, ^^^ tli^d June, at Larada, Minca. Mar-
ried a Jamacia lady. Children : Nellie, William, Frank, Kenneth, all
of Hagerstown, Md. ; C (6) Nellie Kathryn Byer married Guy Uhler,
of Hagerstown, Md. ; C (7) Fannie Garfield Byer married John Rich-
ard, of Hagerstown, Md.
CHAPTER LXXI
Part I
BYERS.
The people to whom this chapter is devoted, go hack to a man who
was a soldier in wars before the Revolution, as we are told on page 695
of the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The name of this
man was John. One of his sons was John Byers, born Oct. 17, 1773.
B (i) John Byers, son of John Byers, the soldier, and his wife,
Avas born in Findley Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa., Oct. 17, 1773, and died
Aug. 12, 1859. Farmer. He married Nancy r)Urns, slaughter of Alex-
ander Burns and his wife, Nancy Barnes, Presbyterian. Children :
Nancy, Margaret, John D., Mary, James R., and Amanda. Note: Half-
brother. Farmer. Granddaughter. Lizzie D. Byers, Coraopolis, Pa.
C ( I ) Samuel Byers, probably grandson of John Byers, the soldier,
and his wife, was born about 181 0-1 8 12. He married Elizabeth. Lived
at Finleyville, Washington Co., Pa., in 1842. Children: Number not
reported. One of them was James E. Byers. Address (1889) West
Elizabeth, Pa. Blacksmith, born 1842. Married Harriet Secrist, of
Bridgeport, Fayette Co., Pa. Children: John H., Samuel A., Lavina,
Harriet, James, Jacob, Harry, Arthur.
C (i) Nancy Byers, daughter of John Byers and his wife Nancy
Burns, married Andrew Vance; C (2) Margaret Byers died single;
C (3) John D., who died single; C (4) Mary Byers married William
Burns; C (5) Amanda married George McMinn ; C (6) James R.
Byers was born Jan. 9, 18 19, as recorded in the History of Allegheny
County, Pa. Address (i88c)) McMinn, Pa. Alarried (Nov. 4. 1852)
Margaret Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson and his wife, Elizabeth
Swearingcr. Children: Agnes and John Wilson Byers, who married
Ida Burns. James R. Byers, the father, ranks among our leading
citizens and has held local offices. In 1880 he was elected Justice of the
Peace, and was re-elected in 1885. Died May 22, 1890.
D (i) John Wilson Byers, son of James R. Byers and wife Mar-
garet Wilson, was born in Findley Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa. Presby-
terian. Hardware merchant, 935 Fifth Ave., Coraopolis, Pa. Married
Ida V. Burns. Children: (i) Mrs. Mary M. Gillis, Youngwood, Pa.,
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(2) Mrs. Maude E. Brand, Coraopolis, Pa., (3) John Ross Burns Byers,
at home.
Part ir
DAVID BYERS.
David Byers, son of Byers, of Lancaster County, Pa., and his wife,
was born near Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 2, 1758, as reported by his grandson,
George W. Byers, of Greensburg, IncHana, who has the family dates.
This informant also writes that he has always understood that David
Byers came to America from Scotland, and his wife from Ireland. Plis
■church has not been reported. He was a farmer. He first married,
Feb. 7, 1788, Rachel Nesbit, born Sept. 3, 1766, and after her death,
Elizabeth, Turner, May 16, 1805. The children of the first marriage
Avere John, Nancy, Susannah, Rebecca, Rachel, Margaret, and of the
second marriage, David, Nathan N., Barton R. S.
B (i) John Byers, son of David Byers and wife Rachel Nesbit,
was born March 18, 1789, probably near Lancaster, Pa. Migrated with
brothers to Kentucky, where he died Dec. 5, 1862. Farmer. Christian
Church. Married Sarah Ray, May 12, 1809. Her brother, George,
married Rebecca Byers. Only child: James R. Byers; B (2) Nancy
Byers,. born May 15, 1791 ; B (3) Susannah Byers, born March 14,
1793; B (4) Rebecca, born April 15, 1795; B (5) Rachel, born April
12, 1797; B (6) Margaret, born Aug. 31, 1800; B (7) David Byers, son
of David Byers and second wife Elizabeth Turner, was born June 20,
1806, probably near Carlisle, Nicholas County. Kentucky. Lived near
Bloomington, Indiana, and died there. Married. Children : Elmira,
wife, of Preston Foster; Amanda; Eliza; Lafayette, a farmer; James
R., soldier in Civil War, dying soon after his discharge, and Thomas J. ;
B (8) Nathan Nesbit Byers, son of David Byers and second wife, Eliza-
beth Turner, was born Nov. 30, 1807. Lived and died near Blooming-
ton, Indiana. Married Sarah A. Hamilton, Feb. 21, 1828. Children:
Addison R., born May 26, 1830; Mary Elizabeth, born July 5, 1832;
James Monroe, born Nov. 2, 1834; Nathan II., born Sept. i, 1836. and
David, born Nov. 17, 1840; B (9) Barton R. S. Byers, son of David
Byers and second wife Elizabeth Turner, was born Sept. 30, 181 1. Died
at Gospord, Indiana. Lawyer. Methodist. Married. Children : Sarah,
Patience and Ross. The latter two died in infancy.
C (i) James R. Byers, son of John Byers and wife Sarah Ray, was
born near Carlisle, Nicholas Co., Ken., Oct. 12, 1810, and died at Greens-
burg, Ind., Aug. 12, 1882. Farmer. Christian Church. Married Sarah C.
Carr. She died 1903, aged 84 years. Children: John M., George,
James M., Joseph W. Note: James R. Byers had four sisters: Rachel,
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born Sept. 9, 1812; Ariann, born Dec. 11, 1814; Margaret, born March
17, 1817, and Sarah, born April 28, 1821. No descendants.
D (i) John M. Byers, son of James R, Byers and wife Sarah C.
Carr, was born March 24, 1836, and died Jan. 19, 1871, leaving a son
Edgar, now deceased; D (2) George W. Byers was born June 28, 1840.
Address (1915) Greensburg, Pa., R. F. D. 3. Farmer. Fine genealogist.
Married Edna P. Shaw. No descendants; D (3) James M. Byers was
born Nov. i, 1845. Never married. Farmer, Greensburg, Ind., R. D. 3;
D (4) Dr. Joseph W. Byers was born 1852. Dentist, Charleston, III.
Married Nellie Bradshaw. Children: (i) Bessie, born June 1883; (2)
Frank, born 1885. Address: Moline, 111., and (3) Josephine, born 1897.
CHAPTER IvXXII
JOHANNES BAYER.
Correspondents report that Johannes Bayer was born in Germany,
perhaps about 1800. He married Christina, in Germany. They came to
America, and settled near Easton, Pa. He died about 1895. Both were
about 93 years old, and are buried in the Easton Cemetery. Children :
Jacob Boyer, and perhaps others.
B ( I ) Jacob Boyer, son of Johannes Boyer and his wife Chris-
tina, was born about 1845, i" Schirnertown, Pa. Lutheran. Belongs to
St. John's Church, Easton, Pa. Address ( 1909) Easton, Pa., R. F. D.,
Schirnertown. Married Caroline. Children: Ellen, William Christian,
George Franklin, Harry, Robert, Herbert, Margaret, Charles Raymond;
B (2) Others.
C (i) Ellen Boyer, daughter of Jacob Boyer and his wife Caro-
line, of Easton, Pa., Route i; C (2) William Christian P.cyer, ..f South
15th St., Easton, Pa.; C (3) George Franklin Boyer, of Eastun, Pa.,
R. D. I ; C (4) Harry Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and his wife Caroline,
of Easton, Pa., Route 2; C (5) Robert Boyer, of Easton, Pa., R. D. i ;
C (6) Herbert Boyer, of Easton, Pa., R. D. i ; C (7) Margaret Boyer
married Rapp, of Easton, Pa., R. D. i ; C (8) Charles Raymond Boyer
was born 1881, Schirnerstown, Pa. Lutheran. Graduate Easton Bus-
iness College. Book-keeper and stenographer. Address (1909) Drake
Bldg:, Easton, Pa. Married Elizabedi Nicholls, born 1880, Friedensville,
Pa. Children.
CHAPTER LXXIII
JOHN BOYER.
Correspondents report that this John Boyer was born 1794, bnt not
where. He died at Annville, Pa., June 29, 1867, and was buried there.
-Mrs. Spangler, his half-sister on the mother's side, hving at 1285 W.
Poplar St., York, Pa., in 1912, wrote that he had two sisters but no
brothers, thus confirming his son's statement. The historian has not
learned what his church and occupation were, lie married Margaret
Wenrich, born 1800. She died April 13, 1878. Her "will" was probated
April 25, 1878, Book E, page 374, Lebanon, Pa. Children : George
Wenrich, John, Isaac, Benjamin, Henry, Elizabeth, Susan.
B (i) George Wenrich Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Mar-
garet Wenrich, was born Oct. 3, 1827, in Lebanon Co., Pa., and died
Aug. 22, 1909. Buried at Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. Re-
formed. Tailor. Grocer for 40 years. Most trustworthy man. Soldier.
Corporal Company D, 198th Regiment Infantry, Pa, Volunteers. En-
rolled Aug. 23, 1864. Honorably discharged May 31, 1865, at Wash-
ington, D. C. Married Ellen Grubb, born Nov. I, 1827. Children:
(i) Catharine, born Feb. 13, 1854. Teacher. Married James L. Rake.
Her address (1910) 106 N. 9th St., Reading, Pa. Children: Mary
C, born March 14, 1883, and Margaret, born July 18, 1890; (2) Clara
J. Boyer, born March 18, 1852. She died Oct. 17, 1908. Teacher in
Reading for 38 years; B (2) John Boyer lived in Lebanon, Pa. Mar-
ried. Children: George, of Lebanon; William, of Lebanon, and others;
B (3) Isaac Boyer lived in the vicinity of Lebanon, Pa. Children:
Sarah, wife of Mr. Spangler, Avon, Pa.; Rebecca, wife of William
Stroh; Joseph, of Annville, P'a. ; John, of Annville, Pa., and Clara;
B (4) Benjamin Boyer lived in vicinity of Annville, Pa., at Swatara.
Married and left a large family. Some of tlie children are David,
Daniel, Philip, Adam, probably all of Swatara, Pa.; B (5) Henry Boyer
was born Oct. 7, 1844. Address (1912) Annville, Pa. Reformed.
Soldier Company PT, 95th Regiment, Pa. Volunteers. Married Annie
Gerhart, born Nov. 1, 1845. Children: George A. Boyer, of x\nnville,
Pa., born April 27, 1879. Reformed. Electrician. Married Harmie
E. Spangler, born Oct. 20, 1883. Child: Henry Frank, born March
31, 191 1 ; B (5) Elizabeth Boyer married Henry Smith, and left a large
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family. A son, Ezra Smith, resides at Lebanon, Pa. (1912); B (6)
Susan Boyer married Mr. Frost, leaving twelve children. A son, John,
lives at Napersville, 111., 1912.
CHAPTER IvXXIV
MICHAEL BOYER.
Correspondents report that Michael Boyer, born probably near the
Swiss border of the French i\lps — not far from Neuchatel, if tradition
holds — came to America about 1800, and settled in ilarrisburg", Penn-
sylvania. Lutheran. Prosperous merchant, leaving some property. The
Death Record, Zion's Lutheran Church, Plarrisburg, Pa., Oct. 12, 1813,
seems to belong to his wife Catharine. The children were George W.,
William, Charles, and perhaps others.
B (i) George W. Boyer, son of Michael Boyer and his wife,
was born about 18 10, in Plarrisburg, Pa. Merchant. Commissioned
Colonel of State. Died 33 years old. Buried with son Charles, in the
Main Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. Alarried Catharine Pray in Plarris-
burg, Pa., where her father Charles Pray was serving as a Representa-
tive. Only child: George W. Boyer; B (2-3) William and Charles.
Perhaps others.
C (T) George W. P>oyer, only child of George W. Boyer and
Catharine Pray, was born about i84('), in Plarrisburg, Pa. Lutheran.
College training. Lived mostly in Philadel])hia, Pa. Wliolesale fruit
merchant in Philadelphia aiid New York. Volunteer in Civil War, a
mere boy, 90th Pa. Volunteers. Afterwards First Lieutenant, Company
F., 90th Pa. Volunteers. He became a Catholic, probably through his
wife, Mary M. McGlinn, born ]\Jarch 10, 1855. She died Jan. 26, 1906.
Her husband was lost at sea during the great storm of 1879. Children:
(a) Attorney George W. Boyer, born June 5, 1876. Lawyer. Address
(1913) 5209 Market St., Phila., Pa. Educated in public schools of
Philadelphia, Pa., Union College, and Spencerian College. Catholic.
Single in 1913. Corporal Co. A, Third Regiment, Pa. Volunteers, Span-
ish-American War. (b) Mary J. Boyer, single. Same address I0I3-
(c) Robert Stilson Boyer dead in 1913. Married. Children: (i) Rob-
ert R. Boyer, (2) Harold Graham Boyer; C (2) Charles Boyer is buried
near father in the Harrisburg Cemetery.
CHAPTER LXXV
WILLIAM BOYER.
According to the family tradition this William Boyer was born
about 179S, the son of parents from France. Perhaps the father's
name was Michael and came from some Gt^rman province of Napoleonic
France, to Harrisburg, rcnnsylvania. William was born in b'aslcrn
Pennsylvania, probably in 1 hurisburi^-, n.iuphin C\)., I'.i. lie h.i,| (wv.
brothers. One died young- and the other was lost at sea. \\ illiam w.is
a shoemaker. About 1850 he moved from Pennsylvania to Arkansas,
and later returned to Pennsylvania, and died in Phila., Pa., 1864. He
married a girl from Berks County, Pa. Her son says she was Irish.
She died about 1843. There was only one child, William N. Boyer.
B (i) William N. Boyer, son of William Boyer and his wife, was
born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 20, 1840. Address (1913) Tarkio, Mo.
Went to Tennessee at the age of 10, visited his father in i860. En-
listed in Civil War of 1861, Co. G, 22nd Illinois Volunteers. Served
four years. Prisoner 18 months. When released he learned of his
father's death. He lived in Illinois until 1881, when he moved to Achison
Co., Mo., where he carried on farming. In 191 1 he rented his farm
to a tenant, and moved to Tarkio, Mo. Married twice. First wife died
June 5, 1874. Second wife died Oct. 29, 1893. Children: Emery,
Jesse, Eliza, Roy, Susie, Ralph, Charles, Raymoml.
C (i) Emery Boyer, son of William N. Boyer and first wife, was
born March 23, 1870, and died 1910; C (2) Jesse Boyer was born
Nov. 7, 1871. Motorman, 1307 Jackson St., Rockford, 111. Married.
Child: Ernest; C (3) Eliza Boyer, born Dec. 23, 1873, married Rev-
erend York, M. E. Church, of Atkinson, Nebraska. Children; C (4)
Roy Boyer, son of William N. Bcjyer and his second wife, was born
Aug. I, 1883. Fireman on railroad engine. Address (1912) 2917
ILarned St., Denver, Colorado. Married; C (5) Susie Boyer, born
Oct. II, 1885, teacher. Palmyra, Nebraska; C (6) Ralph Boyer was
born Jan. 24, 1887, and died a student at Liberty, Mo.; C (7) Charles
Boyer was born Jan. 24, 1887. Graduate of William Jewell College,
Liberty, I\Io. Address (1912) Lebanon, Tenn. ; C (8) Raymond Boyer
was born Dec. 13, 1891. At college 1912.
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CHAPTER IvXXVI
GEORGE BOYER.
Born July 4, 1789, George Boyer came from Alsace, Germany, when
it was a French province. His father was a physician — French they
claim, hut probably German. He died June 24, 1857, and is buried with
his wife at Harrisburg, Pa. He married Mary Hoover, born 1785.
She died Sept. 22, 1835. The couple lived near Harrisburg, Pa., and
then on South Second St., Harrisburg, Pa. The "old home" is no
longer there. The historian does not know the church connection and
occupation of this man. There was only one child, Hieronymus (Jerome)
Krone Boyer.
B (i) Hieronymus (Jerome) Krone Boyer, son of George Boyer
and Mary Hoover, was born Dec. 3, 1814, in Harrisburg, Pa., the only
child of his parents, and died Sept. 3, 1880. Editor of newspapers at
Harrisburg, Carlisle, and Pottsville, Pa. Published "Carlisle American,"
"American Democrat," and also the "Pottsville Emporium." Later
he was book-keeper for coal operators at Pottsville, Pa. Last ten years
with Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Company. Married Rebecca O.
Horning, born Sept. 6, 1808. She died 1896. She was a daughter of
William Old and Ellen Nagle. Mr. Boyer and his wife are buried at
Harrisburg, Pa. Children : George Gordon Boyer, Jerome K. Boyer,
Annie Louisa Boyer, Alva Howard Boyer.
C ( I ) George Gordon Boyer, son of Hieronymus K. Boyer, was
born Aug. 20, 1842, and died Nov. 24, 1903. Married Margaret Bretz,
born June 17, 1840. She died Oct. 6, 1901. Children: Annie Lyle
Boyer, born 1862. Address (1912) Mrs. John Robertson, Bowmans-
dale, Pa.; Minnie Boyer. Address (1912) Mrs. Minnie B. Huglu-s, Care
of Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. ; Laura Boyer. Address : Mib.
Edwin J. Eager, 117 Riley St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Bessie Boyer. Address:
Mrs. Edward Van Tassel, Newtonville, Mass.; Bird Boyer. Address:
Mrs. Alonzo Beasley, San Francisco, Cal. ; FTelen Boyer. Address :
Mrs. Roy Robertson, care of Mrs. Van Tassel; C (2) Jerome K. Ijoyer
was borii Sept. 29, 1844, and died Jan., i860. No descendants; C (3)
Annie Louisa Boyer was born Jan. 9, 1847. Address (1912) The "Don-
aldson," Harrisburg, Pa. A government employee. Very cultured wom-
an; C (4) Alvah Howard Boyer was born Sept. 27, 1849, at Carlisle,
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Pa. Episcopalian. Accountant. Address (1912) Centralia, Pa. Mar-
ried July 18, 1894, Ida B. Porter, born Dec. 10, 1859. No children.
Both husband and wife are well educated people.
CHAPTER LXXVII
JOHN BOYER.
Correspondents report that John Boyer was prol)al)ly born in Penn-
sylvania, but can not tell where. Prom tlie fact that his son, William,
was born Nov. 13, 1817, it may be assumed that Jchn was born aixnit
1790-1797. He moved to Ohio, and was buried in Wiltshire Cemetery,
Ohio. Perhaps his birth is recorded on a tombstone and the date can
be identified in early church records of Pennsylvania. He married a
Drushel, and the children were William, Jonathan, John, and Kate, so
far as reported.
B (1) William Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife Drushel, was
born Nov. 13, 1817, near Mt. Hope, Ohio, where he died Feb. 9, 1904.
Dunkard. Farmer. Married Lucy A. Ritter. She died May 10, 1883.
Children: Lavina, Grafton, Mary, Julia A., Hiram and Thomas Jeffer-
son (twins), Loveland; B (2-4) Jonathan, John, and Kate, lived at
Van Wert, Ohio.
C (i) Pavina Boyer, daughter of William Boyer and Lucy Ritter,
was born June 21, 1841, Mt. Hope, Ohio, and died Feb. 22, 1901. Mar-
ried John Phynix. Children: Six; C (2) Grafton Boyer was born Oct.
23, 1842. Dunkard. Farmer, married Malinda Kring. Children: F^d-
ward E. Boyer, died single, 24 years old ; Marion G. Boyer, born Sept.
30, 1871. Address (1910) South Bend, Indiana, R. D. 3, Box 41;
William; Ira, of 2315 Linden St., South Jiend, Indiana; Emma V. ;
Mary, (married Dietrich), of South Bend, Indiana, R. Y). 4; Fdith, of
8733 South Carpenter St., Chicago, 111.; C (3) Mary Boyer, born 1844,
married Eli Kring, of North Liberty, Indiana; C (4) Juluia A. Boyer
married Benjamin Snyder, of I*lymi>utli, Indiana; C (5) Hiram Mover
was born April 6, 1849. Brethren Ciuirch (Dunkards). Farmer, Stras-
burg, Ohio. Married Eliza Coley, born May 31, 1854, at Spunktown,
near Reading, Pa. Children: George W. Boyer, born Dec. 24, 1878.
Blacksmith. Address (1910) Strasburg, Ohio. Married Myra Male-
bash. Children : Charles R. and John R. ; Charles F. Boyer, born May
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13, 1881. Address (1910) 523 22nd St., Denver, Colorado. Married
Margaret M, Daley. Children; C (6) Thomas Jefferson Boyer was
iDorn April 6, 1849. Dunkard. Farmer. Address (1910) Mt. Hope,
Ohio. Married Mary A. Spake, born April 4, 18G0. Children: Esther
Boyer, born April 17, 1885, married Stiffler, of Benton, Ohio; Grafton
Boyer, of Mt. Hope, Ohio; John Boyer, of Mt. Hope, Ohio; C (7)
Lovcland C. Boyer was born Jan. 8, 1852. Dunkard. Farmer, Mt.
Hope, Ohio.
CHAPTER LXXVIII
JACOB BAYER.
The family tree to which this chapter is to be devoted begins in
America with Jacob Bayer. He came from Alsace, Germany, and settled
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He and Airs. Boyer, whose name the
historian has not been able to find, are buried in the Moravian Ceme-
tery, Bethlehem, Pa. Pie owned a large farm where liethlehem is now
located. There were probably a number of children, but the only one
reported is John.
]j (i) John Boyer, son of Jacob Bayer and his wife, was born
about 1800, and is buried in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, but how
he happened to be there is not reported. He was married and left the
following children: Joseph, Jacob, Andrew, Samuel, Sarah Ann, Lydia,
Polly, and perhaps others.
C (i) Joseph Boyer, son of John Boyer and his wife, was born
1830, in the Shenandoah Valley. Pie died in 1890, and is buried at
White Haven, Pa. Eumberman. Evangelical. Married Lavinia Howard.
She is buried at Truckville, Pa. Children: ■ Eldridge Boyer, Howard
Boyer, and Mrs. George Richards; C (2-7) Jacob married. Perha|)s
John Boyer, of East Plymouth, Pa., is a son; Andrew; Samuel; Sarah
married Jacoby ; Lydia married Myers, and Polly married Pysher.
D (i) Eldridge I'oyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife Lavinia
Howard, was born June 10, 1856. Local engineer, White Haven, Pa.
Methodist. Married Jane Hawk. Children: Irwin J., of no Troy St.,
Millvale, Allegheny Co., Pa. Married Jean Rogers; Harry, of 49 W.
York St., North Plill, Akron, Ohio, married America Connor; Paul,
of Mountain Top, Pa. ; Virginia, at home; Alfred, at the Passmore House,
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Philipsburg, N. J.; Caroline married Stanley /(.ffuss, of Mountain Top,.
Pa. ; Myrtle, at 256 Washington St., Allentown, i^a. ; Clarence, George,
Curtiss, all at home; D (2) Howard lioyer, son of Joseph Boyer and
Lavinia Howard, was born Aug. 17, i860. Address (1908) Bonner
Springs, Kansas, R. D. i. Farmer. Married Rachel Ginner. Children:
James, of Bonner Springs, Kansas, R. D. 3, married Miss Price. Chil-
dren : Clarence and Blanche ; Nellie married Ward, of Linwood, Kan-
sas ; Alice, of Bonner Springs, Kansas, R. D. i ; Theodore, of Bonner
Springs, Kansas, R. D. i ; D (3) A daughter of Joseph Boyer and
Lavinia Howard, married George Richards. Address (1908) Mountaia
Top, Pa.
CHAPTER LXXIX
JOHN PETER BAYER.
John Peter Bayer, born October 1800, in Sternenfels, Wurtemberg,.
Germany, married Johanna Catherine Eslinger, born 1803, in same vil-
lage as husband. They were married in Germany, but all their children
were born in Pennsylvania, where they arrived 1828. The historian does
not know on what ship this young couple arrived, but they landed at
New York, and settled in Pennsylvania. Mr. Bayer had one sister, but
no brother, when he left his German home. Tradition does not record
why this couple came to America, but probably they came, as so many
others did at that time, to find oi)portiuHty which Europe could not
offer. His son, George E. Boyer, says that the "line" can easily be
traced in Germany by referring to Article XIV in the Wurtemburg
Lutheran Church Records. John Peter died in 1884, and his wife in
1879, or 1880. They are both buried at Orvilla, liatfield Tuwuslni),
Montgomery Co., Pa. Children: Charles, William, Catharine, John,
Peter, Mary, Elizabeth, Jacob E., and George.
B (i) Charles Boyer, son of John Peter Bayer and Johanna Cath-
erine Eslinger, was born Feb., 1828, and died Feb., 1907. He married a
Miss Seipt. Address (1909) Mrs. Charles Boyer, Reddick, Illinois. Chil-
dren: (a) Charles Boyer, and (b) Irwin, both of Reddick, III; B (2)
William Boyer, born 183 1, married and lived at Lexington, Pa. Chil-
dren: Peter, of Bethlehem, Pa.; Lydia was ^ nurse in Hahnemann
Hospital, Phila., Pa., in 1909; there were others; B (3) Catharine Boyer
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married Manuel, who dietl. Address (1909) Lansdale, Pa.; B (4) John
E. Boyer was born July 8, 1836, Lansdale, Pa. Farmer. Methodist.
Address (1909) Thornton, Indiana, R. D. 17. Married Mary Wile, born
Sept. 29, 1835. Children: Edwin W., of Grainfield, Kansas; John W.,
of Thornton, Indiana; Cecilia married T. C. Holaway. Address (1910)
Colfax, Indiana; B (5) Peter Boyer married and has children. Ad-
dress (1908) 14th and French Sts., Wilmington, Delaware; B (6) Mary
Boyer married Mr. Fretz. He died. Address (1908) Mrs. Mary Fretz,
Tovvnsend, Delaware; B (7) Elizabeth Boyer married Crawford. Ad-
dress (1908) Mrs. Elizabeth Crawford, 743 Walnut St., Camden, N. J.;
B (8) Dr. Jacob Boyer, dentist. Address (190S) 179 Broad St., Lans-
dale, Pa.; B (9) George E. Boyer was born Oct. 7, 1849, in Hatfield
Twp., Montg. Co., Pa., near Lansdale. Lutheran. Painter and decorator,
1017 Broadway, Camden, N. J. Married Sarah N. Ziegenfus, born 1849,
in Rockhill Twp., Bucks Co., Pa. Children: Laura A., born 1877,
Camden, N. J., married Samuel S. Conver, architect, Lansdale, Pa.
Children: Russel Conver; B. Elizabeth, born 1880, Camden, N. J.,
married A. B. Menges, of 708 Market St., Camden, N. J. Mr. Menges
died 1908; Dr. George Edgar, born June, 1883, Camden, N. J. Grad-
uate of Jefferson Medical College, 1906, Philadelphia, Pa. Lutheran.
Address (1909) Troy, Pa. Married Martie Winston, of Troy, Pa.;
Mary Emma, born Dec, 1887, Camden, N. J. Lutheran. Vocalist,
1017 Broadway, Camden, N. J.; Lillian Erma, born Nov., 1890, Camden,
N. J. Lutheran. Graduate of Commercial College, 1908. Address:
708 Market St., Camden, N. J.
CHAPTER LXXX
BYERS.
This family began in America, as we are told on page 708, "History
of Allegheny County," Pennsylvania, with a Mr. Byers from Germany.
He settled in Little York, Pennsylvania, but about 1820 moved to Alle-
gheny County, and settled at Sawmill Run. Farmer. Miner. Died
1848, and his wife 1868. Children: (i) Jonas Byers, born in Alle-
gheny County, 1825, married Amelia Cartwright, 1850. River pilot.
Soldier in Civil War, Co. F, 76th Regiment, V. I., from 1864 to close
of war. Children: William P., John, Mary, Wesley, Olive, Austin,
George, James, Jane, Clara. (2) Alexander Byers, younger than Jonas.
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C (i) William P. Byers, son of Jonas Bycrs and wife Amelia Cart-
wright, was born 1851. Address (1889) 194 Steuben St., 36th Ward,.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Painter and contractor. Died July 18, 1913. Married.
Children: (i) Frank M., 210 Steuben St., Pittsburgh, Pa., married
Laura L. Mayhard. Children: Alice E., Frank M., Sarah B. (2) West-
ley. Married. Children: Charles and Helen; C (2) John Byers, of
Ohio; C (3) Mary Byers married Charles Risenberger; C (4) Isaac
Byers, of Homestead, Pa.; C (5) Olive Byers married Peter Hersh-
berger; C (6) Austin Byers; C (7) Elepander Byers, of Oakdale, Pa. ;
C (8) Jane Byers (deceased) ; C (9) Ella Byers.
CHAPTER LXXXI
JOHN P. BOYER.
Correspondents report that John P. Boyer was born March 23, 1773,
and died Jan. 16, 1844, but no local history accompanies these reports,
and for that reason the historian can not at this time find the ancestral
tree. John P. Boyer married April 25, 1795, Margaret Dunn, born
January, 1773. The children of this union were William D., John, Sarah
D., Elizabeth, Valentine, James O., Lewis W., and Margaret. The his-
torian believes that John P. Boyer was a descendant of John Boyer who
went to Augusta Co., Va., about 1773. (Chapter 6). His nephew,.
John Boyer, followed him in 1800, but moved to Kingsport, Tennessee,
where he died. It is likely that this nephew moved there because his
cousins were there. To make this conclusion almost irresistible, the.
historian calls attention to the fact that the name "Minor" as a Christian
name occurs nowhere else in his records of the Boyers except in this
family. William Boyer, son of the second John Boyer who went to
Augusta Co., Va., has a son by that name, and Mrs. Fuqua, Guthrie,
Kentucky, has a cousin by the same name at Clarksville, Tennessee.
B (i) William D. Boyer, son of John P. Boyer and Margaret
Dunn, was born Aug. 9, 1796, and died April 17, 1833. Lived at Carth-
age, Tenn., in 1822. Married Ann W. Lewis, May 23, 1821. She died
May 7, 1826, and he married Sallie Lewis, May 29, 1827. Children:
Dr. Waller L. Boyer, William Dunn Boyer, and perhaps others; B (2)
John Boyer was born Nov. 23, 1798, and died Sept. 1, 1827. Married
Dec. 26, 1819, Lucy Mowry; B (3) Sarah D. Boyer was born P'eb. 23,
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1801, and died Oct. 18, 1826. She married John S. Vaughn, Oct. 20,
1819; B (4) Ehzabeth Boyer was born May 10, 1806. She married
John Ganter, March 4, 1828, and died Sept. 14, 1836; B (5) Valentine
Boyer was born Jan. 8, 1809, married Susan Barfiekl, July 18, 1833 ;
B (6) James O. Boyer was born Aug. 20, 181 1. Married Dolly I^.
Lewis, Sept. 5, 1833. Children: Mary O., George P., Sally W., Emily
A., and Susan E. ; B (7) Lewis W. Boyer was born Jan. 22, 1816, and
died Oct. 4, 1842; B (8) Marget Boyer married Dr. D. G. Benbrook,
Dec. 20, 1S27.
C (i) Dr. Waller L. Boyer, son of William D. Boyer and Anii
W. Lewis, was born April 3, 1822, at Carthage, Tennessee, and died
August II, 1862. Physician. Married A.nn E. Blakely, Feb. 12, 1845,
in Logan Co., Ky. Children: (a) Ann S. Boyer, born Oct. 21, 1847.
She died Oct. 12, 1880. (b) Reverend Waller Lewis Boyer, born Oct.
25, 1849, in Saline Co., Mo. Address (1912) 4565 Morgan St., St.
Louis, Mo. Married Rosa H. Jenkins, Nov. 10, 1868. She died Nov.
12, 1888. Children: (i) Eolia Boyer, born Oct. 3, 1870. Address
(1912) Dundee, Ilk; (2) Amanda E. Boyer. She married E. C. Fisher,
Dundee, 111. Children: Lewis B., Catherine M., Rosalind R. See
History of "The Baptists of Saline Co., Mo.," by D. C. Bolton, for full
biography of Rev. Waller Lewis Boyer; C (2) William Dunn Boyer
was born June 5, 1824. Merchant at Natchez, Mississipf)i. Baptist.
Married Rachel Winn Wisdom. Children: William D., Elizabeth Minor,
Rachel IMaria, Minor W., Dr. Joseph Buford, Lucy Wisdom.
D (i) William Dunn Boyer, son of William D. Boyer and Ann W.
Lewis, was born Jan. 7, 1854, at Keysburg, Kentucky. Accountant. Ad-
dress (1914) 1892 E. Yawhill, Portland, Oregon. Married Lulu Erma
Hughes. Child: William Hughes. Same address ; D (2) Lizzie Minor
Boyer married Thomas N. Randle, Plampton Station, Tenn. Children :
John D., Minor, Belle, Underwood, Maude; D (3) Rachel Maria Boyer
married Grubb Fuqua. Farmer, Guthrie, Ky., R. D. Children: Dr.
Ernest Fuqua, Elizabeth, Findlay ; D (4) Minor W., farmer, lived at
Olmstcad, Kentucky. Married Liddie Randle. Children: (a) Asa, of
Clarksville, Tenn. Single. Born 1877; (b) Minor W., of Guthrie. Ky.,
R. D., born Jan. 16, 1893; (c) Mary L. married John Gallaher. One
child: Minor; (d) Lulu, born May 29, 1899, single, Guthrie, Ky. ; (e)
Bessie, born Oct. 29, 1873, married Rufus Gallaher, of Ashland City,
Tenn. Children: Joseph, James, Rufus, Margaret; D (5) Dr. Joseph
Buford Boyer, physician, Wilsonville, Ala., married Mattie B. Hutchings.
Children: Helen, Annie, Virginia; D (6) Lucy Wisdom Boyer mar-
ried Boone Killcbrus, McAllister, Oklahoma. Children : Rachel W.,
Frank W., Thomas J., Buford B., Lucy E., Daniel B., David D., WiUiam
H., Maria F., Thomas R.
CHAPTER LXXXII
JAMES BOWYER.
Our correspondent informs us that James Bowyer was born in
Virginia, and that he was a Methodist, but can not report his occupa-
tion. He married Nancy Goodwin, also of V^irginia. The home at one
time at least was at Amherst, Virginia. Children: (i) James Bowyer,
born 1837, at Amherst, Virginia, died April 5, 1897. Methodist. Ad-
dress (1897) Pleasanton, Texas. Merchant. Married Fannie Childress.
Children: (a) Marmion Bowyer, born March 28, 1881, at Pleasanton,
Texas. Ranchman. Methodist. Married Olivia Chapman. No children
in 1914. (b) Dudley Bowyer, born March 26, 1877, died March 17,
1905. No children. (2) Octavia, daughter of James Bowyer and Nancy
Goodwin, married Samuel Dawes, of Knoxville, Tennessee. Children:
Samuel, Lelia, Rosa, of Knoxville, Tenn., and John, address not known.
(3) Aria, married Peter Montague, and left no children; (4) Ludwell
Bowyer, dead, and no particulars reported; (5) Silas Bowyer; (6)
Elmira, dead; (7) Caroline h., married Robert Oury, at Amherst, Va.
Children: (a) Edwin Bowyer Oury, Jourdanton, Texas, married Emma
Winn. One child: Elvin ; (b) iSmma Oury, married Arthur Giannini,
Lexington, Ky. Three children; (8) Norma, married Claude B. Munyan,
Cincinnati, Ohio; (9) Edna, married William Miiir, Lexington, Ky.
No children; (10) Joseph Bowyer married Nettie Henderson, Chicago,
111. No children.
CHAPTER LXXXni
JEREMIAH BOWYER AND JOSHUA BOWYER.
The historian's correspondent, Joseph Bowyer, of Quartzsite, x\riz.,
and a most painstaking genealogist, reports that he can trace his ancestry
to Alfred Bowyer who lived in England in the reign of Henry I (iioo-
1135). Jeremiah and Joshua were sons of Thomas Bowyer and his
wife Mary Bibby, of England.
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A (i) Jeremiah Bowyer, son of Thomas Bowyer and Mary Bibby,
was born June 12, 1801, in England. Episcopahan. Silk weaver in
England. Married Jane. Came to America with her, landing at Phila.,
Pa., Sept. 6, 183 1. Settled at Cor. of Third and Market Sts., Camden,
N. J. Children : Charles P., John, James, Ann E., Matilda, and Mary.
A (2) Joshua Bowyer, son of Thomas l')Owyer and Mary Bibby,
was born June 9, 1807, at Macclesfield, England, and died in Utah, 1893.
Episcopalian. Married Maria Wardle, May 10, 1834. Both buried at
Tocyuerville, Utah. Cotton goods manufacturer. Came to America,
and settled in Germantown, Pa., 1841. Children: Joseph, EHzabeth,
Sarah, Mary.
B (i) Charles P. Bowyer, son of Jeremiah liowyer and wife Jane,
was born March 5, 1839. Address (1908) 332 Penn St., Camden, N. J.
Grocer. Methodist. Married Beulah Knight Sloane. Children: Gert-
rude K., at home; Edward K., of 11 1 Henry St., Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Mary
A., at home; B (2) John Boyer was born Feb. 22, 1826, and died
April 21, 1906. Carpet weaver. Married Sarah Richards. Children:
John White, Charles Durbin, John Richards, Sarah liowyer (Rowley) ;
B (3) James Buxton Bowyer was born June 25, 1841, and died 1898.
Wholesale fish trade. Married Charlotte Matilda Heath. Children:
A-^ilroy Reed, Henrietta, Charlotte Matilda, Francis; B (4) Ann E.
Boyer was born March 19, 1829, died 1894. Married George Adolphus
Rosbach, butcher; B (5) Esther Bowyer was born Oct. 15, 1835, and
died 1912. Married Thomas B. Crammer, shoemaker; B (6) Matilda
Boyer was born Aug. 19, 1837. Married Lewis Watson Combs, house
j painter, 229 Market St., Camden, N. J.; B (7) Mary Jane Bowyer was
"born April 8, 1844. Married Joseph J. McAllister, manufacturer, 109
I N. 3rd St., Camden, N. J.
B (i) Joseph Bowyer, son of Joshua Bowyer and Maria Wardle,
was born April 20, 1846. Episcopalian. Graduate of Salt Lake Uni-
! versity, 1867. Expert telegrapher. Large mining interest in Arizona.
Address (1912) Quartzsite, Arizona. Most interesting correspondent.
Married Dorleskia Taylor, Feb. 28, 1 871. Children: Joseph D., Roy T.,
and Eva L. ; B (2) Elizabeth Bowyer married Robert J. McCouch, 1817
North St., Phila., Pa.; B (3) Sarah Bowyer married Willard Snow, of
Draperville, Utah ; B (4) Mary Bowyer married Zach Derrick.
CHAPTER IvXXXIV
' ' : GEORGE,. OR LAWRENCE, BAYER.
Through the courtes}-^ of Alfred E. Beyer, 414 Werner St., Youngs-
town, Ohio, the historian has recorded the following data, covering the
descendants of George Bayer, whose Christian name may have been
Lawrence. He was born 1802, at Mittelschelling, or some such place,
Germany, died May 15, 1850, and is buried in Balm Cemetery, Mercer
County, Pennsylvania. Pie came to the United States about 1830, set-
tling soon afterwards in Pennsylvania. Married Caroline Keener, born
1809, presumably in Germany, and died March 11, 1863. They reared
five children: Lawrence, George David, Andrew, Adam, and William.
The historian has not been able to ascertain the occupation and church
connections of the man in question, nor the reason for his coming.
B (i) Lawrence Boyer, son of George, or Lawrence, Bayer and
Caroline Keener, was born Dec. 25, 1829, at Mittelschefling, Germany,
and died April 6, 1871. Married Miss McCoy, of Grove City, Pa. Chil-
dren: (a) Samuel, married to Elizabeth McCree. Both died, leaving
no children; (b) Elizabeth, married to a Mr. Hahn. Both are dead.
There are two children ; B (2) George David Boyer, born April 20, 1832,
in Spring-field Twp., Mercer Co., Pa., died June 16, 1908, and is buried
at Balm Cemetery, Mercer Co., Pa. Teacher. Farmer and blacksmith.
Married Elizabeth Moon, who died between 1861-65. Children : Martha,
Amanda, and George D. ; B (3) Andrew Boyer, born March 10, 1835,
in Findlay Twp., Mercer Co., iPa., died Jan. 15, 1869. Soldier in Civil
War. Contracted fever there, from which he died. Married Clariss-a
Cribbs. She later married Eli Pauley, and resides (1912) on Tacoma
Ave., Youngstown, Ohio. Andrew Boyer and wife adopted a boy. and
gave him the name William O. Boyer, who became the husband of
Martha Boyer, daughter of George David Boyer; B (4) Adam Boyer,
born July 30, 1839, in Mercer Co., Pa., went West after Civil War
and was never heard of afterwards; B (5) William Boyer was killed in
the Civil War, probably in the Battle of the Wilderness, when very young.
C (i) Martha Boyer, daughter of George David Boyer and Eliza-
beth Moon, born Jan. 26, 1854, married William O. Boyer, the adopted
son of her uncle Andrew Boyer. lie was born Nov. 22, 1852, died Jan.
26, 1901, and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio. Mrs.
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Martha Boyer was living in 1913. Address (1912) 414 Werner St.,
Youngstown, Ohio. Children: Clara E., married John W. Perry, of
Youngstown, Ohio; Frederick P., of West Austentown, Ohio; Nellie M.,
married J. O. Young, of Wilkensburg, Pa.; Alfred E., of Youngstown,.
Ohio, R. D. 2, or care of "Telegram Company," Youngstown, Ohio;
Clyde O., of Rosswell, New Mexico;; Leon D., of 414 Werner St.,
Youngstown, Ohio; C (2) Amanda Boyer married Jesse Carr, New
Castle, Pa. She died before 1913, leaving six children: George. Ad-
dress (1912) New Castle, Pa.; Edward; Nellie, married Mr. Barber,
Grove City, Pa. ; Maude, married Mr. Hickson, New Castle, Pa. ; Sadie,
married Mr. Glenn, New iCastle, J'a., and Minnie; C (3) George D.
Boyer, born April 27, 1861, died 1887, and is buried at Balm Cemetery,
Mercer Co., Pa. Married Annie Chambers, who died 1907, and is buried'
near her husband. Only son: Frank Boyer. Address (1912) Pitts-
burgh, Pa. Unless his uncle, Adam, married and left male children,
Frank Boyer is the only male descendant of the children of the immi-
grant George Bayer.
CHAPTER LXXXV
JACOB BOYER (May be George).
Correspondents report that they do not know whether the Boyer
with whom their records begin was named Jacob or George, nor have
they been able up to the date of this writing, to connect any data,, local
or otherwise with him, except that he was married and that there
were eight children. It may therefore be impossible to connect him
■with his ancestral "trunk." Children : John Franklin, Theodore, George,
Henry, Jacob Francis (Frank), Barton Cincinnatus, Amanda, and Mary.
B (i) John Franklin Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and his wife, was
born March 28, 1824, and died at Walla Walla, Washington, Feb. 8,
1897. Episcopalian. Receiver of U. S. Land Office, Walla Walla, Wash-
ington. County Treasurer, merchant, and banker. Both husband and
wife are buried at Walla Walla. He married Sarah E. Baker in 1853.
She was born in 1827, and died May 20, 1903. Children: Charles
Summerfield, Franklin D., Eugene IL, Arthur A., Annie I., John E., and
Sarah I.; B (2-4) Theodore, George, and Henry have not been re-
ported. Barton Cincinnatus died unmarried. Amanda and Mary were
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sisters; B (5) Jacob Francis (Frank) Boyer died in Wardner, Idaho,
about 1895. Married. Children: Mrs. Cousins (1910) Sonora, Cal. ;
Belle Boyer, wife of A. J. Cross.
C (i) Dr. Charles Summerfield Boyer, son of John Franklin Boyer
and Sarah E. Baker, was born June i, 1854. Optician. Address (1911)
Seattle, Washington. Episcopalian. Married Amelia Berry. Children :
Isabel D., born Aug. 10, 1881. Address (1911) Spokane, Washington;
Marguerite I., born Oct. i, 1882. Address (1911) Portland, Oregon;
Stanton S., born Feb. 10, 1884. Address (1911). Portland, Oregon;
Arthur E., born Jan. 2"], 1890. Address (1911) Pullman College, Pull-
man, Washington; C (2) Franklin D. Boyer was born Aug. 20, 185G.
Banker. Address (1911) Dawson, Yukon Territory; C (3) Eugene H.
Boyer was born Feb. 6, 1859. Real estate. Address (1914) Portland,
Oregon. Married Francis A. Ncwcomb ; C (4) Dr. Arthur A. Boyer
was born April 21, • 1861. Physician. Address (1911) East Orange, N.
J., or II East 48th St., New York. Episcopahan. Married Kate Celle.
Children: Arthur E., born Oct. 6, 1889, E^ast Orange, N. J.; Morris L.,
East Orange, N. J.; Kathryn M., East Orange, N. J.; C (5) Attorney
John E. Boyer was born Dec. 29, 1866. Address (1911) Seattle, Wash-
ington. Episcopalian. Captain of First Washington Volunteers, Spanish-
American War. In service eight months in Philippine Islands. Engaged
in investments. Married (June 29, 1902) Louise Hustinpillar, born
Jan. 12, 1877. Children: Fremont F., born April 3, 1903, and John
E., born Oct. 28, 1907; C (6) Sarah I. Boyer married Dr. Robert E.
Thompson. Address (1911) Spokane, Washington.
CHAPTER LXXXVI
BENJAMIN BOYER.
Benjamin Boyer, as reported by his son Israel, of Addison, N. Y.^.
was the son of a German Boyer who had served in the Prnssian army,
and who had come to America about 1810, settUng first in Maryland,,
but afterward at Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Here Ben-
jamin Boyer was born between 1785 and 1799 as his people judge. The
same tradition makes him a soldier of 1812, and this tradition is con-
firmed on page 768, Vol. 8, Sixth Series, Pennsylvania Archives, where
he and George Boyer are recorded in 1814. He married about 1819, or
1820, and lived for awhile at Reading, Pa., where children were born.
He returned to Berwick, Pa., and married about 1826, or 27, Anna Fries.
Eater he moved to New York State, and resided at various places in
Steuben County, until his death. The family last lived at Freeman, near
Addison, N. Y. Children of first wife: John, Joseph?, Margaret; of
second wife: William, Elizabeth, George, Israel, and Andrew.
B (i) John Boyer, son of Benjamin Boyer and first wife, was born
about 1822; B (2) Joseph has not been reported; B (3) Margaret Boyer
married Mr. Toby, and is buried at Addison, N. Y. One of Mrs. Toby's
daughters, Mrs. Addie Haff, lives at Addison, N. Y. ; li (4) Wihiana
Boyer, son of Benjamin Boyer and second wife Anna Fries, died 1890,
and is buried at Coudcrsport, Pa. No children; B (5) Elizabeth Boyer
married a Richardson, and died before 1870. One son, Irvin A. Richard-
son, lives (1914) at Forsythe, Montana; B (6) George Boyer, of Cou-
dersport. Pa.; B (7) Israel Boyer, of Addison, N. Y. ; B (8) Andrew
Boyer was born May 15, 1836? in Steuben Co., N. Y. Served in the
Civil War, Co. E, 34th Reg't, N. Y. Volunteers. Died Jan. 13, 1913.
Married Mary Sands, born Sept. 28, 1848. Address (1914) Coudcrs-
port, Pa. Children: (i) Burdett Sands, born 1885. Address (1914)
Crow Agency, Montana. Merchant. (2) Louisa A., born Aug. 21, 1887.
Graduate of Genesee State Normal School, 1909. Teacher. Address
(1914) Delevan, N. Y., or Coudcrsport, Pa.
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CHAPTER LXXXVII
JOHN GEORGE BAYER
The particulars recorded in this chapter were submitted by John
Christian Boyer, Shelly, Pa. His father, John George Bayer, was born
in 1818, in Wittenberg, Germany; died 1888, and is buried at Zion Hill
Cemetery, Bucks Co., Pa. Educated in Wittenberg. Came to America,
1853. Lutheran. Millwright. Had brothers and sisters in Germany.
None living in 1910, if John Christian is not mistaken. Mrs. Christian
Durner, 1558 Alder St., Philadeli)hia, Pa., might know for certain. He
married Mary Durner, born 1832, Wittenberg. Came with husband 1853,
died 1888, and is buried by his side. Children: John Christian, Henry,
Mary, Elizabeth, Annie, Emma, Rosa, Pauline, Minnie.
B (i) John Christian Boyer, son of John George Bayer and Mary
Durner, born July 29, 1854, Phila., Pa. Address (jyio) Shelly, Bucks
Co., Pa. Lutheran. Pumjj-maker by trade. Married Eliza Erdman,
born Nov. 3, 1S49, ^^^^ Shelly, Pa. Children: (a) Tvlamie Dora Boyer,
born Jan. 17, 1885, near Shelly, Pa. Teacher in I,ehigh County, Pa.
Married Miles T. Bitting, 535 North Law St., Allentown, Pa.; (b) PLat-
tie Laura Boyer, born Oct. 5, 1886. Telephone operator, Ouakertown
Exchange. Richland Center, Pa.; { c) Emma Lizzie Boyer, born March
23, 18S9. Address Shelly, Pa.; (d) Jennie Irene Boyer, born Oct. 14,
1893. Address: Shelly, Pa. ; B (2) Henry Boyer died about 1892, and is
"buried at Zion Hill, Pa. Married. Only child: Matilda Boyer, 315
Lawrence St., Phila., Pa.; [> (3) Mary Boyer married William Renner.
Address (1910) 315 Lawrence St., I'hila., Pa. Children: Dora, Albert,
William, Plenry, Flora, Elizabeth; B (4) Eli:Mbeth Boyer died about
1S80. Married John Bower. No descendants ; P) (5; Annie Boyer mar-
ried Oliver Lewis. She died Feb., 1903, and is buried at the Tohickon
Cemetery, Bucks Co., Pa. Children; William, Richland Centre, Pa.;
Alinnie, Calvin, Charles, Helen. The last three reside ([910) at Pleasant
Valley, Pa..; B (6) Emma Boyer married IPirry Gerhardt. Address
(1910) Shelly, Pa. Children: l,illian, Llo}d, Ira, Grace; B (7) Rosa
Boyer married Charles Kramer. Children: EHwood, Ida, Dorothy, Ber-
tlia, Charles; J] (8) Pauline Boyer married John Bortz. Cliildren:
Sylvanus, Harry, Elhvood ; B (9) Minnie I-5o}er married Albert Mc-
Mullcn. She dietl Dec. 1904, and is buried at Center Scjuare, Montg. Co.,
I'a. Only child: Albert McMullen, Jr. Address (1910) New Qistle,
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CHAPTER LXXXVIII
GOTTLIEB BAYER
The historian learns the following- data from the wife and son:
Gottlieb Bayer was born about 1825, in Barnsteiu ober am Waidling,
about 3 miles from Stuttgart, Germany. Lutheran — a member of the
Connstadt Church, near Stuttgart. He had a sister Katherine, but no
brothers. He came to America when a young man, and fmally settled
at Reading, Pa., where he died Feb. 28, lyoo, and was buried in Charles
Evans Cemetery. Trucker and florist. Married Rosena Linsemeyer.
Address ( 1909) 1007 N. 9th St., Reading, Pa. Children: B (i) Annie
Boyer, wife of Ellsworth Swoyer, South Amboy, N. J. Children; B (2)
Charles A. Boyer, Rosedale, Pa. Born Feb. 5, 1866, at 9th and Spring
Sts., Reading, Pa. Farmer and [poultry man. Married Naomi Susan
Schlottman. No children; B (3) J. George Boyer, 1007 N. 9th St.,
Reading, Pa. Born April 12, 1862. Single.
CHAPTER LXXXIX
VALENTINE BOYER
Daniel Boyer, son of Valentine Boyer and his wife, married. Cliil-
dren: Valentine, Ad;un, Jerome, Samuel, Charles, John.
B (i) Valentine Boyer, son of Daniel Boyer and his wife, was born
about 1840-43, died in the Civil War, and is buried at Washington, D. C.
Presbyterian. Married May Eckley. Address (1909) Mrs. Abram
F'rantz, Tyrone, Pa. Chikl: Walter V. Boyer, Williamsi)ort, Pa. New
York Central Trainman. Born 1864; B (2) Adam Boyer, of Julian,
Centre Co., Pa., married Jane Eckley. Children: Orlando. ]\Iarried.
Children: Lilon, Jennie, Elda, Silvie, Ida, Harry, Fl(»rence; B (3)
Jerome Boyer, of Altoona, Pa. Married. Children : Charles Daniel and
Thomas; B (4) Charles Boyer died about 1903, buried at Julian, Pa.
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Married Sarah. Born 1845. Children: Charles Boyer, Julian, Pa. U.
B. Churcli. Married. Children: Esther, Samuel, William Paul; B (5)
John Boyer married Susan. Child: John, of Altoona, Pa.; B (6)
Samuel Boyer.
C (i) Walter V. Boyer, son of Valentine Boyer and May Eckley,
was born 1864. Address (1909) N. Y. Central Trainman, Williamsport,
Pa. Presbyterian. Married Ella M. Cupp. Children : William and
Edward. Address (1909) Williamsport, Pa.
CHAPTER XC
CARE JOHANNES BEYER
The historian obtained the following data from a son of Carl Johannes
Beyer: He was born April 9, 185G, at Eisleben, Germany. Lutheran.
Alusician. Brother Frederick is dead in Germany. His sister Marie
is Mrs. Hadike. Carl J. served 9 years in the German Army, and came
to America in 1884. Married Catharine Witter, born Feb. 14, 1864,
in Germany. Children: (a) Carl Frederick I'eyer. Address (1912)
3511 Seminary Avenue, Chicago, 111. Lutheran. Musician; (b) Otto
Gustave Beyer. Address (1912) 3511 Seminary Ave., Chicago, 111.
Lutheran. Born June 7, 1896.
CHAPTER XCI
ANDREW BAYER
Andrew Bayer, son of Anton Bayer and Otelia Bitner, was b(M-n
Aug. 30, 1856, at Schaitensburg, Bavaria, Germany. His father, a con-
tractor, died at this place, March 5, 1883, and the mother, April 7, 1904.
The son married Louisa Schwartz, and came to America in 1883, settling
in Lehighton, Pa. Address (1913) 204 S. First Street. He is a pros-
perous merchant. The family hold to the Catholic Church. The children
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are Aloysius V. Address (1913) 128 East Main Street, Bridgeport,
Conn; Frank J., Charles II., William, Alfonsus Edward, Cecilia, and
Joseph, all at home.
Andrew Boyer has no brothers. His only sister Anne is married
to Nicholas Bertz, Griesheim, suburb of Frankfort am Main, Hesse,
Germany. No children.
CHAPTER XCII
J. H. BAYER
The parents of J. H. Bayer were John A, Bayer, of Hanover, Ger-
many, and Sophia Wiettige. This John A. Bayer was born in Saxony,
the family having resided near Leipsic many generations. His wife
Sophia died 1847. The son, J. H. Bayer, was born April 14, 1836, in
Hanover, Germany. Eutheran. Came to America, landing at New York.
Followed butchering. Finally settled in Woodson County, Kansas, where
he was twice elected to represent his district in the General Assembly.
He held other lower offices at dififerent times, and was a very fine man.
Farmer. Married Dorothy Teleke, also a native of Hanover, Germany.
She was born 1842. Children: Frederick Henry, John Theodore, Re-
becca, Augusta.
B (i) Frederick Henry Bayer, son of J. H. Bayer and Dorothy
Teleke, was born April 21, 1863, in New York City, N. Y. Lutheran.
Merchant. Address (1913) Yates Center, Kansas. Married Mary E.
Seitz. Children: John T., of Yates City, Kansas; Dora, of Manhattan,
K. S. A. C, Kansas ; Henry, Manhattan, K. S. A. C, Kansas ; Charles,
Edward, Clarence; B (2) John Theodore Bayer was born 1865, in New
York City. Lutheran. Farmer and stock-raiser. Address (1913) Yates
City, Kansas. Married Carrie J. Shotts, Ix^rn 1872. Children: Theodore
L., Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas ; Frederick,
of K. S. A. C., Manhattan, Kansas; Dorothy, Winifred; B (3) Rebecca
Bayer, born Jan. 5, 1868. Married. Child: Clara. Married Henry
Gerken. Address (1913) Santa Anna, California; B (4) Augusta Bayer,
born 1870. Married W. H. Stokbrand. Children : John, Walter, Alfred.
CHAPTER KCIII
: , JOHN I'.KYKR
The son writes that John Heyer vvns born 1805, near Munich, 15avaria,
Germany. He came to America, ami to Pittsburgh, Pa., 1840. Five
years later he moved to I'eru, JlHiujis. Brothers and sisters remained
in Germany. Wagon-maker. Cailiohe. Married Anna Overly, born
1818. Died 1885. Both burieil at Peru, Illinois. Mrs. Boyer was Luth-
eran. Children: Charles, Theresa. Jt'ini, Mary, Elizabeth, George, Ma-
tilda, Knama, Hannah, Fred, Henry.
B (i) Charles Beyer, son of Jului Beyer and Anna Overly, born
August 9, 1856, at Peru, Blnois. Luihoran. Blacksmith. In 1910 elected
Sheriff of Bureau County, Illinois. Address (191 3) Princeton, Illinois.
Married Wilhelmina Ythofif, born March i, 1858, in Thuringia Ger-
many. Lutheran. Then Episcopali.iu. Children: (a) Caroline E., bora
Jan. 10, 1880. At home. Episcopalian; (b) Anna, born Aug. 29, 1881.
Episcopalian. Married Edward Ythoff. Address (1913) Tiskilwa,' 111.
Child: Charles; (c) George E. Address (1913) Tiskilwa, 111. Born
April II, 1883. Blacksmith; (d) Ida A., born Nov. I, 1884. Graduate
of State Normal School, Dekalb, Illinois. Taught three years. Gradu-
ate of Philadelphia School for Nurses, 1911. Address (1913) Wabash,
111.; (e) May Eleanor, born Dec. 5, 1887. Graduate of High School,
1906; (f) Leslie Edgar, born Jan. 4, 181)3. Blacksmidi. I^rinccton, 111. ;
(g) Charles Verne, born Jan. 11, i8()5. Junior in Princeton High School,
1913; (h)Florence T., born April 27, iSqy; (i) Raymond, born Feb. 19,
1900; (j) Rieta Elizabeth, born Nov. 10, 1902; B (2) Theresa Beyer
married Mr. Simater. Address (1913) Minonk, 111.; B (3) John Beyer
died before 1913, at 1738 Ester Ave. Rogers Park, 111.; B (4) Mary
Beyer married Frey, of Depue, 111.; B (5) Elizabeth Beyer married Letz,
of Washburn, 111.; B (6) George Beyer married Hannah. Address
(1913) Mrs. George Beyer, Depue, 111. ; B (7) Matilda Beyer married
Adam Ilarcus, of 822 Fourteenth St., Kacine, Wisconsin; B (8) Enama
Beyer married George Heller, of 1715 J\)plar St., Fort Wayne, Indiana;
B (9) Hannah Beyer married R. II. Pcltz, of Blue Hill, Nebraska; B
(10) Fred. Beyer. Address (1913) 1322 Buchanan St., Racine, Wis-
consin ; B ( 1 1 ) Henry Beyer went West.
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CHAPTER XCIV
SAMUEL BOWYER
Samuel Bowyer, son of Samuel Bowyer and his wife Ann, was born
Nov. I, 1822, in Bradford, Wiltshire, England. His father had at least
three brothers, namely : Abraham, Jabez, and John. This John came tq
America and settled at Rochester, New York State, anil left one son.
The family is Methodist. Samuel Bowyer, Jr., was a farmer. He mar-
ried Sarah Mundy. Methodist. She was born Jan. 17, 1827, and died
191 1. The two came to America in 1849, and settled in New York City,
but later in Chestertown, N. Y., where they are buried. He died 1881.
Children : Franklin F., William W., and Patty E.
B ( I ) Frank F. Bowyer, son of Samuel Bowyer and vSarah Mundy,
was born June 17, 1868. Educated in the Military Academy, North Gran-
ville, N. Y., and a graduate of the College of Pharmacy and Surgeons,
Columbia University, New York, 1894. Practicing physician. Address
Dr. Franklin F. Bowyer, 262 Barrow St., Jersey City, N. J. Methodist.
Alarried Adelaide Mulvy, born Feb. 21, 1869, Jersey City, N. J. Chil-
dren: Franklin F. Bowyer, William W. Bowyer; B (2) William W.
Bowyer was born about 1863. Methodist. Proprietor of meat market,
Chestertown, New York. Married. Children : Charlotte, Sarah ;
B (3) Patty E. Bowyer died 51 years old, at Chestertown, N. Y. She
was a graduate of the State Normal School, Albany, N. Y., studied
music, and taught music. School teacher. Her husband was Omar A.
Jenks. The historian does not know whether there were children ; B
(4) A son was born at Rochester, N. Y.
CHAPTER XCV
SAMUEE BOYER
C (i) Samuel Boyer, son of Boyer and wife, was born about 1800,
probably in Harrisburg, Pa., where he lived all his life except that for a
few years he had located in Illinois. The tradition is that his father's
people practised law in Harrisburg. Married Catharine. Children:
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Susanna, Elizabeth, Christiana, Isaiah, Washington, David, John Wine-
brenner; C (2) Others.
D (i) Susanna Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and wife Cath-
arine, married Mr. Guiles, of Harrisburg, Pa. Children: (i) Eva O.,
Hummel St., Harrisburg, Pa.; (2) Mrs. Frank Roth, Hummel St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.; (3) Mrs. Abraham Rudy, Swatara St., Harrisburg.
The mother died 1902; D (2) Elizabeth died in Chicago, III, about
1906; D (3) Christiana died before 1880 near Pontiac, 111. ; D (4) Isaiah
Boyer died 1897, Cornell, 111.; D (5) Washington Boyer died about
1875, Cornell, 111.; D (6) David Boyer, of Pontiac, 111., married. Chil-
dren: Jesse, Fred., Eugene. Perhaps others; D (7) John Winebrenner
Boyer was born July 21, 1843. Methodist. Laborer. Died July 24,
1893, Harrisburg, Pa. Buried on Prospect Cemetery. Married Anna,
Elizabeth Reitzel, born March 9, 1853. Children: Samuel Reitzel, and
Anna Catharine.
E (i) Samuel Reitzel Boyer, son of John W. Boyer and wife Anna
E. Reitzel, was born at Middletown, Pa., Jan. 29, 1878. Electrical En-
jMiiciT. Address (i(;<)<;) 26,13 S 31(1 St., Sf<'*-Il'>ii, Pa. Married Ida Stu-
.'iil I,iimI.;iv, born |;iii, if), i^mS^, ( "liiJdi cm : VV.iviii- I jiid-av, bniii Aii);.
2, lt)i>|; Sllliiil ll.uuilldii, boiii I 'cc, K;, l^o/; !'", (J) Aiilic C;itluiiiic
Boyer, bunt l'\'l). 10, 1H80, nianiid iMaiik C. Stonci, June J|, i<n>|, and
ufler his death, John Craighead, i)f Carlisle, Pa.
CHAPTER XCVI
THEODORE T. BOYER
The historian knows Theodore T. Boyer personally, and has learned
from him the following family-tree history: Theodore's parents were
Paulus Bayer, born in Schoenau, Germany, and Eva Margaretha Geyer,
both buried in Germany about 1834. Paulus Bayer was Lutheran, and
a miller by occupation. His father's name was probably Jacob. Theo-
dore, the only child, was born Feb. 4, 1834, in Sa.x-Meinungen, County
Eisfeldt, "oben am Brun." Lutheran. Weaver and basket-maker. Ad-
dress (1909) Orwigsburg, Pa. He came to America, and settled in Man-
heim Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa. Married Sabina Hartranft, Reformed.
Children: Caroline, Theodore P., Alvin, David A., James A.
B (i) Caroline lioyer, daughter of Theodore T. Boyer and Sabina
Hartranft, married Emmanuel Kaufman, of Orwigsburg, Pa. Children;
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B (2) Theodore Philamon Boyer was born March 8, 1872, in North Man-
Tieim Twp., Schuylkill Co., Pa. Lutheran. Basket-maker. Married
Salome Fidler, born March 25, 1870. Children: Frank Elmer, born
July 24, 1898; Ida May, born July 30, 1900; Annie Maria, born July
27, 1905; Emmanuel, born July 18, 1908; B (3) Alvin Boyer was born
June 7, 1880. Lutheran. Cutter in shoe factory at Orwigsburg, Pa.
Married Elizabeth Sweigert. Children: Marie, born June 2, 1906; B
(4) David Andrew Boyer was born April 27, 1882. Lutheran. Cigar-
maker, Orwigsburg, Pa.; B (5) James Aaron Boyer was born Dec. 2,
1884. Lutheran. Shoemaker, Orwigsburg, Pa., Married Emma Shap-
pell. Children: Arthur Robert, born Oct. 5, i()o6; Anna Carrie May,
born Dec. 5, 1908.
CHAPTER XCVII
DR. FREDERICK ADELBERT BEYER
Through correspondence with this man the historian learns that
he was born Nov. 20, 1852, in Gensungen, Regb Hessen Cassel, Ger-
many, and that he is the son of August Beyer, and the grandson of
Johannes Gottfried Beyer. The family belong to the Reformed Church.
Frederick Adelbert Beyer was trained for the Reformed ministry, and is
a scholarly gentleman. He is a Doctor of Divinity, and the Principal
of Pleasant Prairie Academy, German Valley, Illinois. Address (1910)
Rev. Dr. Adelbert F. Beyer, German Valley, 111.
He has four brothers: August, who lives in Gensungen, Germany
(1910) ; J. F. Beyer, Warsaw, Indiana; C. C. Beyer, Kendallville, In-
diana; and J. E. Beyer, Rochester, Indiana.
CHAPTER XCVni
HENRY BEYER
Correspondents report that Henry Beyer, son of Jacob Beyer, was
"born Oct. 9, 1832, in Ranstadt, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany. Lutheran.
Machinist in piano factory. Came to America in 1857 with wife. His
wife was Sophia Niess, born Jan. 29, 1830, in Herzenhain, Hessen
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Darmstadt, Germany. Henry Beyer died June 19, 1905, and his wife,
March 8, 1908. Both in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y. Chil-
dren: (a) Herman Henry Boyer, born June 2, 1859, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Address (1913) 270 Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Confirmed a Luth-
eran. Attends Congregational Church. Real Estate. Musical talent.
Married L. C. Catharine Michel, born Feb. 5, 1862, in Hungen, Hessen
Darmstadt. Children: (i) Louis Beyer, born Sept. 10, 1887. Address
(1913) 270 Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Lutheran. Book-keeper;
(2) Henrietta Louise Beyer, born Aug. 6, 1890. Lutheran. Milliner.
Same address; (3) Henry Beyer, born in Brooklyn. Lutheran. Clerk
in dry goods house. Home address; (b) Louis Beyer, born Feb. 9,
1863. Lutheran. Actor — Nom de plume — Lew Walters, Address
(1912) 3345 Ohio Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Care of Eugene Ketterer.
CHAPTER XCIX
ALEXANDER BOYER
Correspondents report that Alexander Boyer was born in Tennessee.
He died April 15, 1866, and is buried in Bloomer, Wisconsin, with his
wife. He homesteaded 160 acres of land, and in 1852 married Lavina
Walters, or Walton. He called himself a "Pennsylvania Dutchman."
This may mean that his father had moved from Pennsylvania to Ten-
nessee, and corresponds with the fact that Boyers from the neighbor-
hood of Reading, Berks Co., Pa., and from Montgomery Co., Pa., and
from several other counties did settle tiiere. The historian thinks it pos-
sible to connect the man with his family-tree. lie belonged to Company
I, 30th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers. He served three years and six
months, antl was honorably discharged. Children : Julia Ann, Mary,
James, Henry, Alexander E., and Ellen.
B (0 Julia Ann Boyer, daughter of Alexander Boyer and wife
Lavina Walters, was born Oct. 29, 1855. Married Thomas Liddell,
Cadott, Wisconsin, R. D. i. Box 91. Children: Lillie, wife of William
(Lutkie, Fairmont, Okla., R. D. i ; William, Edward, Efhe, Delbert, Jes-
sie, Fannie, Edith, Myrtle, at home; B (2) Mary Boyer married John
Liddell, of Cadott, Wisconsin, R. D. i ; B (3) James Boyer was born
Oct. 5, i860. Farmer at Cadott, Wisconsin, R. D. I. Married Mary
Cleavis, born May 19, 1872. Children: Basil E., Lyle, Leila, Cecil, Neil,
and Carl, all at home; B (4) Henry Boyer. Address (1912) Fairview,
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Okla., R. D. I. iMarried Anrj;i .'viontagne. Children: Lavina, Goldie,
Eva, Beatrice, George, Alvin, Tlu liiia, all at home; B (5) Alexander
E. Boyer was born July 5, i86;'i. l':i.r!ner at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin,
R. D. 5. Married Harriet L. Cliildr;.!i: Albert C, born April 30, iSg2;
Christ M., born Dec. 2, 1895; b.Iv-' L., Richard F., Clififord T., and
James A.; B (6) Ellen Boyer iir itic 1 Mr. Crossley, of Chippewa Falls,
Wisconsin, R. D. 3.
CliAPTER C
I'.KYER
A. Beyer, son of a Beyer and wife, was born in Saxe Weimar. Ger-
many. Settled in New York ,Si:uc, America. JNlarried. Both buried
in Lutheran Cemetery, Middle- N'iliage Long- Island. Chikircn: (i)
William. Address (1912) 465 \\\:st; 47th St.. New York, iiorn Oct.
20, 1876, in New York City. I.ulhcran. Alderman. Ribbon dyeing
business. Secretary to County Clerk of New York County. AlarrieJ
Phillipine Koete; (2) Emma, wil'r of John C. Eeidner, 544 W. 48th St.,
New York City; (3) John C., 301 VV. 48th St., New York City; (4)
Louise, wife of Richard Kant, W. ^/th St., New York City; (5) Fred-
erick, 548 W. 51st St., New York City; (6) George J., 519 W. 47th St..
New York City; (7) Lena, wifi.- of Daniel Flynn, Elmhurst, Long Lsland ;
(8) M. Charlotte, 465 W. 47th Si.. .New York City.
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LIIDWIG BIER
This man, as we learn from ihe history of Erie City, Pa., was born
in Hesse Cassell, Germany, Oct. 29, 1845. Shoemaker. Address (1884)
Erie Pa. Married in Erie in ( 1868) Kate Hcring, born in Wuertem-
berg, Germany, Oct. 26, 18.47. Children: William George, Charles
Frederick, Ludwig Rudolf, Arihtu- Russell, Frank Garfield.
CHAPTER CII
JOHANNES BEYER
According to the testimony of John H. Boyer, 504 Broadway, South
Bethlehem, Pa., his g-randfather Johannes Beyer, came from PHtzhausen
Shulteis, Koenigreich, Wuertemberg, Germany, about 1853. Mr. Paul
Oswald of the same place, and with whom John H. Boyer has had some
connection, knew Johannes Beyer and the whole family. Mr. Oswald's
son Paul lives in Reutlingen, Germany, and may help us find the Ger-
many ancestry. It appears that Johannes Beyer came to Philadelphia,
Pa., as a young man, and Thekla Mueller, whom he married after-
wards, came about a year later, in 1854, from "Von Tiefenbach," Ger-
many. Johannes Beyer had at least two brothers, Michael, and another,
and a sister Mary, or Anna. Michael and Anna were single about 1900,
and well to do. The one brother was a civil engineer. One sister was
married to an Oswald. The children were as follows: John, and per-
haps others.
B (1) John Hoycr, son of Johannes lU'ver and wife Thekla Mueller,
was born in Wuertemberg, Germany. Came t(j America and settled in
Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pa. Pie was married to Matilda
Miller, also born in Germany. Children : Charles George, John H.,
Joseph L., and Pauline.
C (i) Charles George Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Matilda
Miller, was born Jan. 26, 1857, at Philadelphia, Pa. Married Mary Ellen,
born June 6, 1S59, at l>cdminstcr Tv.'p., iUicks Co., Pa. Cliildren: (i)
Cora May, born Sept. 25, 1880, at South Bethlehem, Pa. Address
(1915) Denver, Colorado; (2) Warren Edward Boyer, born July 31,
1882, at S. Bethlehem, Pa. Address (1915) Denver, Colorado; (3)
Anna Catharine, born Sept. 6, 1884, at S. Bethlehem, Pa.; (4) Elsie Ma-
tilda, born Jan. 29, 1887; (5) Marion Esther, born Aug. 2, 1896.
C (2) John H. P)Oyer, son of John Boyer and wife Matilda Miller,
was born May 5, 1865, in Salisbury Twp., Lehigh Co., Pa. Address ( 1915 )
502 Broad and Dacotah Sts., S. Bethlehem, Pa. Real Estate. Lutheran.
Member of Board of Directors, Boyer Association. Married Mary Jane
Hoch, Dec. 8, 1887. 3he was born Feb. 15, 1867. Only child: Culah
Claire, born Nov. 7, 1891. Talented woman. Home address.
C (3) Joseph L. Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife Matilda Miller,
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was born April 6, 1861, in Salisbury Twp., Lehigh Co., Pa. Address
(191 5) South Bethlehem, Pa. Tax receiver. Lutheran. Married Mary
S. Sallman. Children: (i) Merritt E. Boyer, born April 16, 1891. Ad-
dress (1915) Palmerton, Pa. Married Dec. 31, 1914, to Elizabeth Rein-
€rt; (2) Lillian M. Boyer, born April 14, 1896. At home.
CHAPTER CHI
■ JONATHAN BOYER.
Samuel H. Pepper, 53 Eastfield Road, Peterboro, England, to whom
the historian wrote, reported that James Boyer, tlie father of Jonathan,
had three brothers, William, George, and Jonathan, and five sisters, but
that the brothers left no children. These nine children were the chil-
dren of James Boyer and his wife, both refugees from France to Eng-
land, in the time of the French Revolution. The family settled in Crow-
land, Lincolnshire, England. This James Boyer was a yeoman, fairly
well to do. He carried on farming, milling, and butchering.
Jonathan Boyer, son of James Boyer and his wife Miss King, was
born in Crowland, England, May 10, 1850? Butcher. Came to Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., about 1887, and died there March 7, 1907. Married Mary
Ann Nichols. Address (1908) 52 S. Water St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Chil-
dren: Alfred, Rose, James, Jonathan, Susie, and George.
The father of these chikh-ou had two brothers, James and George, in
England, and three sisters, Annie, Mary, and Susannah. Annie (born
Sept. 10, 1852,) is the wife of Samuel H. Pepper.
B (i) Alfred Boyer, son of Jonathan Boyer and Mary A. Nichols,
was born Dec. 16, 1881, London, England. Address (1908) 4 Front St.,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He is a dyer. Married Mabel Twillinger, born
Feb. 18, 1885; B (2) Rose Boyer married Thompkins, 52 S. Water
St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; B (3) James Boyer was born Nov. 10, 1876.
Address (1908) 30 Prospect St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Married Anna
E. Merritt. Children; B (4) Jonathan Boyer was born Sept. 33, 1878.
Address 76 Pine St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Married Laura King;
B (5) Susie Boyer, born Feb. 17, 1884, married Huth. Liverpool, Queens
Co., Nova Scotia; B (6) George Boyer, born July 11, 1886. Address
(1908) 52 S. Water St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
CHAPTER CIV
CHARLES BYERS
This man, as a grandson reports, was born in Germany. On coming
to America he settled in Clarion County, Pa., wlicre he died. His wife
was Anna Clayhop, also from Germany. Only two children grew up,
namely : Anthony and Eastian.
B (i) Anthony Byers, son of Charles Bycrs and wife Anna, was
born 1850 in Clarion Co., Pa. Probably a farmer. ]\larried Sarah C.
Calter, born 1856. He died 1874, and is buried in the Lncinda grave-
yard. There are two sons: Charles Henry Bycrs, and John B. layers;
B (2) Bastian Byers, son of Charles Byers and wife Anna. Address
(1911) Redbank, Clarion Co., Pa.
C (i) Charles Henry Byers, son of Anthony Byers and wife Sarah,
was born 1873. Address (1911) Reidsburg, Pa. Baptist. Farmer.
Married Lydia Ellen Bisk. Children: Amanda. Grace, Kenneth, Emer-
son, Dellard, Harold, Evelyn, Olive; C (2) John B. Byers, son of An-
thony Byers and wife Sarah, was at Clarion, l^a., in 191 1. See B,
Chapter 48.
CHAPTER CV. See B, Chapter 48
DAVID K. BOYER
David Kolb Boyer, son of a Lancaster County Boyer and his wife,
was born Dec. 19, 181 1, in Manheim Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Married
Hannah Eby in 1835. In 1840 he located at Dayton, Ohio. Merchant.
Elected Sheriff of Montgomery Co., Ohio, 185O. Afterwards served as
Clerk of Court six years. Justice of the Peace nine years. Died March
3, 1891. Buried by the Knights Templar Commandery No. 6. Children:
Josiah Eby, Sudie, and David Parkinson.
B (i) Josiah Eby Boyer, son of David K(j!b f)Oyer and wife Han-
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nah Eby, was born Jan. 12, 1839, in Manheim Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.,
and died Feb. 22, 1905, in Dayton, Ohio. "Stove manufacturer. A very
influential business man, successful in all his undertakings, beloved by all
who knew him." In Chapter 48 he was recorded as "Joseph." Collected
much Boyer history, which is in the hands of his wife. Address (1910)
303 Monument Ave., Dayton, Ohio. Her name was Matilda B. Gutheil
Children: Two daughters: Bernice Boyer (Sharkey), of 21 Phelps Road,
Upper Ridgewood, N. J., and Hannah Boyer Goodwin, of Raleigh, N. C. ;
B (2) Sudie Boyer married Charles T. Williams. Adress (1909) 809
Grand Ave., Dayton View, Dayton, Ohio; B (3) David Parkinson Boyer
was born in Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 23, 1842. Address (1909) 2500 Colling-
wood Ave., Toledo, O. Proof-reader on the "News Bee," Toledo, Ohio,
an afternoon paper. Very great help to Boyer history. Bachelor in 1909.
CHAPTER CVI
JOHN GEORGE BOWYER
John George Bowyer was born Jan. 25, 1869, at Waltham Abbey,.
Hertfordshire, England. Came to America Jan., 1889. Nurseryman.
Address (1910) Harlingen, Texas. Married Elizabeth Jane McGivens,
of Memphis, Tenn., born June 25, 1875. Children: Roy Lee, born May
31, 1898; Daisy Polly, George Carl, Rosie Bonito.
CHAPTER CVH
GEORGE BOYER
Our correspondent, Andrew Jackson Boyer, not a descendant, but
absolutely reliable, reports that George Boyer came from Southern Penn-
sylvania, perhaps York County, or Philadelphia, to Harrisburg when
Harrisburg was a small village. Probably buried at 13th and State St.
Married. Of the children only one has been reported, namely, William.
B (i) WiUiam Boyer, son of George Boyer and his wife, was born
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about 1790, and is buried in the Harrisburg Cemetery adjoining State
St. and 13th. Lutheran. Lumber dealer. Married Penelope Atkinson.
When her husband died, she married Benjamin Boyer, publisher of
"The Farmers' Regulator," an antifederal journal in Harrisburg. The
only son of William Boyer and Penelope Atkinson was Weidner William.
C (i) Weidner William Boyer, son of William Boyer and wife
Penelope Atkinson, was born 181 1, in Harrisburg, Pa. Lutheran. Car-
riage builder. Held city Offices. Married Mary E. Young. Children.
^ (i) J- Sylvester, born 1839. Died single; D (2) Samuel, a
painter, married Sarah Sharp. Address (1913) 27 N. 50th St., Phila.,
Pa. Her daughter Laura married Carleton Duke, of the above address.
Children: Carleton, Helen; D (3) Henry, who married and has two chil-
dren; (a) Frank, of 27 Edge wood St., Phila., Pa., a clerk who is mar-
ried to Stella Desh, and they have two cliildren, Frank and Robert; and
(b) Alice, wife of William Dettra ; D (4) Edward, of 213 Pine St.,
Harrisburg, Pa., born April 11, 1835. Lutheran. Carriage builder.
Soldier of 1862. Sergeant Co. D, First Regiment Reserve Militia, under
Col. Harry M. McCormick. Married Sarah J. Addick. Children: (a)
Ceorge A., of 5936 Spring St., Phila., Pa., telegraph operator. Married
Dalgreen Bradley. They have two children: Edward Bradley, of 12th
St., Brooklyn, N. Y., who is married to Bertha Lehrman, and a daughter
who has no children; (b) Mary D., wife of John P. McCrea, whose son
Albert B. is in New York; D (5) Mary E., of 27 Edgewood St.,
Phila., Pa.
CHAPTER CVIII
STEPHEN BOWYER
Our correspondent. Dr. W. C. Bowyer, of Lebanon, Ohio, writes
that Stephen Bowyer lived in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, in 1797,
but does not know when he was born or whence he came. Married Mary
Jacobs, of Philadelphia County, and moved to Warren County, Ohio,
about 1802. Children : Stephen, John, James, Phoebe, Rachel, Polly.
B (i) Stephen Bowyer, son of Stephen Bowyer and wife Mary
Jacobs, was born in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Feb. 25, 1797.
Married Mary Clark, born in Warren County, Ohio, May 1808. Chil-
dren: (i) Rachel (Skull). Child: Marcellus; (2) Elasha, born 1830,
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living only 24 years; (3) Thomas, born 1832, died 1896. Married Lizzie
Stitt. Child: Nora (Vandervort )■, of Morrow, Ohio; (4) John W., born
1835. Married Mary White. Children: E. C. Bovvyer, of Chicago r
Lama (Wolfe). Child: Wymer, of Woodlawn, O. ; Dr. W. C. Bovvyer,
of Lebanon, Ohio, the historian's correspondent; J. E. Bowyer not liv-
ing; Lizzie (Riddle), of Hamilton, C)hio; (5) George Bowyer, born 1837,
dying 1866; (6) Elner (Smith), of Morrow, Ohio. Children: George,.
Mary, Emma; (7) Stephen K. Bowyer, born about 1852. Married.
Children: Quincy, of Sharon, Ohio, married, and has four children:
Edith, Blanche, Charles, and Bertha (Gustin), of Carmin, Oklahoma;.
B (2) John Bowyer, son of Stephen Bowyer and wife Mary Jacobs.
Married. Children : John, Levi, Phoebe, Rachel, Polly.
C (i) John Bowyer, son of John Bowyer and wife. Married.
Children: (i) Stephen. Married. Children: Court, of Mannville, Ohio,
whose children are Edna, Gertrude, and Perry, of Kings Mills, Ohio;
Edgar, of Fosters, Ohio; Calvin, of Mannville, Ohio; James lot living;
Walter, of Troy, Ohio; and Leslie; (2) John, Married. Children : Eliza-
beth (Hoff), of Mason, Ohio; and Louisa, of Mannville, Ohio; (3)
James. Married. Children: Wellington, of Mason, Ohio. Perhaps
others; C (2) Levi Bowyer, son of John Bowyer and wife. Married.
Children: (i) W. D. Bowyer, of Mason, Ohio, married; Levi, lialleck,
of Mason, Ohio; Osgood, of Paducah, Kentucky; Clarence, of Mason,
Ohio; Dr. Arthur, of Mason, Ohio; Cora (Tompkins), and Samuel,
of Lebanon, Ohio; C (3-4-5) Phoebe (Willoughby), whose son John
lives at Lebanon, Ohio; Rachel (Drekerson) ; and Polly (McWhinney).
CHAPTER CIX
WILLIAM BOWYER
Mrs. Mary Bowyer Utsey reports that William Bowyer came to
America from England, younger son of an English Baronet. He be-
longed to the Church of England, and beaime an officer of the American
Revolution. After the war he settled on the Roanoke River, on a vast
plantation. Wife's name Bellzora. Children: William, Harry, John,
and perhaps another brother and sister Annie.
B (i) William Bowyer, son of William Bowyer and wife Bell-
zora, born in Virginia, came to South Carolina, where he became a very
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wealthy planter. The Civil War swept away his fortune. Married, Eliza-
beth Strobel, who died in 1873. Both buried near St. George, S. C.
Children: Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, Caroline, and Bellzora; B (2) Cap-
tain Harry Bowyer; B (3) John Bowyer ; B (4) Annie married William
Deseker, of Selma, Alabama.
C (i) Professor Daniel Bowyer, son of William Bowyer and his
wife Elizabeth Strobel, was born May 15, 1845. Sergeant in Civil War.
Lost everything. Taught school up to his death May 3, 1903. Married
Mattie J. Children : Monroe James, of 529 Walkins St., Augusta, Geor-
gia. Clerk ; Catharine, a teacher. The historian's correspondent ; Zaidee
Mary, of the same address; C (2) Mary Bowyer married William Scott
Utsey. Children: Endora Eliza, wife of Charles M. Gavine, of Saint
George, S. C. ; Fannie Belzora, wife of Cromwell E. Murray, of Colum-
bia, S. C. ; William D. Gustavus, R. L., and John Clark, of Greenville,
S. C. ; Lillian Caroline, wife of Walter F. Young; Max; Julia Smith,
wife of Hugh A. Crawford Walker; Jennie H., wife of Dr. Robert
]\Iontgomery. Address (1910) Bo.x 132, Saint George, South Carolina.
This highly cultured woman, through her dauughter, is our correspon-
dent. She was born Aug. 15, 1834. Her daughter Jennie, wife of Dr.
Montgomery, a fine historian, resides at Saint George, S. C. ; C (3)
Bellzora Bowyer married Thomas Raysor. Children : Caroline V., Wil-
liam ; C (4) Elizabeth Bowyer married.
CHAPTER CX
ROBERT BOWYER
Our correspondent, Dr. Scott P. Bowyer, of Taylorville, Illinois, re-
ports that he knows absolutely nothing of Robert Bowyer. The historian
ventures to say that his origin was English even if he came from Vir-
ginia forebears. Only one son is reported, namely, Joseph Bowyer, of
Kentucky. It may be the same family as Chapter 60.
B (i) Joseph Bowyer son of Robert Bowyer and his wife, was born
about 1820-1830 in Kentucky. Married Jane Ward, born in England.
Both buried at Pisgah, Illinois. Children : Jacob Thomas, Mary, Millie,
Emma, Robert, Rev. Sanmel H.
C (i) Jacob Thomas Bowyer, son of Joseph Bowyer and wife
Mary Ward, was born near Orleans, Illinois, May 27, 1856. Baptist.
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Address (1913) Waverly, Ills., Married Alice May Peak, born Nov.
15, 1859. Cliildren: (ij Dr. Scott Peak Bowyer, of Taylorville, Ills.,
born Nov. 29, 1881. The historian's correspondent. Dentist, Methodist.
Married Martha Mabel Baker, born Jan. 18, 1882; (2) Mary, wife of
George M. Dunseth, of Waverly, Ills.; (3) Herschel Ward, of Franklin,
Ills., born Jan. 19, 1886. Farmer. Married Laura Brian; C (2) Mary,
wife of Thomas Gentry, Drcxel, Mo. Children: Rufus, Joseph, Ralph;
C (3) Millie, wife of John E. Davenport, of Franklin, Ills. Children:
May C, Quincy, JNlarjorie; C (4) Emma, wife of Clay II. Davenport,
of Waverly, Ills. No children; C (5)Robert married but died childless;
C (6) Rev. Samuel H., of 1210 S. 5th St., Springfield, Ills. Pastor of
Central Baptist Church. Married Alice Gillan. Children: Edith Ward,
A'irginia Morris, Herschel Harrison, Emma Alice.
CHAPTER CXI
MARTIN BEYER
Martin Beyer, as he tells us, was born 1855 in Columbia County,
New York State. Address (1911) 540 E 138th St., New York. His
father came from Stattsburg, Germany, where uncles Michael and Mar-
tin are living. Our Martin married Aurelia Harvey. Children: Charles
H. and Mrs. George W. Combes, St. Louis, Mo. C)ur Martin has a
brother Jacob, 499 Dec:itur St., Brooklyn.
CHAPTER CXn
HERMAN BEYER
Herman Beyer, son of Herman Beyer and wife Louisa Weber, of
Teitz, Germany, was born Aug. 18, 1871. Banker. 501 W. 123rd St.,
New York. Married Crua Houseschild, of Germany. Children: Arthur,
born Aug. i, 1906, and Edna, born 1908. He has a brother in Germany,
namely, Arthur. His uncle Carl lived at Teitz, Germany, and so did his
grandfather Carl.
CHAPTER CXIII
OSCAR EUGENE BEYER '
Oscar Eugene Beyer was born at Schmoelln, S. A., Germany. Came
to New York in 1893. Address (1911) 43 White St., New York. P. O.
Box 183. Married Charlotte M. Children: Charlotte E., and E. Alice.
CHAPTER CXIV
FRANZ A. C. BEYER
Franz A. C. Beyer, son of Charles G. Beyer, of Jena, Germany, and
wife Dorothy, was born in Newark, N. J. Real Estate. Address (1911)
762 Broad St., Newark, N. J. Married Elizabeth Keller. Children:
John H., Charles W., Arthur F., Florence E., Malcolm K. Note. — Franz
Beyer has a cousin Carl at Atlantic Highlands, N. J.
CHAPTER CXV
JAMES BOYER
Through a very interesting letter in possession of Mrs. Jennie Wil-
ley, of Indei>endence, Iowa (1915), written by her grand-uncle Oliver
Boyer in 1909, we know that this chapter begins before the Revolution-
ary War. Mr. Boyer says : "My grandfather Boyer was in the war of
the Revolution — and a brother of his." He also says : "My father
James Boyer was born in Dover, Delaware, or near by." The historian
thinks this chapter really belongs to Chapter 2. If Oliver Boyer had only
named his grandfather, we should probably know. It should not be im-
possible for the future historian of this chatper to trace the connection.
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The gTandfather of Oliver Boyer had a much younger brother Ezekiel,
who was a Captain in the War of 1812, and died in Ohio. At this writ-
ing our correspondents know only one son of Ezekiel Boyer's brother,
namely, James.
B (i) James Boyer, son of a Delaware Boyer and his wife, was
born at Dover, Delaware, about 1780, and is buried at Somerville, ITnion
County, Ohio, aged 85. Tailor. He married twice. One wife was Lena
Davis, and the other, Mary Oliver. Children (so far as we know) :
David, George, Harrison, John Oliver, Daniel, Oliver, Jane, Ruth
(Wood), of Dunkirk, Ohio; Harriet, Margaret, Lena, Elenora, Polly,
Eliza.
C ( 1 ) David Boyer, son of James Boyer, lived at Linccjln, Nebraska ;
C (2) George at Des Moines, Iowa; C (3) William Henry Harrison at
Omaha, Nebraska; C (4) John Oliver at London, Ohio. He was born
1809 at Hancock, Md. Methodist. Tailor. Married first Margaret
Teabo, whose children are all dead, and then Elizabeth Bernard, whose
children are John Melntire, James Notley (dead), Lucy (unmarried),
and Laura Virginia; C (5) l^aniel lived at Altemont, Iowa; C (6)
Oliver at Elk Lick, Pa., 1909. He was born Aug. 7, 1825. Methodist.
Fine man ; and Ruth (Wood) lived at Dunkirk, Ohio, in 1915.
D (i) John Melntire Boyer, son of John Oliver Boyer and wife
Elizabeth Bernard, was born Jan. 12, i860, in Delaware Co., Ohio.
Methodist. Attorney-at-law, of 1802 North 4th St., Columbus, Ohio.
Married Elenora Chrisman, Nov. 25, 1885. Children: Robert Bernard,
at home, and Helen (Slag-le), of Reynoldsburg, Ohio; D (2) James
Notley; D (3) Lucy Cordell, of Columbus, Ohio, unmarried; D (4)
Laura Virginia, wife of Orrin W. Agler, of T017 Madison Ave., Colum-
bus, Ohio. Child : Karl G., of 1530 East Long St., Columbus, Ohio.
THE LIVING BOYERS
THE LIVING BOYERvS.
The vast researches of ten years have not made it possible to find
all the American Boyers. Many will not find themselves recorded in
this small volume. Those who receive Reunion invitations next year
( 1916 ) will fintl a chapter number on the postal card. For various reasons
the chart numbers could not become the chapter numbers. The follow-
ing key will help all wIuj receive these cards to find their chapter:
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If every livini^: Hover were to receive a Reunion postal card, the
la])or and expense would become enormous. The Board of Directors
therefore kindly requests those who receive these cards, to make all
announcements kncnvn to relatives by marriage — especially the publica-
tion of the book on American l-Joyers. This requirement is most im-
portant, for unless each lloyer home securt-s a copy of the book, the
work of the writer shall have been in vain, and the great purpose frus-
trated.
THE LIVING MEMBERS OF EACH CHAPTER SHOULD
SELECT A HISTORIAN, WHOSE PURPOSE IT SHOULD BE
TO CORRECT AND CONTINUE THE CHAPTER INTO A SEP-
ARATE VOLUME.
The American Boyers who do not funl themselves recorded in our
book are invited to corresj)ond with us, ami thus make an "addenda"
edition |)ossible in a few years. In this way our pioneer efifort will in
time become "a monument better than brass."
Respectfully,
CHARLES C. BOYER.
ADDENDA
TO
AMERICAN BOYERS
BY
REV. CHARLES CLINTON BOYER. Ph. D.
1916
ADDENDA
Introduction. Page 9, (3) The words "and a startled stag" should
read — in hands of a human headed horse.
CHAPTER I— Page 22. B (i) Captain Michael Bovvycr had only
seven children: James, John, Thomas, William, Mary, Frances, an J
Elizabeth. B (2) 1785 should be 1805. B (3) Henry Bowyer married
Mary Harrison. The son Colonel Henry Bowyer married Agatha Madi-
son. Children: (i) Colonel Henry Winston Bowyer, born 1798, mar-
ried Matilda Breckenridge, daughter of General James Breckenridge,
of the war of 1812. (2) Captain John Madison Bowyer married
Lucy Lewis, sister of General John G. Lewis, of the war of 18 12.
(3) Ann Bowyer married Harold Smythe. (4) Mary Jjowyer married
Charles Crockett. (5) Susan Bowyer married General John M. Lewis.
(6) Edmund Fontaine Bowyer died unmarried. (7) Thomas Henry
Bowyer died unmarried. (8) Lucien Bowyer died unmarried. (9) Emi-
line Bowyer married U. S. Judge Edward Johnston. (10) William
Rufes Boyer left descendants in Mississippi. B (4) Colonel William
Bowyer died at Staunton, Va., in 1808. Justice of the Peace and High
Sheriff of Augusta Co. Married to Elizabeth Christian, and after her
death to Margaret Lewis. His children were: (i) Priscilla, wife of a
Mr. Madison, and later of Captain John Miller. Her daughter, Mrs.
Julia Hiulson, resided at 514 Franklin street, Denver, Colorado, in 1910.
(2) Mary, wife of Leonard Fleming. (3) William C. liowyer married
sister of Nathaniel Burwell. There were children but no living descend-
ants. (4) Strother Bowyer. (5) Luke Bowyer. (6) Peter G. Bowyer
(7) Malinda Bowyer. Note- — Judge Otis Bowyer thinks there are no
living descendants of Colonel William Bowyer's second marriage. Page
2Tf. H (5) General John 15owyer married Mary Baker ( nt)t Becker),
but left no children. B (6) Colonel Thomas Bowyer married Miss
Craig. Colonel John Bowyer, his brother, was born about 1762. B
(7) Stephen Bowyer (See Chapter 108) married (1765) Mary Jacobs.
His grandson, Eli Bowyer, was a distinguished surgeon in the Union
Army and a Brigadier General. Note — Mrs. Leora Bowyer Davis, niece
of the General, and daughter of James Bowyer, resides (1916) at Y'el-
low Springs, Ohio. She can write up Stephen iiowyer's descendants
very fully. Page 23. C (i) The children of Attorney John Bowyer
(2)
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and his wife were Henry Morton, Frances Hubard, John Colston, Mary
Cahvell, Louisa Meriweather, Janie Hul)ard, Charlotte Griggs, Eliza-
beth St. Clair, Michael Marniaduke, William Skelton. Fauntleroy,
Charlotte Griggs, Elizabeth St. Clair, Alichael Marniaduke, and Dr. Wm.
Skelton died unmarrietl. C (2) James i>owyer was born 1760. His
daughter, Frances, as reported by Judge Otis Bowyer, of Baird, Texas,
married a young lawyer, Robertson, and after his death, .Alfred Moore,
a prominent and wealthy man of Mississipi)i. Their daughter, Emily
]\Ioore, married Colonel A. Y. Flarper, a gallant Confederate officer and
prominent lawyer. They left a luimber of children. Perhaps some are
now at Jackson, Miss. Page 24. D (i ) Henry Morton Bowyer married
first Sarah Preston, a member of the distinguished Preston family of
Virginia, and after her death Maria Wilmer, sister of Bishop VVilmer,
of Alabama. Children: (a) William Bowyer. (b) Dr. Thomas M.
Bowyer, surgeon and Confederate Major, who married first Kate Bur-
well, and afterward Dean Bradley's daughter. Their daughter, l.ily,
married Judge Lawrence Campbell, of Bedford City, Va., and left de-
scendants, (c) John Bowyer, died unmarried (1849) i" California,
(d) Susan Bowyer married Dr. Thompson, died young, and left no chil-
dren, (e) Jane Bowyer died young, (f) James Hubard Bowyer married
Miss Nelson. There are descendants in Virginia, (g) Sarah I^ewis
Bowyer married first Dr. Meredith, and afterwards a Mr. Douglass.
There were children at Roanoke, Va. (h) Judge Wilmer Bowyer, of
Amsterdam, Boutetourt Co., Va., married first Miss Copeland and
after her Miss Breckenridge, a granddaughter of General Breckenridge.
There were children, (i) Robert Preston Bowyer married Miss Mc-
Daniel. of Springfield, Mo. D (3) Mary Calwell Bowyer married Judge
John White Brockenbrough. He was born in Hanover Co., Va., Dec.
23, 1806, and died in Lexington, Va., February 20, 1877. Mary Cal-
well Brockenbrough died there April 18, 1893. The Virginia Law Regis-
ter of July, 1896, contains a very complete sketch of Judg-e I'rocken-
brough's very useful and honorable life. Children: (i) Major John
iiowyer Brockenbrough. Lawyer. Commanded the Maryland Light Ar-
tillery C. S. A. at Sharpsburg. l^adly wounded at Chancellorville. Mar-
ried first Alice Murrell, and second Miss Johnson. Left a number of chil-
dren by first wife and one daughter by second wife. One of his daugh-
ters is Alice (Mrs. Alfred Preston), of Greenfield, near .Amstenlam,
Botetourt Co., Va. (2) William married Miss Major and left children.
(3) Willoughby Newton (now of Columbia, Mo.) married Miss Thomas,
:md there are children. (4) Robert Louis married Miss Grasty, and left
one son. (5) Louise married Colonel Thomas I^emmes. Professor of
French in Military Institute at Lexington, Va. He is dead, but leaves a
4 AMERICAN BOYERS
son, Bernard B. Lemmes. Lawyer. Lately Mayor of Newport News,
Va., and a daughter, Mrs. Louise Corse, of Lcxiug-ton, Va. (()) Frank
married Miss Paxton. There are two daughters at Lexington, Va. Page
25. D (10) Frances Muhard Bowyer married first Warren M. Lewis,
a near relative of the Washington family, and second John Iknskin
Poindexter. (It may have heen Ceorge instead of John.) lie was the
grandfather of Miles Poindexter, Senator at Washington, D. C. D (5)
John Colston Bowyer, lawyer and editor, married Nancy Stribling, of
Staunton, Va., a member of an old distinguished family. D (9) Char-
lotte Griggs Bowyer died unmarried. D (10) William Bowyer Poin-
dexter married Lucy Page Wilmer. George F. Poindexter resides at
IVIobile, Alabama. E (i) Aurelia McDonald Bowyer's name should
have followed Maria Champe, her sister. Maria Champe married I{ugene
Armistead Leache, a Virginian, Sept. 15, 1915. One child, lieverly Car-
ter Leache, born June 5, 1916. E (2) William McDonald Bowyer mar-
ried Julia Cobb. Children: (i) Dr. Otis McDonald B(jwyer, and Dr.
John St. Clair Bowyer, both of Anson, Texas. The latter married Salli'e
Fisher, and has one daughter, Elizabeth. His brother. Dr. CJtis, married
Rose Humphreys. Page 26. E (3) John Bowyer is a ju-ominent lawyer.
Man of large property. In addition to having been c* unty attorne)- of
Callahan County, he has been mayor of .Vbilene in Taylor County, wliere
.he resides. Married Ellen Ferguson Berry. Children: (i) John Bow-
yer, who 'married Love Favors, and has one daughter, Elizabeth. (2)
Courtney Berry Bowyer, who married Pansy Pose, anil has one son,
John Farrell. (3) Nannie Louise. (4) McDonald. (5) iCllen Berry,
who married Mr. Gillette. (6) Robert Lee. (7) James Hubartl.
CHAPTER H— l^age 2.;. C (2) Mrs. Sarah E. Hutchison is at
Op]), Alabama. Page 31. The Magdalene Kercher (Kerger) is the
same as on liage 70. C^ne date is evidently wrong.
CH \PTF^R HI — Page 2,2. B (5) (a) John Specht married Catherhie
Kness (1775). Children: Jacoij, who married Catherine Stapleton, of
01e\', Pa., and left numerous descen(l:ints ; Peter, Parabara, !-etsy, Mag-
dalena. (b) Christian Specht married (May (), 178G) I>arbara Sensen-
dorfer, daughter of Martin and 1 lannah ( liinder) Sensendorfer. Cl^.ris-
tian was a Revohitionar}' solcHer. lie died near Pennsburg, Pa., iMarch
9, 1837. Children: Margaret, Hannah, Joseph (born April 7, 1790,
married Susan Keller), Maria, Catharine, William, Salome, Elizabeth,
Henry. Note. — Joseph was well educated, resided in Rocklaml Twp.,
Berks Co., Pa. He married Susan Keller. Children: Maria, Rebecca,
Catharine, Susan, Elizabeth (wife of William Stapleton), Sarah, Rev-
erend Joseph, Reuben, Frank. Elizabeth (wife of W^illiam Stapleton)
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left the following children: Rev. Dr. .Amnion Stapleton, born Jan. 15,
1850, Gardner, Elizabeth, David Peter, Sarah Ann, Irvin, Elmer E.,
Anna Alary, Norman, Joseph, Snsan J. I)r. Stapleton was a 'Soldier of
the Civil War, Co. F, 195th Regiment, Pa. Vols. Later in 1865 he en-
listed in Co. I, I92d Regiment, Pa. Vols. Entered the ministry of the
'Central Pa. Conference of the Evangelical Association in 1872. Presiding
Elder i.n ( 1895-1903 ). Author of "Memorials to tluguenots," "Natural
Plistory of the IJible," "Compend of Church History," "Selini, the
Algerine Castaway," etc. Page 41. E (10) Percival lioyer's daughter;
Mrs. Emma C. James, no Greenwich Str., Reading, Pa. Page 41.
E (10) Hiram Boyer, Bricklayer, Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pa. Died
about 1903. Page 40. E (7) Mary Ann Boyer White's children: Laura,
who married Mr. Ramsey, and lived in Chicago; Harry; and a sister.
Page 41. E (II) Delilah Bo)er Drenkel's children: (i) Daniel, who
was married, and left children: Adela Ethel, of Aspen, Colo., antl others.
Page 40. E (6) Daniel Ludwig IJoyer, born April 17, 18 12, near Amity-
ville, Berks Co., Pa. Blacksmith for many years in railroad machine
shops, Camden, N. J. Baptist. A man very much revered by his people.
Great readier of Shakespeare and Burns. Page 54. F (5) Children of
Mary E. Boyer and husband W. IL Van Gunten : ( O Clara Adele Mar-
ried R. W. Manst, of architectural firm of Ludlow, Peabody, and Manst.
of New York. Address ( 1916) 59 Grand Avenue, Wyoming, N. J.
Has two sons, Ralj^h I^udwig and Charles Martin. (2) Jessie. Gradu-
ate of the State Normal School, West Chester, Pa., in 1899. Helped
Boyer historian very nnich. Married (1906) Elzo L. Van Dellen,
Principal of Siskivou Union High School and Junior College, Yreka,
California. Children: Katherine, Elzo L. This family owns Singer
Samuel Boyer's "grandfather" clock. (3) Ethel. Married (i()o6)
Elwood Johnson, Civil Engineer. Address (1916) Silver Springs,
iMaryland. Children: Edward T., Elizabeth. (4) Henry Russell.
Married (1913) Virginia Elliot, of Washington, D. C. Address (1916)
Chicago, 111. Child: Monroe J^. F {3) Charles Waller Boyer should
be Charles Walter Boyer. F (4) Maurice Leach Boyer should perhaps
be Maurice Ludwig. Page 41. E (9) Mrs. Kenny is at Sinking
Springs, Pa. Page 48. E (3 ) William VV. Boyer is at Glendale, Md.
Page 50. E ( I ) William Edward Boyer was born in Orwigsburg, Pa.,
October 29, 1823, anil died July 29, 1898, at Pottsvile, Pa. His wife
was born March 19, 1825. Dr. Francis William Boyer married Caroline
G. Hammeken. Children: (i) Annie A., Marion G., Dr. Gouverneur
H., Laura Frances, Jutlith Mel., wife of James A. Sprenger, of Newton-
ville, Mass., Caroline (k^rtrude, and Frances Elizabeth. Note: Marion
and Caroline died at 17 and 16 years of age respectively. Page 51.
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E (2) Maria Boyer's husband was John Moyer. Children: Milton Wes-
ley, married Anna Spain, William Fletcher, married Mary E. Knabb,
John Thomas married Eliza Hesser, George Taylor married Mary Casey,
Louise B. married George O. Bruce, Andrew h. married Emeline Smith.
The last one lives on Race street, Pottsville, Pa. Page 51. E (5)
Rufus C. Boyer was born in Orwigsburg, Pa., Nov. 13, 1832, and died
Jan. 19, 1904. Married Phoebe A. IVIiller. Children: (i) Warren
Thomas (dead)' (2) Emma M. married. James D. Kocher. Address
(1916) Orwigsburg, Pa. Children: (a) Cordelia, wife of Alfred
Breitengross, has a daughter Emma, (b) Annie, (c) Martha, wife of Rev.
Caleb VVeidner, has two children, Gilbert and Arline. (3) Anna .Maria
(dead). (4) Celia A. married James Symons, leaving one child, Minnie
M. The mother is dead. (5) Thomas Eben (dead). (6) Mary C. dead).
(7) Alverta married Wm. J. Sealey, of St. Clair, Pa. Children: Grace
B. (dead), William Arden, Garrett L., Phoebe M., and Rufus C. (8)
Lucy M., of Atlantic City, N. J. (9) Elizabeth (dead). (10) Elmer E., of
St. Clair, Pa. Married Amelia A. Bomboy. Children: Marion B.,
Percival R, and Francis M. Note: Percival, married Mary Cookson,
and has one child George A., and Francis M. married Mary Ellis, whose
children are Jean A., Evelyn R., and Dorothy. (11) Rufus Francis. (12)
Calvin (dead), (13) Theodore, who married Mary E. Moore. Page 54.
P' (2) Albert A. Boyer died July 20, 1898. Buried in Peace Cemetery,
Phila., Pa. Wife's name is Elinor A. F (6) Elmer Staley died 1913.
Marion Staley married Kenneth Smith, and has a son. Page 62 F
(3) Killed by accident Jul}-, i(>i6. Page 67. F (3) C. Rev. Victor B.
Boyer. D (4) Elizabeth Boyer, born May 31, 1770, died July 15, 1830.
She married Sept. i, 1791, John Koons, born alxjut 1770. E (1) Her
son, Fretlerick Koons, born Oct. 6, 1796, married Mary .\nn Hawk. F
(i) Their son, Frederick Augustus Koons, born Aug. 25, 1825, married
Catharine Schwarz. G (i) Catharine Koons, daugFter of the latter,
born Nov. i, i860, married Robert Cook I^ipijincott, whose son is George
Eyre Fippincott. .Address ( 1916) 537 Land Title Bldg., l-'hila... Pa. Page
57. F (8) Frederick Boyer. .\ddress (1916) 265 Rutter Ave., Kingston,
Pa. Engineer. Married May Williams. Only child : William Franklin,
of Berwick, Pa. Born Jan. 12, 1878. Married Margaret — -. No
childien. F (9) Alexander Boyer. Address (1916) Market Str., Kings-
ton, Pa.' Married i\Iary . No children.
CHAPTER IV — Page 82. E (3) Last two lines, beginning with
"Children," should read James, Susan, Hannah, Sallic. The other names
do not belong here. Make the same corrections at bottom of page 96.
Page no. The last word of line 13 should be John instead of Edward.
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Page loi. F (6) Frank Boyer. Coal merchant. Married a cousin.
Children : Alice, Jacob, Frank, George, William. All the boys are mar-
ried and live in Danville, Pa. Page 91. E (i) Henry Kline Boyer
Address (1916) Lower Providence, Montg. Co., Pa. Served his State
for a number of years, lately connected with Philadelphia Mint. Very
representative man. His sister, Matilda, born Nov. 29, 1839, married
James Koons Espenship, born March 4, 1840. Children : Henry Stan-
ley, of Betzwood, Pa., born May 6, 1873, married and has two children.
Episcopalian. Employed in U. S. Mint, Phila., Pa. (2) Clarence B.,
born Nov. 25, 1879, ^'so in Mint. (3) Rebecca Grace, born Nov. 17,
1870, employed in Insurance Department, Stale of Pennsylvania. Ad-
dress (1916) 204 N. 2nd Str., Harrisburg, Pa. Page 116. Top para-
graph. Address (i(ji6) Prof. James F. Boyer, Elkhart, Indiana. Rev.
Clyde E. Boyer, 1905 Crescent avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Page 117.
F (5) (2) Address (1916) 503 Avenue B, Sterling, Ills.' Page 105.
F (5) should be F (6). F (5) Mary Catharine Boyer, daughter of
Abraham S. Boyer and wife, Lucetta, was born July 23, 1855. Luth-
eran. Married (Sept. 27, 1873) John H. Schearer. Address (1916)
443 W. Martin street, Roxborough, Phila., Pa. Children: (i) James
W^arren, born Nov. 15, 1875. Lutheran. Married Mary M. Benethum,
Dec. 10, 1894. Children: Evelyn Adelaide, Warren Lester. The mother
died July 29, 1903, and then Jaiues Warren Sclicarer married • Lillian
Coppinger. Children: Gordon Keith, Dorothy Virginia, James Byron.
Address (1916) 3855 Aspen Str., West Phila., Pa. (2) Mary Florence,
born July 26, 1883, married John Paul Muntz. Address (1916) 3809
Fairmount Ave., West Phila., Pa. Child: Clifford Paul. (3) Lucetta
May, born June 19, 1886, married Charles II. Wolf July 25, 1904. Ad-
dress (njK)) 5306 Race Str., West l^hila.. Pa. Child: Jacques Warren
Page 91. E (i) Jacob H. Boyer. Address (1915) 146 Buchanan Str.,
Phoenixville, Pa. Bricklayer. Lutheran. Married Andorah Knox.
His brother, John, lives on Walnut street, Royersford, Pa. He is mar-
ried and has two children, John and Annie. There are two sisters liv-
ing in Spring City, Pa., namely, Lovina Mohr, and Louisa Schantz.
Plis father, Jacob Boyer, was born about 1797 and died in 1869, at
Trappe, Pa. Blacksmith and farmer. Married Hannah Bricker. Jacob
Boyer had a brother, John, who died single, and four or five sisters. Note
— Jacob H. Boyer says his grandfather's name was Andrew Boyer, of
Upper Providence, Montgomery Co., Pa. Lutheran. Blacksmith and
farmer. Buried at Trappe, Pa. If, as Jacob H. Boyer further says, that
he is a first cousin of Manasses Pioyer (E 2) (Page 91), his granil-
father, Andrew P)Oyer, must be added to the list of sons of John Henry
Boyer and Magtlalena Kercher of page 72. In that case we have no
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account of Jacob Boyer D (7) Page 78. Page 104. F (2) William
Earl Boyer, born Aug. 30, 1893, married Irnia Mae Miller, Nov. 191 5.
Machinist. Address 11 1 Douglass Str., Reading, Pa. Page 115. F (i)
Sadie Devore. Address (1915) 2419 Manderson street, Omaha, Nebr.
CHAPTER V— Page 125. D (3) Irvin D. Boyer. Address (1915)
Box 761, Portland, Oregon. Born Feb. 1859. Inspector of U. S. Customs.
Methodist. Married June 27, 1889, to Harriett Long. No children. Mr
Boyer has been in Oregon about 30 years, during which time he taught
school two years, engaged in business up to July i, 1906. In October,
191 1, he went to the "Customs House." Very fine man. Page 132. E
(5) Levi Boyer was born March 24, 1850. Son James J. Boyer. Ad-
dress (1915) 818 Sixty-first Street Place, Chicago, Ills. IVintcr. Mar-
ried Bess Swartz, June 6, 1914. Child: Rose Alu. Page 135. E (9)
The name "Ligonier" should be 815 Caldwell Ave., Portage, Pa. Page
135 E (5) Tlic numbers from page 133 to bottom of page 135 are not
correct. Irvin D. Boyer, born 1859, as above, should be read here. Page
^3*-'- I- (5) Josl Jerome Boyer married Mina Whitley. Their son.
Rex Boyer, a lawyer, resides (1915) at Martinez, California. Page 136.
Bottom. E (i ) Clinton V. Boyer marred Ida L. Willman, May 12, 1881.
Children: (i) Orpha N., born April 12, 1882, married Winifre:! L.
Miner, Feb. 12, 1899. Address ((1915) Laverne, Oklahoma. (2) Harry
W.; of Whitefield, Oklahoma. Farmer. Born April 12, 1884. Married
Nellie B. Barnard, Oct. 10, 1904. (3) John A., of Laverne, Oklah(;ma.
Farmer. Born Nov. 13, 1887. Married Grace E. Wells, Feb. 12, njio.
(4) Roy C. Boyer, of Whitefield, Oklahoma. Painter. Born June 30,
1889. Married Ina B. Moate, Dec. 24, 191 1. (5) Geneora E-, of La-
cona, Iowa. Born Oct. 26, 1893. Married Ora L. Amos, Aug. 27, 191 1.
(6) Clara M., of Whitefield, Okla. Postmistress. Born Aug. 28, i8q6.
(7) Cora M., of Whitefield, Okla. Horn April 26, 1898. Married
Claude P. Hartup, July 19, 191 5. (8) Emma L., of Whitefield, Okla.
Born Dec. 19, 1899. (9) Mildred K., burn May 2, 1902. (10) Golden
I., born April 9, 1904. Page 139. E (2) Thomas J. Boyer, Jr., is a
druggist. Address (T915) Miami, Florida. His brother, Louis, is also
a druggist, at Clearfield Pa. E (3) The word "Major" should be Mayor.
Page 140. E (2) The word "Amnion" should be Ludwig. Page 146.
F (i) The word "Amnion" should be Ludwig. "3628 N. 18th" should
be 3607 N. 19th. F (2) Mrs. Colby's address is 180 Abbott St., Law-
rence, Mass. Page 122. C (3) Susannah Bayer is same as C (9) same
page. Page 127. D (2) Catharine Boyer Rhoads' children were Jona-
than, Henry, Benneville, Loretta, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mahella, Reuben.
Julius, Catharine, Thomas JeflFerson B., and Angelina. D ( i ) Jona-
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than married Hannah Ruth. Children: Michael Alhert, and Verdilla.
D (2) Henry niarrietl Thenison Gilbert. Children: Irvin, Mary, Rich-
ard. D (3) Loretta married William K. Grim. Children: Mahella,
William, Kate, and Sallie. D (4) Sarah married Charles liird. Chil-
dren: Charles, others. D (5) Elizabeth married Charles B. Weaver.
Children: Mary, John, William. D (6) Mahella married William Mc-
Cormick. Children: Horace, William. I) {7) Reuben married Kate
W. Gilbert. Children: Benjamin }., Laura Kate, John C, and Ella. D
(8) Catherine married Charles Bird. Children: .Vnna, Charles, Eva A.,
Elizabeth. D (9) Dr. Thomas Jefferson Boyer Rhoads married The-
resa Eeidy. Children: Kate (Mrs. Elmer E. C(jnner), Dr. Tliomas L.
Rhoads. D (10) Angelina married Solomon Erb. Children: Kate, Ella,
Sallie, John, Solomon. I'age 128. D (10) line 4, add Calvin A., Ada
(wife of Reverend Rausch, Reformed minister). Pai;e 138. E (i) at
bottom. The woril "major of," line 4, should be married. His first
wife was a Miss i^assler, mother of his children. These cuirrcii./U^
must also be made in E (i) bottom of page 143, E (2) E (3) h' (.\\
inige [44. Rage 131;. E (2), near botoni. Laura in Mrs. Bridenbaugh.
Rage 140. E (5) Kate Rhoads, not "Kate Boyer," and E (6) Elizabeth
Rhoads. She married Charles Weaver. Children: IMary, of Boyertown,
and William, of J'hila., I'a.
Cll Al'TKR \d— Page 153. D ( 10) Robert l^oyer was born March
2T,, 1815, at 1 larrisburg, Rockingham Co., N'irginia, died Nov. H), 1883,
or near there. LiN'ed at Clo\er luittnm, Sullivan Co., Tenn. Farmer.
Historian saw his letter of June 2^, 1882, to Judge Otis Bowyer. Mar-
ried first Mary C. , who left him three children: Susan, Cath-
arine, and Elizabeth. His second wife's surname was Castle, or Catte,
and she left him the following- children: Margaret, Lucy, John A. (dead),
Sanuiel P., James, George W. (dead), Eliza. Note — (a) John A. Boyer
was born Nov. 12, 1861, and died Aug. 21, 1886. (b) (jcorge W. Boyer
was born Dec. 23, 1868, and died Jime 8, 1899. (c) Samuel P. Boyer
was born Jan. 2, 1864. Address (1916) Fall Branch, Tenn., R. 2.
Farmer. Married Mary ]^urk, Dec. 11, 1884. Children: Hattie T.,
born Jan. 3, 1886; Josie, July 15, 1890; John R., April 15, 1893; Alice
R., Oct. 5, 1895; Ada M., Feb. 28, 1899; Guy W., April i, 1902. (d)
James Boyer lives at Fall Branch, Tenn., R. 2. (e) His sister, Eliza,
married David Eard, of Fardtown, Tenn. (f) Sister Lucy married
William Carmell, of Jonebasa, Tenn. (g) Elizabeth married Steadman,
of Fall Branch, Tenn., R. 2. (h) Catherine marrierl Steadman, of Church
Hill, Tenn., R. 5. (i) Margaret married Hickman, of Kingsport, Tenn.
CHAPTER VH— Page 172. The word "McMahon," second line.
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and wherever it occurs in Chapter 7, should be McCahan, or McCahon.
The tradition of lines 4 and 5 belongs to the Dunlap family, and not
to the Boyers. Page 177. D (i) middle of page, second last line. "His
biobraphy is found in the history of the U. P. Church." Page 178. D
(6) Miss Zennie W. Tomlinson, 1005 S. 21st Street, Birmingham, Ala-
bama, says that "Calvin Boyer went to Denver" in the early days of that
country. He was connected with the Mint. He married, and had a son,
perhaps other children — , but Miss Tomlinson's people lost sight of him
in later years. Page 179. E (i) The word "first" in line 5 should be
"fourth " In last line of same paragraph, Nancy Ellicott is in State
Normal School, Sauk Centre, Minn. 1915. Page 179. E (2) at bottom.
"Burkolder" should be Burkholder. Page 179. E (3) at bottom, line 3.
The date is 1871. Page 1.80. Lines 3 and 5. Bridenbach, not Briden-
Laugh. Mrs. Bridenbach has a daughter, Elizabeth Large, born Jan.
6, 1894. Page 180. E (i) 1415 (^iraceland Ave., should read 4125 N.
Hermitage Ave. Page 181. E (3) 5416 Jefferson Str. should read 1014
Green Street, Phila., Pa.
CHAPTER VIII — The historian misunderstood the outline of Miss
Mary A. Beyer's fine report, thus running into a number of embarrassing
errors, which have been corrected in these additions. As in other chap-
ters, it was necessary to omit much important data to save space. Dr.
Charles H. Boyer, of Iluntingtlou, I'a,. and Dr. G. M. Brumbaugh, ihe
Brumbaugh historian, both make valuable corrections. Page 182. B
( I ) Abram Beyer, son of Abram Beyer, and Rosina Yeakel, was born
about 1730, Worcester Twp., Montg. Co., Pa. Private of Sixth Bat-
lalion of I'hiladelphia County Militia, 1781, Third Co., Capt. Jonathan
Lovvry. Dr. Charles H. P.oyer is our authority. See footnote of liruni-
baugh History, page 473, for iletails. Page 190. E (i) The dates 1844
and 1845 sht)uld read 1885 and 1886. E (i) Niletta Boyer Lightncr has
seven children: William, Ethel, Josephine, Charles E., Frederick B.,
and Gladys. Note- — The parents are not living (1916). Page Kji.
E (i) Henry Brumbaugh, son of Rachel Boyer and Jacob Brumbaugh,
was born Aug. 17, 1832, and died Jan. 28, 1907. Married Nancy Grove,
Sept. 15, 1853. E (2) Rev. George Boyer Brumbaugh, born July 12, 1834,
married Martha Peighlal Grove, Nov. 21, 1855. His son. Dr. Martin G.
Brumbaugh, Supt. of Philadelphia Schools, Governor of Pennsylvania
— a man among men. E (3) Dr. Andrew Boelus Brumbaugh was born
Aug. 9, 1836, died Jan. 27, 1908. Married Martha Baer Frank, Oct 11,.
1859. His son. Dr. Gains AI. Brumbaugh, of 905 Mass. Avenue, N.
W. Washington, D. C, is the very able Brumbaugh historian. E (4-10)
Abraham W., Rebecca B., Mary, Catharine, Rachel, Jacob H. and David.
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Note — For details refer to the Brumbaugh History, pages 473 and other
pages. Page 184. C (6) The name "EHzabeth" in Hue 5 should be
Rebecca. P)efore "etc." read, two ministers. Page 187. D (i) Middle
of page. The word "Byer" is wrong. It should be "Beyer," not only
in this paragraph but for all the descendants of Daniel Beyer and Rebecca
Woodward. See D (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) on same page. Page 187. D (3)
Rebecca ]je3'er's children are: John S., William M., Daniel, and Robert P>.
Page 189. E (4) David Boyer married Harriet Schaeffer, Oct. 25, 1855.
She was born April 8, 1836. Children; (1) Ida Alice, wife of Seth 11.
Peters, Los Angeles, Cal. Children: .\rtiiar, of Long Beach, Cal., Ora
Bell, of Los Angeles, Owen David, of Huntingdon Beach, Cal., Bertha
Odessa, Floyd B., and Marion. (2) Herman Henry Boyer, of Pensacola,
Florida. Lumberman. Married Mattie Johnson. Children: Flossie.
Georgia, Lucile, all at home. (3) Mary Margaret, wife of Samuel (r.
Sly, of Colorado. Children: Lilly Grace, Rhoda Harriet, Claude Gilford,
Fannie Belle, Frances Adelle, Blanche. (4) Bertha Rebecca, wife of
Joseph Maltby, of Long Beach, Cal. Children: Frances Ida, of Los
Angeles, Herman Roy, of Long Beach, Estos David, Nellie Gladys,
Flossie .\daline, Joseph McKinley, Harry Lee — all at home. (5) Ernest
Boyers, of liurlington Junction, Mo. Farmer. Married Hannah Maltby.
Children: Ray Herman, Bertha Catherine, Harry Blake, Ruth Elizabeth,
Ernest Dewey, Beatrice B. (6) Edith, wife of Zachariah Johnson, of
Elmo, Mo. Children: Gu\-, Hatlie, John D., Harold, Ralph, Lenora,
Mary, Amy, Alice, Helen. (7) John Thomas Bo^-ers. of Burlington
Junction, Mo. Farmer. Methodist. Married Violet Miller. No child-
ren. (8) Adeline Elizabeth, wife of Wesley Miller, of Burlington Junc-
tion. Mo. Children: John, Fred, Herman, Alma. (9) Sijas David
Boyers, of Millville, Florida. Lumberman. Methodist. Married
Genoa McCormick. Children: Iras B., Arma Myrtle, Lois B., and Mc-
Cormick B. (10) Gerald Boyers, of Aurora, Kansas. Farmer,
Methodist. Married Rose Woods. Children : Goldie, Irene, Audrey,
and Herschel. (11) Amy, wife of Robert Newton Barder, of Burlington
Junction, Mo. Children: Hulda, Robert F., David. (12) Lesta, wife
of George Dunkle, of Nebraska. Children : May, Marion, lUanche,
Fern, Mable, Fred, Helen, Isla. Page 196. Sarah Beyer (Jack) of
Coleraine, Pa., has five children. Page 196. E (i) near bottom
Rebecca Beyer (Keyler) also left a daughter, Anna Mary, mother of a
family. Page 196. In E (i) Daniel McElwaine's brothers are ad led
to his four children. This is wrong. These brothers are recorded at
the top of page 207, as F { 5, 6, 7). The letters should be E and all three
brothers should be found on page 196 with Daniel McElwaine. The
l)arents of these boys are not Daniel McElwaine and Harriet Eckels, but
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John McEUvaine. and Rebecca 13cyer. Note. Robert McElwaine has
another daughter besides Agnes, and this daughter has a large family,
whose names the historian has not been able to secure. Page 197.
'"Robert Clark," in top line should be Robert Clark Morrison. H (2)
Letitia Beyer (Worth) has four children. i^age 197. E (4) last name
is Thomas, not Thomas S. Make this correction also on i^age 208, in
second last paragraph. Page 200. F (2) 4037 Charles Str., should
read 1803 Lane Str., Falls City, Neb. Page 200. F (()) 2508 Fulton
Str., should read 2439 Lawrence Ave. Page 208. F (i) Charles E.
Clark should he Charles E. ^Morrison. PI is brothers, of course, are also
Morrison.
CHAPTER LX— Page 240. F (7) John Boyer, son cf Jacob Boyer
oud wife, Mary Weant. Unmarried. Farmer. F (4) Mary Boyer, his sis-
ter, married Michael King, a cari)enter, and left eleven children. F (6)
Jesse BoN'er married Emma Wright. Their daughter, Lam^a, lived in Co-
lumbu.^. Ohio. Page 2.|0. F(i) Uenvill Boyer died July 28, 1915. Page
241. F ( i) Lorenzo D. Boyer's son, Noah, was born i860. Single in 1916.
Commission merchant. .Address: Room 38-44 E.xcliange I'ldg., Union
Stock Yards, Chicago, Ills. F (2) Mis sister, Ion, married Noah R. Coit.
Address (1916) Breckenridge. Mo. Page 244. F (2) John W.
Boyer's address is Kokomo, Indiana. "When a )'oung man seeking ad-
venture in the west fifty years agcj, Boyer surprised and singlehanded
drove away a band of Indians attacking the home of John Westfall, then
a poverty-stricken settler, saving Westfall, his wife, ami daughter."
Westfall died a wealthy Kansas farmer. On his deathbed he requested
his family to reward ]5oyer, and his daughter, who died recently, made
many attempts to locate Boyer. This was finally accornidished through
an attorney of Independence, Kansas, and now Mr. Boyer inherits the
wealth of the man whose home he saved. Page 247. Last line of
second last paragraph. Hotel Rand is in Cincinnati, Ohio. Page 248.
(j (3), near top. Miriam Boyer, daughter of Dr. George PI. Boyer,
married (June 29, 1916) Rev. Elmer R. Deibcrt, pastor of Lutheran
Church, 100 Rock Street, Pittston, Pa. Page 248. G (4) near top.
A son came to the home of Dr. Frank S. Boyer June 11, 1916. Name,
George. Page 249. G (i) middle of page. Address (1916) Pen-
brook, Pa., R. D. No. 2. Page 249. G (2) Samuel I. Boyer's daughter
Edna married Thomas Sloam, of 504 Arch Street, Pottsville, Pa.
Edna's brother, William W., was born May 22, 1896. Father's successor
in finishing department of shoe factory, Orwigsburg, Pa. Samuel I.
Boyer's brother William W. Boyer's address is 212 Rock Str., Shamokin,
Pa. Station Agent. Page 250. G (i) Alice Boyer, daughter of
SAMUEL FISHER BOYER
Chapltt 9, Page 230, D ( I 1 J
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Henry Boyer and wife, Barbara Detweiler, married Jesse Giesse and after
his death Wilham I'hund. She left a daughte-r, who Hves in In(Hana
G (2) Wehla, married Edward Bowers, leaving- one child Fay Bovvers.
G (3) John J. Boyer. Farmer. Married Mina Dunlap. There are
children. G (4) Laura, wife of John Klein. Farmer. G (5) Ella,
wife of Elmer Weaver. She is not living. G ( i ) Ida Boyer, daughter
of .Vndrew Boyer and Jane Fishpaugh, married Frank Eversole. Farmer.
Six children. G (2) John Boyer. Farmer. Married ( )da Knei)])er.
Children. G (3) Cora married John lluntwork. Four chililren.
G (4) Frank Boyer. Farmer. Married Cora Schirm. No children.
G (5) Odena married Charles Miller. Farmer. One- child. G (6)
Walter Boyer. Farmer. Marrietl Nettie .\lspach. Children. G ( i >
Minerva B(jyer, daughter of David Bo\'er and wife .-Vnna .Mary King,
married Irvin Hart. .A.ddress (1908) Lotty, Paulding Co., Ohio.
Children: Barney, F^'rank, Minnie. G (2) Mary A. married William
Sarnsal. Farmer. Liberty Township, Ohio. Chililren. G (3)
Lydia L. married Joseph W. Burk. Farmer. Address (1908) Lock-
ville, Ohio. Children. G (4) Supt. Charles L. Boyer. .Vddrcs^
(1908) Canal Winchester, Ohio. Born in Fairfield Co., ( )hio, Jan. 18.
1864. Fie became a teacher in 1881. Graduate of Ca])ital Universitv
1 89 1. Professor of Methematics in Lima College, (Jhio, 1893. Super-
intendent of Schools, Logan, (Jhio, l8i;7, and su]ierintendent of
schools at Circleville, ( )hio, in i8t;9. Interested in Chautau<|ua
work and has been eminently successful as an educator. Lutlurc'.p.
Married (1889) Clara .\. ScIkuIc. the accomplished daughter of Daniel
Schade and Catharine Louks. Children: (1 ) Clarence Samuel, graduate
of Circleville High School, 190S; Katherine, Mar}', and D;miel Jacob.
G (5) W'illiam David Bo)er. Manufacturer of Brick and Tile. Canal
Winchester, Ohio. Alarried Mar)' Powell. There are several children.
Page 250. ( J ( I ) Horace C. Petery, son of Louisa Boyer and Jacol) F.
Petery, married and left tw(5 boys, Allan and Wallace. All deceased
G (2) Professor Oscar D. Peterv, of Orwigsburg, Pa., married. Chil-
dren: Marit)n K., Laura K., JMua K., Dorothy 1\. He gave the Puyer
historian nuich valuable hcl|). G (3) Dr. William Yi. Petery. Address
(1915) Phila., Pa. Married. His son, Dr. .Vrthur K. Petery, is K;caied
at Norristown, Pa. G (4) Ida E. Petery, of Paterson, .\. J. Teacher
500 Market Street, Paterson, N. J. G (5) Clara .V. Petery luarried Wil-
liam J. Boomer. No children. Address (l()i6) 500 Market Street, Pat-
erson, N. J. MatrL.n of the "Paterson Orphan As) lum .Association."
G (i) Laura J. Ptlueger, daughter of Mary Boyer an:l Fred. Pilueger.
left four children: Laura J., of Pottsville, Pa., W'illiam, of I'ottsville,
Pa., Mary, wife of H. K. Hobart, of Bloomtield, N. J., and James (dead)
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Note — William Pflueger has eight children. Mary Hobart has a son,
Fred. Page 252. F (2) below the middle. It was Hattie, (Esther)
that married James O'Boyle, of Kutztown, Pa. This couple was inti-
mately associated with the beginnings of the State Normal School, in
the house later owned by Colonel Thomas Fister, where the Reverend
Sassaman Herman, a Reformed minister, had a private school, out of
which the Normal later developed. Their children were Samuel, James,
Caroline, and Mary. ( i ) Samuel married and became a dentist at Kutz
town, Pa. His son, Reverend Robert O'Boyle, Reformed pastor at Shen-
andoah, Sunbury, and Phila., Pa., is also chaplain of the First Cavalry
Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, and on duty in 1916. Ad-
dress (1916) 40th and Spring Garden Streets, Phila., Pa. He has chil-
dren: Robert, of Pittsfield, Mass., John, of Sunbury, Pa., Helen, Cath-
arine. His sister, Ella, married John Knable, of Youngstown, Pa.
Child: Miriam. Robert's half-sister married Zachariah Merkel (de-
ceased), leaving a son, Lnther, and two daughters, both at home with
the mother at Kutztown, Viola and Flora. (2) James married at Cliff-
ton, Pa., and has several children. (3) Caroline married Reverend
Wieand, leaving two children: Rev. Harry Wieand, of Bedford, Pa.,
and Mrs. A. Lawyer, of Altoona, Pa. (4) Mary marrieil J. J. Wagen-
horst, of Kutztown, Pa., a contracting carpenter, who built the first
wing of the State Normal School there. Children : EUwood, Annie,
James, Otman F., and Mary. Note — Otman F., associated with the B.
F. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio, furnished the above data. Ad-
dress (''1916) 191 Rhode's Ave., Akron, Ohio. Page 244. F (3) Painter,
not printer. Page 244. F (4) Henry C. Boyer. Postmaster under Presi-
dent Grant and President Plarrison. Served in Union Army ( i86i-i8(')5 ).
in four different regiments — c;6th, 27th, 194th, and 104th. His son, John
R. Boyer, died at Scranton Aug. 24, 1912. F (5) George M. Boyer.
Painter, not printer. Died 1913 in Pottsville, Pa. F (8) Fmma C
Boyer had a twin sister, who died in the sixties. Emma's daughter was
Lottie, not Lettie. Page 230. D (11) The historian found this Samuel
Boyer in "Administration Accounts" of Christopher Beyer, with other
sons. Lorenzo D. Boyer, of Breckenridge, Mo., grandson of Stephen
Boyer (D 4, page 229, bottom) remembers hearing his father, William
Boyer E (i), page 232, (bottom), say, "A Samuel Boyer came with
Stephen to Ohio." Mrs. Walter E. Baker, 4 Goethe Street, Bhighamton,
N. Y., begins her Boyer ancestry with Samuel Boyer in Fairfield County,
Ohio, — just where Stephen and later McKeansburg relatives settled
All these items taken together are certainly unusual coincidents if they
do not really identify the man. According to Mrs. Baker's records
Samuel Boyer married Christina Fisher and came from Pennsylvania to
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Fairfield Co., Ohio, and in 1833 they moved to Frankhn Township, Shelby
Co., Ohio, and located on a farm now owned (1916) by J. J. Schilling',
between Anna and Botkins, (3hio. In 1847 they moved to Dinsmore
Twp., Shelby Co., Ohio, one mile .south of Botkins on a farm now owned
by George Vogt, Sr. Here they spent the remainder of their days, Mr.
i.ioyer departing this life in 1861 and Mrs. Boyer in 1867. They spoke
Pennsylvania German, and belonged to the Lutheran Church. Children
(lo): Elizabeth, Samuel Fisher, Lucinda, Joseph, George, William,
Daniel, Mary, Christina, Lavina. Note — These names occur in other
McKeansburg descendants of Christoi^her Beyer. I'Vom the dates of
death of parents, one may judge that they were born about 1790. E (i)
Elizabeth Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and Christina h'isher, mar-
ried Henry Shaffer. Children (13): One son, Frank, lives in Iowa;
Samuel, near Anna, Ohio; and John and Henry in Sydney, Ohio. E
(2) Lucinda married George Shaffer. Children: Frank and Christina
All dead. E (3) josejih died single. E (4) George, a blacksmith, mar-
ried Elizabeth Hillbrant. Ilis only child, Samuel Boyer, lives at Swan-
ders, Ohio. He is married and has. three sons: Lon, Milton, and Louis.
E (5) William married Lydia Mooting at Anna, Ohio, and moved to
Illinois. There was one son, Samuel. Perhaps there were other chil-
dren. E (6) Daniel married twice. The children of the first marriage
were William, Peter, Eliza Jane, Sallie Ann, and Angelina — all dead
except Eliza Jane. The seconl wife was Katy Tobias. Children: l£liza-
beth, Ennnaline, Lucinda, Susan, and Daniel. Note — Elizabeth and Su-
san are dead. Daniel lives in Danville, Illinois. Lucinda lives in Iowa,
and Enmialine in Illinois. E (7) Mary married Christopher Vogt, a
farmer near Anna, Ohio. Children (7) : John, George, Samuel, Chris-
topher, Mary Ann, Lucinda, and Christina. Note — Christopher owns
the farm (1916). E (8) Christina married John Nichols. Children
(2) : John and Christina. John married Ella Smith, near Sydney, Ohio,
and had seven children : Myrta, who married Hart Ncttleship, but left
no descendants; Parley, married Dal Flaherty, of Sydney, CJ)hio ; Artha,
single, a nurse; Loda and William, bothniarried in Illinois; Brice, a
Methodist Episcojjal minister, of Bradford, Ohio, and Laura, recently
married to Enoch Anderson Taylor, of Sydney, Ohio. E (9) Lovina
married Henry Myers and lived in Illinois. Children live in Illinois.
E (10) Samuel Fisher Boyer married (1842) Elizabeth Veach. Chil-
dren ( 10) : George, Jane, Samuel Fisher, Henry, Harvey, Harriet, Chris-
tina, Mary, Frances, Edward, Anna. "When this couple married near
Botkins, Ohio, his father gave him an a.xe which, besides his wife, was
all he possessed. With undaunted courage and a most wonderful help-
mate, he obtained from the Government a piece of land near Botkins,
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Ohio, and as fast as he coiill clear one farm lie accjuired another until,
at the time of his death about 1877, each of the ten children receivetl
80 acres of land or its equivalent in money, and there was still left over
100 acres in the home farm, which was given to his widow. He was a
man of sterlinj^' character, of great influence in his comnumity, and a strict
Lutheran. Not a little of his success in life is to he attributed to his
faithful wife. She died at l^ort Jefferson, Ohio, in November, 1899,
and she rests with her husband in Pearl Cemetery, Swauders, Ohio."
F (i) George Boyer, son of Samuel Fisher Uoyer and l^lizabeth Veacli,
was born April 23, 1846. Soldier in Civil War three years. Farmer.
Address (1916) liotkins, Ohio. Married Nancy Blue. Children (6):
(r) Elmer, a farmer, near Botkins, married, and has two children, Bes-
sie and Raymontl ; (2) William, a farmer, near Jiotkins, married I^ane
Bonneraunt, and has three children, Gladys, Gohlie, and Esther; John,
a farmer, near Botkins, married Mag'gie Finkerbine, and has five chil-
dren, Clyde, Donna and three others; Myrta married Hank Zimpfer, a
farmer near Botkins, and has five children: Delia married Michael Mon-
ger, a barber in Botkins, and has two daughters, Ruhania and Roberta;
Grace married Gustavus Bush, a merchant of Botkins, Ohio. F (2) lane
Boyer, daughter of Samuel Fisher Boyer and Elizabeth Veach, married
Lathan Gallimore, and lived near Botkins, Ohio. Children (7): (i)
Anna married A. L. Nettleshij), of Port Jefl'erson, Ohio, and has fcjur
children living; Cora, wife of I'rof. Webster King, of liotkins; Nellie,
wife of Harry Duckworth, of Port Jetiferson, Ohio; Raymond, of Day-
ton, Ohio; and Elvin, at home. (2) Wilda married Harry Montrose,
of Dayton, Ohio. (3, 4, 5) Bertha, Maude, and Ferna, all left children.
(6) Calvin died single. (7) .\lbert, of Maplewood, Ohio, is married.
F (3) Henry Boyer, son of Samuel Fisher Boyer and P.lizabeth \'each,
was born Sept. 20, 1854. l-'armer. Address (i9i()) Botkins, Ohio
Married I^aura Cochlin. Children (3) : Caroline ( tleatl ) ; Roy at lidme ;
Earnie is married. F (4) W. Harvey Boyer, son of Samuel Fisher l)0\er
and Elizabeth Veach, was born Nov. 20, 1852. Station agent at liot-
kins, Ohio. Married Mattie Elliott. Children (5): (l) S. Perry, of
Wapakoneta, Ohio, has two daughters, \'era and Flossie; (2) iMaiik O.
went to Honolulu in 1899, and has been very successful there, lie is
the personal friend of Queen Lil, is married and has one son, iManl:,
Jr.; (3) Harry C, of 323 South Brown Street, Dayton, Ohio, [printer,
married Minnie Johnson, and has one daughter, .'Vnita ; (4) Wilbur is
single, at home; (5) Bonnie married Cla)ton Sinclair, Princii)rd of
Schools, Botkins, ( )hio. F (5) Harriet Boyer, daughter of Sanuiel
Fisher Boyer and bUizabetli Veach, was Ijorn Nov. 20, 1847, and (bed
May 29, 1908. On Jan. 16, 1870, she married Joseph B. Eudlum. Cliil-
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Chapter 25, Page 333
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dren (7) : (i) Samuel E., a farmer of Maplewood, Ohio, married Lida
irlunt, Chiklren (6) : Lester, \'era, Retha, Roy, and two otliers. (2)
Alice marrieil Marry Kishler, farmer of St. Mary's, Ohio, and her father
lives at her home. (3) Dilla married Ernest Cole, a mail carrier at L5ot-
kins, Ohio. Children: Treva, Everett, antl M}rle. (4) Clara married
Joseph Bennett, a Methodist minister, now of Lafayette, Ohio. Chil-
dren: Harold and Chester, the latter being- in the U. S. Navy. (5) Roy
married Ella Parcher at Port Jefferson, Ohio. (6) Bessie married
Charles Frey, a farmer of Port Jeft'erson, Ohio. (7) Wilda W. died a
child. F (6) Samuel Fisher Boyer, son of Samuel Fisher Boyer and
Elizabeth Veach, was born May 10, 1849, and died October, 1912. Mar-
ried first Emma Botkin, and after her death Clara Botkin, a cousin.
Children of first wife: (i) Calvin Boyer, a farmer of Port Jefferson,
Ohio, married Ethel Lucas. Children: India, Ralph and Howard (2)
Melvin Boyer, of Botkins, Ohio, Addie Dill. Children; Huber, Marion,
Lois. (3) Charles Boyer, of Botkins, married Audrey Patil. (4) Stan-
ley Boyer, of Botkins, married Tillie Shaff'er. Children. The children
of his second wife: (1) Edith (dead). (2) Clarence Boyer, of Botkins,
married. Children. (2) kla married William Metz, a farmer of Jack-
son Center, Ohio. Children. (3) Willard. (4) Herbert. (5) Alvin.
(6) Vernon. (7) Thelma , the latter five single and at home with
mother at Botkins, O. F (7) Christina Boyer, daughter of Samuel
Fisher Boyer and Elizabeth \'each, born Feb. 8, 1850, married Isaac
Forrar, at Swanders, Ohio. Children: (i) Mellie, wife of Frank Sinoot,
a candy manufacturer of Sydney, Ohio. Children : Rexford and Ralph.
(2) Emma marrie.l twice — first to Bert Cunningham. Children: Norine
and W illiam — later to William Winlelman, of Wyoming Street, Da)'ton,
Ohio. (3) Earl, a mail carrier of Swanders, Ohio, married Minnie
Billing. F (8) Edward Boyer, son of Samuel Fisher Boyer and Eliz-
abeth \'each, married Dight Wical. Both are buried near Botkins, Ohio.
Children : ( i ) Effie, married Walter Hastings, of Dayton, Ohio. Chil-
dren : Ralph, Boyer, Harold, P>eulah, and Cliarles. (2) Pearl married
William Dill, of \Va])akoneta, Ohio. Children : 0|)al and liugene. (3)
Blanche married William Johnson, of Detroit, Michigan. F (9)/\.nnie
Boyer, daughter of Samuel Fisher Boyer and Elizabeth \'each, marrie 1
Lorenzo Williams. No children. V (to) Mary Frances Boyer, daughter
of Samuel Fisher Boyer and Elizabeth Veach, born February 27, 1856,
married George Harmon Burns, September 15, 1878. They lived at Port
Jeff'erson, Ohio, where the husband was a blacksmith and carriage maker
Children : (l) Marvin Earl died in infancy. (2) Pearl E. married
Walter 1£. Baker. Atldress (1916) 6 Goethe Street, liinghamtou, N. Y.
The}' have one child, Fredericka May. Note. To this intelligent and
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worthy couple the historian owes much. for tlieir service and to them all
the descendants of Samuel Boyer, the Fairfield County, Ohio, pioneer
owe a debt of gratitude for the story here recorded. (3) Robert B.
Burns, brother of Mrs. Baker, lives in her home. (4) Harl L. Burns
married Olive May Baker and lives at 135 Indiana Avenue, Dayton, Ohio,
where his mother also has her home. Page 230. D (10). The historian
cannot find Peter Boyer's descendants unless he is the ancestor of the fol-
lowing persons, reported by Wm. W. Boyer, of Archbold, Ohio. He says
that his father came to Fairchild County, Ohio, from Schuylkill County,
Pennsylvania, about 1830 or 1833, and speaks of Orwigsburg and Schuyl-
kill Haven. He reports his uncles, but does not know the grand-
father's name. All the local associations would seem to connect with
Peter Boyer, or a brother. If he is the father, tlie children were John
B. Boyer and Daniel Boyer, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and perhaps others
in Pennsylvania. E (i) John. B. Boyer, probably the son of Peter Boyer,
was born about 1800 in Pennsylvania, moved to Fairfield County, Ohio,
where he is buried at the Betzer Church. Lutheran. His wife's name
was Susan. Presbyterian. Children : William \V., Charles, Henry and
George. B (2) Daniel Boyer, probably a son of Peter iioyer, was born
in Schuylkill Co., Pa., like his brother, and is buried near Carroll, Fair-
field Co., Ohio. One daughter lived there in 1909, and a grandson by
the name of Daniel Boyer lived at Canal Winchester, Ohio, in 1909.
F (i) William W. Buyer, son of John B. Boyer and wife Susan, was
born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, August 15, 1837. Lutheran. Farmer.
Wife's name is Sarah. Address (1909) Archbold, Ohio, R. D. 17. Chil-
dren : (i) Ada S., wife of Mr. Gleason, of Archbold, Ohio. (2) Maud
Dell, wife of Mr. Weber, lives in Fulton Co., Ohio. (3) Delia May, wife
of Mr. Stucky, of Arclibokl, Ohio. (4) John G. Boyer, burn Seiitember
2, 1887. Address (1909) Archbold, Ohio. Farmer. F (2) Charles
Boyer, son of John B. Boyer and wife Susan. Address (19CX)) Bluft'ton,
Indiana. F (3) Mary A., wife of Mr. Rath, of Boonville, Work Co.,
Indiana. F (4) Henry Boyer, son of John B. Boyer and wife Susan.
Address (1909) Carroll, Fairfield Co., Ohio. F (5) George L. ]k)yer,
son of John B. Boyer and wife Susan. Address ( i<;09) Luckville, Fair-
field Co., Ohio. Children : John, Edward, and Harvey. The mother's
name is Ellen.
CHAPTER XT— Page 271. E (4) at top. Children of Jacob
Boyer and wife Carohne Donmoyer : (1) Priscilla, Milton, Emma, Frank.
Samuel, and Minnie — all of Tower City, Pa., except Milton, whose ad-
dress is Peoples' Post, Pa. E (8) Martin Boyer married Catherine Leff-
ler. Children: Annie, Charles, and Hannah. E (9) Ciiarles Boyer's
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wife is Mary Susanes. Children : Daniel, John, Charles, Vesta, and
Theodore.
CHAPTER XII — Page 281. Seventh line from bottom of page.
Monroe Boyer should be D (4), not B (4). His son William D. Boyer
married Lou Johnson, of St. Joseph, Mo. Children : Ethel, Douglass,
Ralph, and Mary. His brothers : George T. Boyer, St. Joseph, Mo.,
Arthur Boyer, of Idaho, Robert Boyer, of Colorado, and Charles Boyer
(deceased). Page 2S;^. Middle of page. E (4) Peter D. Boyer, of
Easton, Mo., not San Antonio, Mo., is a farmer. Married Sallie John-
son. No children. E (3) Newton Boyer died single. E (2) (icorge
M. Jjoyer, his other brother, married Jane Turner Johnson. Farmer.
Left no surviving son.
CHAPTER XIX— Page 298. B (i) The daughters of Charles E.
Boyer and Elizabeth Kenney were Sallie, Esther, and Polly, instead of
Victoria, Polly, and Jane. See also C (8) Page 299. C (8) Sallie
married, wife of William Shaw, left no surviving descendant. C (9)
Esther, born 1811, married Davis Phillips, of Northampton, N. B., in
1833. Farmer. Baptists. Children : William Plenry, Robert M., Zo-
phar D., Nathan F , George E., Enoch D., Charles S., Victoria J., Eliza
A., and Alma M. C (10) Polly married Charles Rideout, a farmer, of
Peel, N. B. Baptists. Children (15) : Charles, George, William, Amos,
Joseph, 'i'homas Ebenezer, Batlisheba, Betsy, etc. D (i) William Henry
I'hillips, son of Esther Boyer and Davis Phillips, was born 1835 ^*^ Pem-
broke, N. B., and lived on same farm until he died in 1910. Baptist.
Marrie:! Eliza J. Johnson in 1864. Children : (i) Annie F., died 22
years old. (2) .Augusta C. married Fred. S. Sharpe, of Grafton, N. B.
Farmer. Baptist. Children: Heber P., Annie A., Ralph H., Clive D.,
Lawrence A. — all at home. (3) Nathan F., of Pembroke, married Augusta
Clowes. No children. (4) Henry A., of Pembroke, N. B., married Ada
G. Phillips in 191 1. Children: Winston Hazen and Frederic Kieth.
(5) Alma Beatrice Phillips. Address (1916) Pembroke, Carleton Co.,
N. J5., Canada. Note— She helped the Boyer historian record her peo-
ple. (6) Bruce A., of Pembroke, N. B. (7) Dr. Norman S., of 10
Wachusett Street, I^owell, Mass. Dentist. Married (1908) Isabelle
Wiggin. Children: William and Henry and Muriel (died in 1915).
(8) Lucretia married (1910) C. Gordon Sharpe, of Pembroke, N. B.
Children: Gladys M., and Louise Elaine. (9) Wendell R., of Pem-
broke, N. B. D (2) Robert Philips, son of Esther Boyer and Davis
Phillips, lived at Grafton, N. B., and died 1903. D (3) Zophar D., Up-
per Woodstock, N. B. D (4) Nathan F., of San Francisco, Cal., died
1899. D (5) George E., of Lynn, Mass., died 1889. D (6) Enoch D.,
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of Pembroke, N. B., died 1848. 1) (7) Charles S., of New York City,
died 1907. D (8) Victoria J. married Charles Smith. Address (1916)
1427 Wahnit Street, Ahiieda, Cal. 1) (o) Eliza A. married John John-
son. Address (1916) Pembroke, N. P.. 1) (10) Ahna M. died 1861) at
Pembroke, N. B. D (i) Charles Rideout, son of Polly Boyer and
Charles Rideout, died single. D (2) Ebenezer died in Civil War. D.
(3j Amos married first Miss liradley, who left him two children. Page
and Carey. I-^ater he married again, and there are two sons, Charles
and Reverend Allen. Address (1916) Dorchester, Mass. D (4) Thomas
married first Miss McBurney, who left him one child. When he died
his brother Joe married the widowed mother of the child. D (5) Betsy
married William Shaw. D (6) Bathsheba married Bert Gallupe.
CHAPTER XXIII— Pages 320. D (i) Daniel S. Boyer died July
II, 1916, at his home. Page 325. Middle of page, (b) Thomas R. E-
Fegley, of 4647 Umbria Str., Manayunk, Pa., was born Sept. 22, 1858.
Catholic. Shoe manufacturer. Married Mary Sclmeider, of Pottsville,
Pa., and was born June 27, 1855. Children: (i) Mary Magdalene, born
June 26, 1881, married Edward Ealferty, of Phila., Pa. She died Sept.
28, 1910. Children; Mary Ella, Anna Cecilia. (2) Celia Louise, born
May 22, 1884, and Florence, born Feb. 28, 1893. She died Sept. 19, 19CKJ.
(c) Elnora J. S. Fegley, sister of Thomas above, was born Sept. 14,
1863. Reformed. Married Jacob A. Scharadin, born Nov. 24, 1859.
Owner of the Orwigsburg Knitting- Mills. Reformed. Children: (1)
Bertha May, born March 11, 1889. Married W. G. Rohrer. Children:
Elnora S. (dead), Bertha Marie. (2) Edward Fegley Scharadin, born
Aug. 25, 1897. Address (1915) Mercersburg Academy. Note — Helped
historian record his people. Page 322. D (2) (b) George Shock married
Emma Koch. Children: Kathryn, Salem, Vernon. Mrs. Howard Trout's
children: William (dead), Mary I., at home.
CHAPTER XXVI— Page 338. D (4) Middle of page. Jeremiah
D. Boyer died Feb. 1916. Page 339. E (2) Tenth line from buttcnn
"Cyrenius F. Boyer is one of Fleetwood's most ])rog-rossive business
men, and has long been in the public life of the borough. His name
lias been coupled with the promotion of practically every new enterjirise
advocated for the improvement and advancement of the borough. He
was twice elected a member of the Council, serving six years, and in
1906 he was elected Burgess." Page 336. D. ( i ) Middle of page. First
word of third line should be Mell, not Mull. D (6) in same paragra])h.
Jacob Wagley's children are Francis, and Isadore, both of Reading, Pa.
Note — Isadore married Wilson Merkel. The list given in book is a mis-
print. Page 341. E (i) The list of line one and two are out of place.
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Florence M. DeLong married Edward S. Hiester. Child: rauline Eliza-
beth. Carrie "Kramer" in line 8 should be Krammes. The last name in
the paragraph should be Myron Francis instead of "Marion Frances."
CHAPTER XXVn— Page 344. C (2) Benjamin Byer married
Elizabeth Modrcy, not I\Jartin. See also D (i) near top, page 347.
David Cyer was born 1813, and died Nov. 6, 1868. A Disciple. Farmer.
Lived at Pickering, Canada. Married (Sept. 20, i83()) Modlanz Brown.
Children (9): Elizabeth, Benjamin, Annie, Hannah, Mary Jane, Sarah.
Ardelia, Joseph, and Ira. t'cige 353. K (2) near bottom. Ira iioyer,
of Claremont, ( hilario, Canada, has no family. Lived with his mother
until she died in U/J3. He has given the historian valuable help.
Through him we know the interesting history of his brother, IJcnjamin
Byer. "Benjamin (lien) Boyer was a well known prospector during the
eighties and nineties in the mining district of Algonia and Michipicoten,
with his residence at Sault St. Marie, Ontario. P.esides locating several
valuable copper, nickel, and gold propositions, — his name and reputation
are associated for all time with the last named district as the discover'T
and locator of the famous Helen Iron Mine, now owned and operated
by the Algoma Steel Company, of Soo, Ontario. This mine has prove-'
a continuous producer of first quality, self-lluxing red hematite ore.
President F. H. Clerque was so well pleased with the deal for this
Iron Claim that he directed lien Boyer's name to be i)laced on the pay-
rolls of the L. S. P. Co. at a monthly salary of $75 for life." He died
a most honored employee of this copmany in 1908. Married Ann P)ody.
They lived at Sault St. Marie. Children (i2j : Most of these have died,
and uncle Jra does not know where the others are. Tht sisters named
above: (i) Elizabeth married John Russell, and died 1908, leaving seven
children at flickering, Canada. (2) Annie married James Mackay, Ad-
dress (1916) Toronto, Canada. Of her children ordy a daughter sur-
vives, and she lives with the mother. (3) Idannah married James Ma-
dill, of Claremont, Ontario, Canada. There were nine children. The
boys live in Detroit, Mich. (4) Mary Jane married Alexander Taylor,
who died 1880, leaving four children. Later she married A. W. Mackay.
Address (1916) Claremont, Ontario. (5) Sarah married Walter Post,
lived in New York, died 1907, leaving one daughter. (6) Ardelia niar-
lied William Lamblyn, and died in St. L^ouis, Mo., 1889. Page 348.
Paragraph E (i) Henry L. Boyer, of iiradford, Ohio, married Sarah
Bayman. No children. E (2) Albert L. Boyer, born 1852, married
Malinda Brant, and after her death Sadie Schuster. Children of first
wife: Pearl, Maude, Cora, Fannie, and Goldie. In E (4) (i) Ira Boyer
married Daisy Horner not Plomer. (2) Clarence married Florence
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Flory, not Fiery. In E (5) (2) Myrtle Voissard lives at Long Beach,
Cal. In E (8) Ida Beyer married Leonard Warvel. In E (9) Obed
Boyer was born 1855. On page 349 E (3) John Boyer, farmer, whose
wife's name is Luella, has only one child, Claude. E (i) at head of
same paragraph should read: Sarah Boyer, daughter of Daniel Boyer
and wife, Elizabeth Cable, married Mr. Byrd, of Dawn, Ohio. Sou:
Grover Byrd. Page 351. See (6) at bottom. Greencastle should be
Waynesboro. (7) Henry Byers. Address (1915) 381 Grand Avenue,
Rochester, N. Y. Page 352. Judge Isaac W. Boyers published (1915)
a most valuable book entitled "Byers' Farm Record and Account Book."
His wife, Dora Rosenstock, departed this life Jan. 31, 1916.
CHAPTER XXIX— Page 360. Top line. Bessie Eva McCloughlin
married Arleigh Arrison, July 20, 1912. Elizabeth I., her sister, married
Oda Gray, May 20, 1912. D (4) Robert Al. Buyer's address shoul 1 be
Grove City, Pa. Plis son, Roy ("Bert") Davis, married Blanche ileidler.
May 6, 1902. Page 360. Second last paragraph. Harry S. Byers,
born May 22, 1870, at Lena, 111. ,died at Fallon, Nevada, where he was
employed in business, 191 5. Married. His only child is Mrs. Frank Mc-
Carthy, of San Gabriel, California. His brother, Joseph, is at Minneapo-
lis, and Ben at Duluth.
CHAPTER XXX— Page 366. Second line from top. Martha V.,
should be Martin Y. Page 367. E (2) Dr. Samuel J. Boyer's address
is Milroy, Pa. Page 368. Middle of page. Martin V. Boyer's address
is Tejon Ranch, Bakersfield, California.
CHAPTER XXXI— Page 372. Seventh line from top. Orin Boy-
er's address, 3202 I'ark Boulevard, Pinellas, Florida. Page 373. Last
line. Jane married Isaac Straw, merchant of Weslover, Pa.
CII.IPTER XXXII— Page 376. l-ourteenth line from bottom.
Evangelical minister. Twelfth line from bottcjm. Stonemason and plas-
terer. Page 380. D (3), below middle of page. Bessie B. Bo)er was at
the Chicago Fair (1892-1893), not at St. Louis. Her husband died Jan.
6, 1916. Her address: 4606 Woodland Avenue, Chicago, Ills. I'age
378. C (i) William Boyer's children: Rebecca, John, Susan, Frisbee,
Hannah, William, Martin, Samuel, Charles, Sarah. Page 381. D (i)
Rebecca was married twice; tirst, to A. J. Warner, who died early, leav-
ing one son, A. J. Warner, Jr., who married Laura Randle in 1879, •^^^
liad a daughter Edith. This Edith married Kinkead. Address (1916)
1 105 Harvard Str., Washington, D. C. She has two sons, Eugene and
Randall. By her second marriage to Thomas R. Turner, Rebecca Boyer
had four sons: (i) William, of Seattle, Washington. Married, but has
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no children. (2) Frederick W., who died in Ogden, Utah, in 1890.
(3) Dr. Utah B. Turner, of Memphis, Tenn., married Florence Acree.
One son: Carroll. (4) Charles, of St. Paul, Minn. Married. Chil-
dren: Bert and Isabel. Page 378. C (i), near bottom. David Boyer,
son of George, must have removed to Falmouth Station, Lancaster Co.,
Pa., probably after his wife had died at Leesport, Pa. His children, so
far as we know, were Elijah G. Boyer, and Caroline Boyer (Moore).
C (2) George Boyer, brother of David, kept tavern at Elizabethtown,
near Mt. Joy, Lancaster Co., Pa. Wife's name was Mary (Molly).
Children: John J. Boyer, Caroline Boyer, perhaps others. C (3) Jacob
Boyer, another brother of George and David, had a son, John Boyer,
who died in York, Pa. Note — Although Mrs. Spayd could not report
the data, they are based on the statement of John J. Boyer, Rcnovo,
Pa., who says in his letter : We are "kin to the Boyer who was Speaker
of the House several years ago" — meaning David Allen Boyer, E ( i )
page 384. This statement is confirmed by his cousin, Elijah G. Boyer,
Falmouth Station, Lancaster Co., Pa., who writes: "My father came
from Reading to Lancaster County when quite young." D (i) Elijah
G. Boyer, son of David Bo3'er and wife, resides (11)13) on the old
homebcead at Falmouth Station, Lancaster Co., Pa. Married Mary A.
Fraiitz. Children: (a) Emma (Andrews), who has two daughters,
Ruth and I£lla, and two boys, Charles and John (b) Effie j\1. (Floyd),
who has a daughter, Mary E., and two sons, Ephraim and Chester, (c)
Mary E. Boyer — at home, (d) George W. Boyer married and his chil-
dren are Marion, Charles, Gordon, George, Clarence M., and Mazella
(Ploffart). (e) Harry H. Boyer has three daughters, Caroline, Helen,
Margaret and one boy, Walter. D (2) Caroline Boyer, Elijah's sister,
married Mr. Moore. Address (1913) 547 N. Duke Street, York, Pa.
D (i) John J. I)Oyer, son of George Boyer and wife, Mary, lived at
Renovo, Pa. (1911). Soldier in Civil War three years two months, Co.
K, 5th Regt. P. R. V. C. Died Aug. 15, 191 1. His son, George F. Boyer,
resides at Renovo, Pa.
CHAPTER XXHI. Page 323, top paragraph, (c) Dr. Boyer,
born Dec. 20, 1869, married Margaret C. Steiner. Children: Ruth A.,
and Orpha C.
CHAPTER XXXIV— Page 392. D (i) Churchwell Boyer was
born March, 1821. D (2) Stephen Boyer, who died 89 years, 9 months
old, was a farmer. Methodist. Married Nancy McCraw. Children:
James (died young) ; Sanuiel Edmond, of lUiral Retreat, Va. ; Mordecai
(dead) ; John W. (dead) ; Jacob (dead) ; Rush T., of Spring Valley, Va.
D (3), near middle of page. Johnson Boyer died at Elk Creek, .Gray-
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son Co., Va. Farmer. Methodist. Married Margaret Stone. ChiHren:
(i) Troy Winton Boyer, of Long's Gap, Va., lives on the old home. (2)
Wirtiam died in the West. (3) Ellen, (4) Rosa, (5) Etta (Mrs. Win-
gate), (G) Mary (Mrs. Kirby), all near Elk Creek. D (4) Morgan
Boyer, of Grayson Co., Va., was born .\pril i, 1815, and died at Grant,
Va., in 1901. Farmer. Methodist. Married first to Martha Fielder,
and after her death, to Mary Panline Hackler. Children: John Andrew
Jackson Boyer, William Lee, Chnrchwell David, Reece Conrad, Ma-
hala, Rosa, Cora Bell, Flotilla Catharine, Lucy Ellen. D ( 5 )
Robert Boyer, of Grayson County, died in Civil War. Married
Jane Hackler. Children : Wiley, Nancy. Note — Both are deceased
There may be descendants. Page 394. Sixth line from bottom.
Of the "two girls at home," one married A. F. Carlson, of Cherry, Ari-
zona. ]-'age 395. Near bottom. E (2) Ale.x. G. Boyer, of Cedonia,
Washington, married Miss Gamble, who is dead, leaving a son, Thomas
M. Boyer, and perhaps others. Page 398. E (i) Samuel Edmond Boyer,
son of Ste])hen Boyer and wife, Nancy McCraw. Address (1915) Rural
Retreat. Va. Married Margaret Rhudy. Children: (i) John R. Boyer,
a banker, married, but the historian has no data. (2) Wythe Bo\er
■died young. (3) William Boyer married, but died in Oklahoma, and
there are no data. (4) Mollie married Joseph Wynne, and resides in
Nebraska. (5) Linnie married R. F. Wright, of Bristol, \'a. (6) Lutie
married Philip Suavely, of Rural Retreat, V^a. E (2) Mordecai iioyer
married Kate Hines, Grayson, Co., \'a. Children : ( i ) Robert, a farmer,
of Carsonville, Va. (2) James, of Carsonville, is single. (3) Joseph,
of same place, is married. K (3) Jacob Ho\er married Mattie Graham.
E (4) John Walter Boyer was boru June 22, 1842, in Summerfield,
Grayson Co., Va. Farmer. Methodist. Married Kate Stewart lioilman,
of Wytheville, Va. Children: (r) Rev. Sanders Stephen Boyer, born
Sept. 14, 1876. Ordained elder in M. E. Church, South. Address (1916)
202 North Dodd Avenue, Ridgedale, Chatanooga, Tenn. Very active
pastor and Sunday school worker. Helped Boyer historian record his peo-
ple. Married Gertrude Frances Gibson, of Lenoir City, Tenn. One child
(adopted), Eugenia Peters Boyer. (2) Walter Stewart Boyer. Ad-
dress (1916) King City, Mo. Farmer. Methodist. ]\Lirried Mayme
Rogers. Children: Archie (dead), and Fred. (3) Creed Jacob Boyer
Address (1916) Madison, Wis. Machinist. Single. (4) Kent James
Boyer, of Madison, Wis. Tinner. Single. (5) Thomas Archie Boyer,
of Fullerton, Nebr. Farmer. Single. (6) Siddie Elizabeth Boyer
(dead), wife of John W. .A-tkins, of Grayson Co., Va. Children: Emma,
Mabel, Lana, Walter. (7) Lilly H. Boyer, wife of Wilson C. Kane, of
Bramville, W. Va. Children: William C, Kate, Ralph. (8) Laura
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Brown Boyer, wife of Harry Prevost, of Rowland, N. C. No children.
E (5) Rush F. Boyer was horn in Sunnnerfield, Grayson Co., Va., ahout
1846. Address ( 1916) Spring- Valley, Va. Mechanic. Methodist. Mar-,
ried Caroline Wright. Children: ( i) James Ellis, Curtis, hoth mechanics,
of Spring- Valley, Va., and l)oth married; Mary, wife of Rufus Hawks,
of same place; Mary (Funk), and Sallie, wife of I'aul Atkins, of same
place. Page ^ij&. E (1), near midille oi page. John Andrew Jack-
son Boyer, son of Morgan Bo\'er and wife, Martha l^'^ielder, was bcjrn
1853 in Grayson Co., Va. Address (191 5) liattle Creek, Nehr. Car-
penter. Methodist. Married A'irginia Caroline Watson. Children: (i)
George Washing^tt)n B(jyer, painter and paiierhanger. (2) Charles Brax-
ton Boyer, a farmer, of Soldier, Itiaho. (.3) Euther Benton Boyer, of
Long Pine, Nebr. (4) Frederick Jamieson Boyer, a farmer, of Tilden,
Neh. (5) Arlhm- Benton Boyer. a farmer of Tilden, Nebr. (6)
Rosie May, of Chadron, Nebr. Nurse in Soldier's Home. E (2)
V^^illiam Lee l^oyer, son of Morgan l>oyer, was born Oct. 22,
1863, at Grant, Grayson Co., Va. Address (T915) 827 Salem Avenue,
W., Roanoke, Va. With Singer Sewing Machine Company. iMethodist.
Helped the Boyer historian record his people. Married Adella Jane Cor-
nett, of Grayson Co., Va. Children: (i) Virgil Wiley i^oyer, of Topeka,
Kansas. Born Aug. 6, 1888. (2) Thomas Howard Boyer, born Aug
9, 1892. (3) Laura Mabel, born Aug. 6, 1895. E (3) Churchwell David
Boyer, son of Morgan Boyer, was born Dec. 19, 1864. Address (1915),
Battle Creek, Nebr. Lumber dealer. Methodist. Helped historian very
much. Married May Baker, Feb. 9, 1898. Children: William Luray,
Viola May, Luma Marie, Chester Alton, and Ellwood Everett — all at
Battle Creek, Nebr. E (4) Reece Conrad P)0yer, son of Morgan Boyer,
was born Oct. 1865. Address (191 5) FLaley, Idaho. Ranchman. Metho-
dist. Married Jennie Mink about 1889, but the historian does not know
if there are children. E (5) Mahala Boyer (dead). E (6) Rose (Mrs.
Johnson), of Grant, Va. E (7) Cora Belle (Mrs. McKee), of Fair-
wood, Va. E (8) Flotilla Catharine (Mrs. Givens), of Arkansas, or
Texas. E (9) Ivucy Ellen (Mrs. Cox), of Bridle Creek, Va.
CPfAPTER XXXV— Page 402. E (7) Lydia Boyer Spenny's ad-
dress is Thornville, Ohio. Page 403. E (6), near top. Catharine
Boyer married Mr. Binkley, of Thornville, Ohio. Bottom of page.
Tube Sleeper's address is 950 Diversey Parkway, Chicago, Illinois.
Page 404. E (i), twelfth line from bottom. Ruth H. Boyer's address
is 1033 N. Rural Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Her father has died.
CHAPTER XXXVI— Page 410. F (5), twelfth line from bottom.
Edward R. Boyer's address is Clackamas, Oregon, R. D. i. Box 48.
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Page 410. F (3) bottom of page. Frank Austin Boyer's address is
306 Gardner Bldg., Toledo, Ohio.
CHAPTER XXXVII— Page 411. Valentine Boyer. Mrs. Elizabeth
B. Fitzsimmons, 115 Church Street, Washington, Pa., says that her
grandfather, Valentine Boyer, was a Revolutionary soldier, and drew
a pension from the government. Only one Valentine Boyer is reported
in the Pennsylvania Archives. See page 1151, Vol. 3, Sixth Series.
Private soldier. Enlisted from Phila., Pa. This item evidently identities the
man. Note — One of his dau:;hters married George Trontman, of Sharon,
Pa., where Valentine is buried. Philip Troutman, 615 State Street, may
be able to find a grave, and furnish data. Mrs. Fitzsimmons sa)'s Val-
entine died in 1850, the result of a fall from a horse. Page 411. B
(i), at bottom. Jacob Boyer married Susan Shapi)ell, of Hamburg, Pa.
Chiklren : Solomon, Jacob, David, several girls, and perhaps other boys.
Note— The relatives can not locate these children. Page 412. B (2),
near top. Henry Boyer, of Sharon, Pa., died in Ohio. Married, InU no
children. Page 412. C (5) Emmeline Boyer Downing's address is 17
Emerson, Place, Buffalo, N. Y. Page 124. B (7), near top. Samuel
Kean P)0yer died 1842, according to Mrs. Fitzsimmons. Page 413.
D (4), near top. Jeanette Eaton's address is 136 Bidwell Parkway,
Buffalo, N. Y.
CHAPTER XXXIX— Page 415. B ( i) Peter Buyer's children wore :
Margaret, Michael, Jacob, ami perhaps others. Page 415. Note — The word
"Byer"' all through the chapter should be ''Boyer." In line 16, rel)uilt
should take the place of "another built." In line 6, page 416, the "note"
should read: Conrad and Margaret l>oyer had a daughter named Mary,
who married George Houck, brother of Susan Houck. Page 417, last
paragraph, 2d line, "Ludwig" should be Lutlvvick, and wherever that name
occurs. And in the same ])aragrph in the yth line "John C. Lanham"
shoul! be Joseph C. Lanham. Note — The above corrections are by Attor-
ney John K. Byers, Warrensburg, Mo. Page 415. B ( i) Peter Boyer, son
of Conrad Boyer and Margaret Ivicl, married twice. The children of his
first marriage were Michael, Jacob, John, Adam, Hannah, Elizabeth, and
two orhers. His second wife was Mrs. lirandenberry, who left him only
one child, Joseph Boyer. Page 416. C (i) Michael Boyer, son of Peter
Boyer, married and left one son, Dr. Truman S. Boyer, and one daugh-
ter Mrs. Prier. Address (1915) her son, Otis E. Prier, 514 Nash Street,
Akron, Ohio. The latter may know address of Dr. Truman S. Boyer.
Note^-Mrs. Alma C. Boyle, of Butler, Indiana, says she knows nothing
about Michael's brother, John Boyer. She said that Mrs. Minnie Snuir,
of Butler, Indiana, can give data for history of the other brother, Adam
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Boyer, and that Alfred Keplar, of Waterloo, Indiana, can report their
sister, Hannah's family. Hannah Boyer's sister, Elizabeth, married
Elisha Beard. Children: Cinderella, Anneliza, Benton, Olive, Byron,
Jason, Albert, Clara, Oliver, and Margaret, (i) Cinderella Beard mar-
ried Adam Jackman, leaving one daughter, Dona, who married Leo Caro.
Leo Caro left one son, Fred., of Grand Rapids, Mich. (2) Anneliza
Beard married James Ervin, leaving one son. Perry Ervin, of Latta,
Ind. (3) Benton Beard married Elizabeth Eagle. Address (1915)
Butler, Indiana. Children: Calvin and Charles. (4) Olive Beard mar-
ried William McQueen, leaving no children. (5) Byron Beard married
a Miss Baxter. (6) Jason Beard married, but there are no data, except
that both are dead. (7) Albert Beard married Sarah Campbell, leav-
ing no children. (8) Clara Beard married Mr. Bates, leaving a daugh-
ter. (9) Oliver Beard is dead. (10) Margaret Beard married Frank
Demon, leaving children. ( Jne son is at Los Angeles, Cal. C (9)
Joseph Boyer, son of Peter lioyer and second wife Branderberry, was
born Sept. i, 1821, in Stark Co., Ohio. Farmer and stockbuyer. Mar-
ried Sarah Jackman, Dec. 22, 1841. Children: Edward H., Oliver,
Cyrus C, Jay B., Alma Cclestia, Electa Detisia. Edward H. Boyer, son
of Josei)h Boyer and wife, Sarah Jackman, resided at Plains, Kansas.
Married Lydia Jackman, Sept. 1864. Children: (i) Almeda (Mrs. Ras-
mussen), of 1218 i'erry Street, Davenport, Iowa, has one child. {2)
Richard I. Boyer, of Meade, Meade Co., Kansas, married, and has three
children. (3) Charles Pn)yer, of Plains, Kansas, married, but has no
children. (4) Gertrude (Mrs. Edwards), of Meade, Kansas, has three
children. (5) Ethel (Mrs. Bennett), of Dodge City, Kansas, has no
children. (6) Bertha (Mrs. Elliott), of Meade, Kansas, has no chil-
dren. D (2) Oliver, sou of Joseph Boyer and second wife, resides at
Uneeda, Kansas. Married Elizabeth Gutridge. Children: (i) Dr. Ed-
ward Z. Boyer, of Kansas City, Mo., married, and has three children.
(2) Sedalia (Mrs. Younger), of Independence, Mo., R. D. 6, has two
children. (3) Inez (Mrs. McCowen), now deceased, left two chil-
dren, p son and a daughter. The daughter, Daurayne, might be at Deep-
water, Mo. (4) Sadie (Mrs. Cain), of Perry, Kansas, has three chil-
dren. D (3) Cyrus C. Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife, married.
Mary Walsworth at Auburn, Indiana. Both are deceased, leaving a
son, Carey W. Boyer, of Pulmaii, Indiana, and a daughter, Nellie (Mrs.
Dwyer), of May wood, Indiana. She has two children. D (4) Jay
B. Boyer, son of Joseph Boyer and wife, died unmarried. D (5) Alma
Celestia Boyer, daughter of Joseph Boyer anil wife, born May 23, 1857,
in DeKalb Co., Ind., married William D. Boyle, Jan., 1878. She helped
the Boyer historian very much. Address (1915) Butler, Ind., Box 284.
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Children: (i) Cleo Grace, teacher of domestic science, 213 West 4th
Str., Ottumwa, Iowa. (2) John Boyle, of ^(^z Wt. Prospect Str., New-
ark, N. J. Commercial teacher in Higlv School. Married Nancy Biinen-
derfer, June, 1911. One daughter: Alda Elizabetli. (3) Ethel Marie,
of i>iuier, Indiana. D (6) l{lecta Boyer, daughter of Joseph Boyer and
wife, married Walter M. Thompson, and has one son. i^age 416. C (1)
Dr. Truiuan S. Boyer's address is Hogniam, Washington. Four chil-
dren. His sister, Mrs. Amanda E. Brier's address i.'^ 750 S.- Sherman
Avenue, Denver, Col. Page 4ir). C (1) According" to Mrs. Franklin
Spiegle. of 1,0s .\ngeles, California, a Conrad Boyer married his cousin
Margaret Boyer, daughter of Peter Boyer and wife, Margaret. Chil-
dren: (I) Sarah (Mrs. Charles Bronson), (2) Conrad Boyer, who luar-
ried Catharine Firestone, leaving five children; Truman, of Akron, Ohio,
Sheridan, C)live, Lillian, Francis. (3) Mary (Mrs. Daniel Sausser).
Note — If it was not this C ( 1) whom Alargaret married, another brother
of Peter Boyer B (i), had a son, Conrad. Note — Mary Boyer (Saus-
ser) left a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Franklin Spiegle. .Address
(1916) 206 East Santa IJarbara Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. Children:
(a) George W. Spiegle, of .VnacDntla, Montana; (b) Daniel F., of Cos-
mopol'.^,. Washington; (c) Ina May (wife of Dr. Norman A. Cramer),
of Loveland, Colorado; (d) Jason Jerome, of Medford, Oregon.
CHAPTER XL— Page 419. B (i), thinl line. The date 1870
should be 1780, and Hezekiah C, should be inserted after Hyrcanus J.
in the list of Jacob Boyer's children, and shotdd count as C (7). Rev-
erend Hezekiah C. Boyers son of Jacob Boyers and wife, Elizabeth
Lauck, was born July 25, 1815, in Frederick county, Maryland — at
Trout Royal, or F^rontroil, as his son thinks it might be. Methodist
minister, ordained by Bishop Morris. His first wife, Mary Narcissa
Beall, born Dec. 18, 1820, died Dec. 9, 1853. On Jan. 22, 1856, he mar-
ried Elizabeth M. Brock. Children : James William Boyers, Susan Eliza-
beth Boyers, John Wesley Boyers, Zara Permelia Boyers, Mary Virginia
Boyers, and of second wife Emma Eva Boyers, Martha Juliette Boyers,
and Margaret Alice Boyers. Note — Reverend Hezekiah C. Boyers lived
in Burlington and Danville, Iowa, and later at Nebraska City, where
he flied. D ( i ) James William Boyers, son of Rev. Hezekiah C. Boy-
ers and wife, Mary Narcissa Beall, was born Sefjt. 18, 1844, at F'ayette-
ville, Arkansas. Address (1916) Prescott, Iowa. Graduate of Iowa
Wesleyan College. Taught school 30 years in Nebraska. Owner of an
immense farm. Fine genealogist, and helped historian to record his ])co-
ple. Married Amanda Chance, Jan. 2, 1876. Children: (i) Guy E. Boy-
ers, Grace Narcissa, Charles Raymond, Daisy Maude, Eva Louise. Note
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— Grace married Walter A. Putnam and Daisy married Harry I. Putnam
— all of I'rescott, Iowa. D (2) Susan Elizabeth Boyers, born May 19,
1846, married John Reed, a druggist, and moved to Oakland, Cal. She
died there July 10, 1907, leaving three children: James G., John L., and
Permelia, — all of whom are marrieil and live at Oakland and San Fran-
cisco. D (3) John Wesley Boyers was born May 19, 1848, but his broth-
er does not give any data for him. D (4) Zara Permelia Bo);crs, born
Feb. 23, 1850, married Richard Newall. Children; Albert B., Zarabelle,
Mollie, and Dr. Charles Homer. After her husband's tleath, Zara Boy-
ers married Oct. 6, 1886, Dr. Barclay T. Trueblood. Children: Jennie
Lind, and Donald V. Their address is 2r40 Sixth Avenue W., Seattle,
Washington. Note — Jennie Lind Trueblood, born Oct. 2, 1887, married
Aug. 7, 1912, W. S. Kirkpatrick, of Seattle, Washington. .Vddrcs.^
(i(;i6) Portland, Oregon. Donald \'aughn Trueblood, born Sc\)\.. 10,
1889, graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 19 15. Address.
(1916) Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Zarabelle Nevvall
was born Feb. 21, 1869; Albert B., Aug. 10, 1871; Mary E., Aug. 28,
1873; Dr. Charles Homer, F'eb. 16, 1876. He died Feb. 20, 1902. I)
(5) Mary Virginia Boyers was born Jan. 4, 1852, but the historian has
no other data. D (6) Emma Eva Boyers was born Feb. 27, 1858. D
(7) Martha Juliette, May 30, 1862; and D (8) Margaret Alice, Aug. 22,
1865. Note — These three girls were graduates of West Virginia Lhii-
versity. Emma Eva married Louis Hubbard, now deceased. Martha
Juliette married George C. Baker, a lawyer in Morgantown, W. V'a.
Margaret Alice married J. k'rank Nelson, Page 419. C (7), near
bottom. Elizabeth Boyers Campbell's children were Wilber, lulwaril,
Larraby, and one or two sisters. Page 420. D ( i ), midille of page. Ben-
son Boyers died at David City, Nebraska, where his children, if he left
any, may be found. I'age 420. D {3), of last jjaragraph. Dr. Cyrus
F^letcher Bo}ers married F^lizabeth Jane Rymer, daughter of Dr. Henr\'
A. Rymer. She was born March 8, 1850. Children: (a) Lillie M., wife
of Dr. X'irgil N. Jones. Address (191 5) 423 North Wells Str., Sisters-
ville, W. Va. Children: F'dna Hazel and Velma Pauline, (bj Dr. Henry
Morgan Boyers, now deceased, married /Vnna R. Reynolds. Onl)'C)ne
child: [yawrence H l»oyers. Adtlress (1915) ^caj High Str., Fairinont,
W. Va. (c) Dr. William F. Boyers. Address (1915) 212 Merchant
Str., y'airmont, W. V. Married Lauanna Riggs. Children: Ruth, Frank.
Naomi, Pauline, Louise, (d) Dr. Cyrus T. I'oyers, jr. Address (1915)
Little Falls, W. \'a. Married Rosa Holland. Children: Frederic Earl,
and Henr\' Harold, (e) Dr. Charles L. Boyers. .Vddress (1915) EHen-
boro, W. Va. Married Naomi Riggs. Children: Charles Eugene, and
Paul ;\lston. (f) Dr. Lee B. Boyers. Address: 212 Walnut Ave., Fair-
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mont, W. Va., Married Josie I'earl Soyster, of Altoona, Pa. Child: Eliza-
beth Lee. (g) Ella Bo)ers, wife of James A. Justis, of Little Kails,
W. Va. Children: Catharine lieatrice and James Albert, (h) James
W. Beyers. Address: 210 Merchant Str., Fairmont, \V. Va. Married
Bessie E. Nelson, (i) Lawrence L. P>oyers. Address: Merchant Str.,
Fairmont, W. Va. Married Delia I\L Jenkins. Child: Nellie Lncile.
(j) Catharine Matilda Boyers. At home. Address: Box 219, Fairmont,
W. Va. Page 420. D (7), near bottom. William Thomas Boyers mar-
ried Sarah Stumm. Children: (i) Bertha E., wife of Charles B \'an
Voorhis, of Voorhis, W. Va., and (2) Flora A. Boyers, at home. Page
421. D (4), near bottom. Dr. Simon L. Boyer's address in 1916 is
1653 Fast Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa.
CHAPTER XLI— Page 422. B ( i ), middle of page. John Boyer
was born Oct. 25, 1761, as recorded in the old Holland Dutch Bible, no\v
in possession of Malinda Pickard, Kempton, Indiana, R. D. 3. llis
children named in order were: John, born I\Liy 17, I78t); Jacob,
June 12, 1791 ; Robert, July 17, 1795; Peter, Nov. 7, 1798; Nancy
(Mrs. Pickard's grandmother), Sept. 7, 1801; Leonard, Nov. 11, 1S03,
Daniel, Feb. 19, 1806; Benjamin, October 22, 1809; Samuel, March 10,
1812; Plerman, Nov. 8, 1813. Page 423. C (4) Robert Boyer. Sol-
dier of 181 2. Blacksmith and farmer, Clinton Co., Indiana. Married
Miss Petree. Children: Robert, Syndusky, Joseph, Jacob, Famiie, Mar-
garet, Agnes, Maryette. Note— Martin Boyer thinks the Wright Co.,
Mo., Boyers are descendants of Robert and Syndusky. Maryette has
two daughters living at Tipton, Indiana, namely, Mrs. Alice Goodnight
and Annie Falconberry. Page 423. To the list of children of John Buyer
and Margaret Ritter must be added Leonard Boyer and Samuel Boyer.
C (8) Leonard Boyer was Ixjrn Nov. 11, 1803. Lived in Sugar Creek
Twp., Clinton Co., Indiana. Farmer. Married Amelia King. Chil-
dren: (i) Nancy (Walker), of Sheridan, Ind. ; (2) Francis, of Isahune,'
Ind. ; (3) \ ice (Pickard), of Kempton, Ind.; (4) Robert, of Kirklin,
Ind.; (5) Ann (Whicker), of Isahune, Ind. Note — Francis Boyer
was married to Catharine Day. Note — A Boyer reunion is held at the
Leonard Boyer home. Methodist. Samuel Boyer was born March 10,
1812. Farmer. Methodist. Lived on farm south of Circleville, Ind. Mar-
ried Celia King, sister of Leonard's wife. Children: (a) Marv M..
born Oct. 4, 1842. Married Frank Reed. Children: (1) Charles M.,
of EUwood, Ind.; (2) Ida C. (Booher), of Hutchinson, Kansas; (3)
Eliza Jane (Coflfman), of Sheridan, Indiana. R. D. 33. She helped the
Boyer historian record her people. ( 4 ) Kate .V. ( R(;usli > , of Cicero, Ind. ;
(5) Mary M. (Robertson), of Kirklin, Ind.; (6) Leonora (Woods),
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of Bloomington, Incl. ; (7) Celia (Goodnight), of Indianapolis, Ind. ;
(8)Amelia (Coffman), of Kempton, Ind.; (9) Delia F. (Forwick) dead,
(b) Charles Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer, never married. Soldier, (c)
Jefferson Boyer lived in Tipton Co., Indiana. Baptist. Married Eliza
I'lough. Children: (i) Howard Boyer, of Kempton, Ind.; (2) Celia
(Ryaa), of Kempton, Indiana; (3) Lou (Davids), of Sheridan, Ind.;
(4) Preston Boyer, of Kempton, Ind.; (5) Maggie (Southard), of West-
field, Ind.; (6) Fannie (Spear), of Sheridan, Ind.; (7) Bessie (Smith),
of Kempton, Ind. (d) Daniel M. Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer, lived in
Clinton Co., Ind. Farmer. Christian Church. Married first to Louisa Wel-
ler and after her death to Roxanna Beard. Only child : Louisa (Smith), of
Kirklin, Ind. (e) Lucinda (Evans). Page 423. Francis Boyer son of Leon-
ard lioyer and Amelia King, residing (1915) at Isahune, Ind., is married
and has the following children: (i) George Boyer, of Sheridan, Ind. ; (2)
Leander Boyer, of Sheridan, Ind.; (3) Julia (Hawkins), of Dakatoo,
Intl.; (4) Emma McCarsin), of Dekatoo, Ind.; (5) Jane (Isaac), of
Sheridan, Ind.; (6) William Boyer, of Isahune, Ind.; (7) Bertha (Mc-
Kinscy), of Isahune, Inil. Robert Boyer, son of Leonard Boyer and
Amelia King, resitling at Kirklin, Ind., married, and has the following
children: (1) of first wife: Alonzo Boyer, of Kirklin, Ind.; (2) ( )s-
landa Boyer, of Dakatoo, Ind.; (3) Manford Boyer, of Dakatoo, Ind.;
(4) Vera (Wright), of Isahune, Ind. Page 423. D (2), at bottom.
Martin Boyer, of Hewins, Chant Co., Kansas, was born March 10, 1840
Helped historian very much. AlarrieJ Anna Holt, a teacher. Children:
(1) Belva, is Mrs. Walter Carter, of Elgin, Kansas. (2) Bessie, a
teache' , is staying with Mrs. Fred. Gaddie, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. D
(i) Nancy Boyer married David Sage, a mechanic, of Osgood, Indiana.
Children: (i) Myrtle, wife of Fred, (jaddie, a merchant of Hewins,
Kansa.;. They reside (1915) at Pawhuska, Okla. Children: Naomi,
Carmine. (2) Margaret Adaline. Christian Church. Normal school
education. Began teaching 1899. Assistant Principal of schools at
Kokomo, Indiana. Address (1915) 408 West Taylor Street. Helped
historian bravely. (3) Roy Sage. Single. Address (1915) Kokomo,
Ind. Railroad employ. Fine man. D (3) Phoebe Bo)er, daughter of
Benjamin Boyer and wife, Margaret Davis. Address (1915) Adams,
Decatur Co., Ind.
CHAPTER XLIII— Page 428. Last line. Lucretia Ann Smoot
Bowyer died April, 1915. Page 429. E (i) Middle of page. Mrs.
Lusk'i address is 608 East Pine Street, Lakeland, Florida. Page 429.
The name *'Orienta" in tenth line from bottom should be "Enid." Paul
Bowyer of the same line is at Clearwater, Florida. Page 431. Second
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line from top. Mrs. Cora iMcCarter Bowyer's address is 205 W. 8th
Street, Erie, Pa. Her son, Joseph, (Hed a few years ago. Her daughter
is married to Lieutenant Doglass L. Howard. E (2) Silas Wilham
Gray died July, U;i3. E (3) Mrs. Marcpiette's address is 422 N. 14th
Str., Fort Dodge, Iowa. E (5) Mrs. Veir's address is 1914 Park Av-
enue. E (7) Loraine F. Bowyer's address is the "Bowyer Block," Chi-
cago, Ills.
CHAPTER XLI V— Page 432. Mrs. Sa)niour and her sister. Frankie,
played with the old iniiform of Lieut. Caspar Beyer, and saw his sword.
Her aunt, Mrs. Hoss, nee Ponder, who identilied these relics when 84
years old, also averred that Caspar served "under a preacher called
Colonel Miller in Pennsylvania." Note — The reference to Colonel Mil-
ler on pages 41 and 42, Vol. 5, Fifth Series, Pennsylvania Archives,
unfortunately is of such a nature as not to go into personal details.
The historian does not know whether the records needed have hcen lost
or never made, but the well-preserved tradition about Caspar iieyer is
certainly correct. Page 432. To the list of Caspar Beyer's children must
be added a daughter, who married Christian Musseter, brother of Peter
Beyer's wife, and another daughter, who married John, or Philij), Hard-
ing. Note—Mr. J. F. Boyer, of Monrovia, Md., vouches for this.
Page 434. Middle paragraph. The name "Ponder" in this paragraph
and elsewhere should be "Ponder, or Powder." Jndge Jacob Poudcr's
children were as follows: (1) Jessie, who died young. (2) Francinia,
who married Alfred Hoss, of Tennessee. (3) John Diehl Ponder, who
married Elizabeth H. Flintles, of Baltimore, Md. Children: (i) Mary
Hindes, who married John Marshall Seymour, of \V. \^a. Three of the
Seymour children did not grow up. Daisy B. Seymour married Wilford
G. Fronheiser, of York and King Street, Pottstcnvn, Pa. Her sister,
Iney h., married first Thomas C. McConnell, of Washington, D. C,
leaving a son, C. Seymour McConnell, and afterwards she married Samuel
Burleigh Milton, of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Frnnheiser's brother, Wil-
liam Percy vSeymour, of Washington, D. C, married .\nna Livingston.
They have a daughter named Elizabeth Clara. (2) Francinia K. Hindes
(dead) married Robert D. Hopkins, of Talliot City, Md. Children : Wal-
ter, William, Robert D. an 1 l{mma. (3) M. Hindes (dead) married
Miss Foose, of lialtimore, Md . Children: Margaret married Mr. While
and later Mr. Prevail. (4) Laura \'. Hiiide.s (dead) married Sanuie! L.
Davidson, of Baltimore, Md. Children: Eugene M., of Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, and Lee M. (5) Charles IL Hindes (dead) married
Miss Radcliffe, of Jialtimore, Mfl. Children: George. Bertlia. Nute —
The above records were submitted by Airs. Mary Seymour, from Potts-
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Chapter 34, Addenda E (4)
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town, when she thd not have access to her detailecl records. She also
suhmitted valuable dates, which it is now almost impossible to include.
Page 434. C (7) IMichael Boyer, born March 19, 1802, died April 19,
1882. He married E^lizabeth Jacobs, June 10, 1825. vShe was born
Nov. 20, 1805, ''i'^'-l '^i^*-l Sept. 2, 1877. 'l'li<^y were Methodists. Chil-
dren: Louisa, Hanson, Oliver, xA.dam Jacobs, Columbus Washington,
John Carlton, Mary Elizabeth. Page 437. D ( 1 ) Oliver Boyer was
born April 28, 1836. Methodist. Farmer. T3 (2) Hanson was torn
Jan. 22, 1835. Lutheran. Farmer. Married Susan Koogle. Their
son, Martin Luther, and her daughter, Mrs. Rudy, live at Burkittsville,
Md. 1) (3) John Carlton Bo\er was born June 19, 1843. Lutheran.
Farmer near L>road Run, Md. Married Laura Slifer. (i) Pearl, wife
of William Ahalt, a farmer, of Middletown, Md. ; (2) Leslie, single,
on father's farm, Uroad Run, Md. ; (3) h'ldridge, farmer on grand-
father's farm, near I'road Run, Aid., married I\Iiss Liser; (4) Julia,
wife of R03 M aught, Jel'ferson, Md. 1) (4) instead of C (4), near
bottom of page. Adam Jacobs I'oyer was born Sei)t. 19, 1838, and dieil
18S3. Methodist. ]'\-irmer, of Rohrersville, Washington Co., Md. Mar-
rietl Maria Rohrer. No children. D (5) instead of C (5), bottom of
page. Columbus Washington lioyer was Lorn Jan. 20, 1841, and died
March 9, 190S. Lutheran. Farmer near Middletown, Md. Marrie 1
Mary Koogle. No children. D (6), top of page 438. f_,ouisa lJo\er
was born Nov. 12, 1831, and died March 17, 1872. Methodist. Chil-
dren: (i) So]:)hronia, wife of Burr Magaha, of Knoxville, Md. ; (2)
Etlie, wife of Luther C. Fry, of Burkittsville, Md. ; (3) Millard, of Pur-
kiftsville, Md. ; {4) Calvin, of Carlington, Md. ; (5) Emery, of Lucketts,
Va., and (6) Averal, of liurkittsville, Md. D (7) Mary Elizabeth Boyer,
born May 8, 1846, died Jan. (\ 1915. Reformed. Marrie;l Morgan
N. Kefauver, of Middletown.. Md. Children: (i) Fstlier Leonore, wife
of Ridgely A. Willartl, a farmer, of Hroad Run, API. She was born
Nov. II, 1873. Reformed. Chihlren: (i) Donaldson Earl, Roger
Hershberger, Flerman Ritlgely, Arthur Kefauver, Esther Elizabeth. (2)
Herbert Ernest Kefauver, of Jersey City, N. J. iPolds position with
"Title Guarantee and Trust Co.," of New York. P>orn Dec. 19, 1875.
Reformed. Married Maria Keck, of Ih'ooklyn. Chillren: Milton P.,
antl Herbert Ernest. (3) Russell Michael Kefauver, of Waynesboro,
l-*a. j'lumber. Reformed. Jiorn May 7, 1877. Married Nora Flook,
Children: Cjcrald Russell, Emma Elizabeth. (4) Mary Marcelene Ke-
fauver, of Middletown, Md., was born Dec. 2, 1885. Reformed. Oi-adu-
ate of Middletown High School, 1904, and of Hood College, Freilerick,
Md., 1908. Bachelor of Arts. Pi 1916, teacher of English in Middle-
town High School. Note — She heli)ed the Boyer historian very bravel)
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and intelligently. Page 438. In tenth line from top "Howard" should
be Harwood. Page 441. E (6), near middle of page. William Louis
Beyers lives (1915) at Wahkon, Minn. Page 443. E (6), near top of
page. Martha Jane Boyer died June 23, 191 5.
CHAPTER XLV— Page 445. In line 7 from top, Levi Fissil's son,
W. H. Fissil, is at tlie Marbridge Bldg., 341!! and Broadway, New York.
Page 445. Top paragraph. B (6) Charles Boyer's daughter, Susan,
married Mr. Harbaugh. Their daughter, Clara Harbaugh, married John
S. layers, born Oet. 31, 1850. He died at Crede, Colorado, 1892. Mine
superintendent . Methodist. Children: Inez L., Clitlord R. Byers, of
Poncha Springs, Col. Note — Mrs. Clara I. Byers says that her hus-
band's people knew that the ljO}'ers and B}ers were related. Perhaps
the note in the first paragrai)h of Chapter 46, page 447, may explain.
Note — John S. Byers has brothers and sisters: (i) Virginia D., Cul-
bcrtson, of Hillsdale, Mich.; (2) Mary Wilson, of Central City, Nebr. ;
(3) Laura E. Cookson, of Kansas, C)hio; (4) James M. Byers, of To-
ledo, Ohio; (5) Andrew E. P>\ers, of Denver, Colorado; (6) Ivucy I.
Betzer, of Sycamore, Ohio. Their father was I'hilip B\ers. He moved
from Peims\'lvania to Ohio, then to Kansas and Indiana, where he died.
His wife was Ruth E. McDougle. Farmer. Philip i]\ers' father was
Frederick Byers, whose father came from (jcrmauy. Page 445. C (i),
last paragrajjh. Israel Diehl ('oyer was born ( )ct. (), 1827, and died
Dec. 1867. Lutheran. Miller. Married Ann Eliza Zinn, who die;l June,
1915. CiiiUlren : (i) Harry E. Boyer, 22ad vStreet, Newport News,
Va., and (2) John D. Boyer, of Station H, Wasliington, D. C. C (2),
not Ji (2). John Granville Boyer, born Dec. 31, 1832, at York (Freys-
tovvn), Pa., and died Oct., 1871. Lulheran. Mechanic, sawmill and
steel works. Married Caroline 1 lerring. No children. C(3), not D
(3). Jacob Edmoncl 1 jo\ er (or "F.dward"), was born August 10, i8|0,
and died June lo, 1913. Lutheran, Farmer. Married Clara E[)i)ly.
Children: Mrs. George Francis, Walter Boyer, and Bertha l)0\er, all of
Stowe, Pa. C (4) .MiUis Henry B(j)er, born April 28, i84r). Lutheraii.
Farmer. Not married. Address (1915) Pensacola, Florida, R. D. 2. C
(5) Sarah Ann Boyer, born 1829, died Aug., 1892. Married Edward
Piieager. Chiblren: Edward, and Millis II., both of Mechanicsburg, Pa.
C (6^ Eliza Amanda Boyer married William Henry Shoemaker, March
2, 1862, and died June 21, 1893. Children: J. Eugene, of 147 T Street,
Washington, D. C, William M., of 441 E. Broadway, St. Louis, Mo.,
and Minnie M., of 210 S. 13th Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Note — She helped
the Boyer historian very intelligently and promptly. C (8) Adeline
Boyer's daughter, Edith M. Moser, of 305 W. Main Street, Mechanics-
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burg, Pa., helped in the same way. Note — There may be other descend-
ants of John Boyer and Eva Kichl, — i)erhaps this is Diehl, — but the
historian does not have the data. I'age 446. C (1), second paragraph.
Josei)h Boyer. A'Jetho(hst. Legislator. Merchant, at Ikllevue, Ohio.
Married Mary Bennett. Only chill, Robert Henry ("llarry"j Boyer.
Large grocer at liellevue, Ohio. Methodist, like father. Married Mary
Florida Loller, datighter of Dr. Thomas Loller, of Dennison, Ohio. Only
child: Merce Elizabeth Boyer, of Cleveland, Ohio. Lligh School and
Business College education. Student in Bible Teachers' Training School,
541 Lexington Ave., New York. C (2) Frederick A. Boyer lived in
Detroit, Mich. Dealer in furs. Married Mary O. Carver. Children:
Lulu, Bert, and Frederick A. Bo)er, probalily in Detroit, Mich. C (3)
Elizabeth Boyer, born Nov., 182S, married Joseph Houpt, of McCutchcn-
ville, Ohio, and died about 1905. 'I'hey had one son, J. il. lloupt. Tliis
man's son, William W. Houpt, wrote the historian.
CHAPTER XLYH— I'age 452. C (1), middle of page. James
l^oyer's grandson is Attorney Charles Ih-agg, of 6i6-r)i8 Majestic I51dg.,
Oklahoma City, Okla. He can write up his people. Page 452. C (5)
W. Harris i^)oyer was born 1847, and died March ly, lyij. inventor.
President of Union Special Steel Co.
CHAPTER XIA HI — Page 455. C (1), second paragrajjli, seonid
last liiie. The wortl "latter" should be "'former." David K. Bo) er is the
David K'olb Boyer of Chapter 105, burn Dec. 19, 1811. C (3) lienjaniin
J. Byers' son, Samuel A. Byers, is at 548 N. Main Street, Winchester,
Va. 191 5. i-'age 456. D (3), middle of page. John Byers married
Ellen lUack. Children: (ij James \V. Byers, of 2013 Main Street, Lcs
Angeles, Cal. ; (2) Jesse B)ers, of 117 E. Park Avenue, Manslield, Ohio;
(3) Columbia A. Greenawald, of Manslield, O. Page 456. D (2), last
paragraph, second line. Daniel Hoover Byers lives in Lctterkenny
Twp., Franklin Co., Pa. Farmer. Brethren Church. Married Eliza-
,beth Wingert. Children: (1) Enos Elmer I'yers, born Jan. 19, 1887.
Farmer. Brethren Church. Address (1916) Chambersburg, Pa. Mar-
ried Mabel Myers, of Greencastle, I'a. Children: Ethel Anna, Paul
Myers, and Ruth Elizabeth (dead). (2) Catharine, wife of David Win-
gate, died Dec. 22, 191 5, leaving three daughters, Elizabeth, Fmma,
and Rhoda. (3) Ella W. F.yers died single Sept. 1915. (4) Harvey
^V. B\ers married Marguerite Cormany. Child: Mariam. (5) John
Christian Byers married Katie Myers. Child: Susan Elizabeth. (6)
Elizabeth Belle Byers married F'eter Horst. Address (1916) Shippens-
burg, Pa. (7) Elsie May. (8) Daniel David. John Byers, brother of
Daniel Hoover Byers, died about 1906. Children: (i) David S. Byers,
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of Upper Strasburg-, Franklin Co., I'a., married Ruth Johns Diehl. (2)
John Frank Byers, of New York City. (3) iiarry Christian Byers, of
New York City. (4) Minnie E. Byers, of Shippensburg, Pa. (5j Elmer
Byers, near Chambersburg, Pa. (6) Nora (Mrs. Worthington ), with
two daughters, Alice anil Carrie, at home. Page 456. D (ij Joseph
Byers, son of David C. Byers and Catherine Crall, born February 13,
1833, .lied April 19, 1872, buried at Martinsburg, W. Va. Married
July 19, 1853, to Rebecca Ruth. Children: (1) Isaac R. Byers, born
January 12, 1855, address Dickerson Run, Fay Co., Pa. Real estate and
Insurance. Married December 25, 1883, to Eydia Davison. Children:
(a) Flarry L. Byersj born F'ebruary 7, 1885. R. R. Djnductor. Marrietl
September 22,, 1907, to Grace Knight. No children, (b) Anna Byers,
born September 5, 1886. Married June 2, 1913, to Fred. Watson. No
children, (c) Ralph Byers, Jr., born March 22, 1888. (d) Mary Byers,
born August 2, 1889. Married February 12, 1907, to William 1 taught.
No children. (2) Irene Isabella B}'ers, born April 22, i8i';0. Married
F. F. Minghini. Eight children. Husband deceased. Married again to
Joseph Bablum. Address Martinsburg, W. Va. (3) Raljih C. Byers,
born December 28, 1862. Address Silverton, Colo. Congregational
minister. Married September 8, 1892, to Laura Belle Hackney. Chil-
dren: (a) Charles Alvin Byers, born September 30, i8i;4. Machinist.
(b) Porter Hackney Byers, born February 16, 1898. (c) Lida Ruth
Byers, born October 20, 1904. (4) Myra Elizabeth Byers, born June
22, 1868, died in infancy. D (2) Levi M. Byers son of David C. Byers
and Catherine E. Crall, born October 9, 1835, in Franklin Co., Pa., ;lied
April 24, .1877, buried at Lurgan, Franklin Co., I'a. U. B. Church.
Married January 31, 1856, to Martha Snoke, born July 15, 1835. '^^^^^
living; i 1916) and residing with her daughter at Augusta Arsenal, Ga.
Children: (i) Anna Catherine Byers, born March 1, 1857, died i\Iay
6, 1914, buried at New Cumberland, Pa. Married November 29, 1906,
to Dr. John H. Young, retired Methodist minister and ])racticing phy-
sician. No children. (2) Lawrence Milton Boyer, born May 7, 1858.
Address Nepesta, Col. Married December 25, 1882, to Annie S. W.
Taylor. One child: Lillian, married to A. E. Wolfe, printer, U. S. Navy.
(3) Webster Crall Byers, born November 6, 1859, died in infancy. (4)
Marandabelle Byers, born February 22, 1861, died in infancy. (5 ) Wil-
liam Levi Byers, D. D., born May 25, 1866, died November 24, 1900,
buried at Keokuk, Iowa. Congregational minister and lecturer. I\Iar-
ried May 7, 1889, to Mary Ella Baker, who died in 1896. • Children: (a)
Martha Ruth Byers, born March 29. 1891. (b) Mark Ray Byers, born
June 9, 1893. City editor Lacrosse (Wis.) "Tribune." (c) Paul Hora-
tio Byers, born March 22, 1895. Student. Dr. Byers again married on
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August 31, i8(>7, to Kninia Frances Burgess, now Field Secretary for
the National Hoard, Y. \V. C. A., at Minneapolis, Minn. No children
from this union. (6) Jennie Viola Byers, born May 14, 1S99, to Jason
David Byers. See D (4) infra. . . . Son of David C. Byers and
Catherine Crall. D (^ ) David James K. Byers, born September 25,
1846, in Franklin Co., Pa. .Vddress Hagerstovvn, Mil. Married .August
27, 1871, to Laura Virginia l'hillii)S, of Martinsburg, VY. Va., who ilied
.Vj^ril, i8q2, buried at ilagerst<»vvn, Mtl. One child: (1) Jason Davitl
Byers, born June 17, 1874, at Martinsburg", W. \'a. Hospital Steward
in U. S. Army .Medical Department. Served in Cuba during siege and
fall of Santiago. Served five years in Bhilippine Islands. Married June
7, i8(/;, to Jennie Viola B\er?, daughter of Levi M. iJyers. See supra.
Address Augusta Arsenal, Ga. One child: (a) Jason Harold Byers, born
]\larch 13, Kjoo.
CIL-\PTEl\. I^-l'he descendants of George Beyer owe it to Attor-
ne}- George W. Boser, 621 Hale Ikhlding, I'hiladclphia, Pa., tliat they
can n'; w be gathered up very comi^letely. The records show that George
Beyer was born Oct. 31, 1760, and that he died May 24, 1831. His re-
mains rest in the old cemetery of Harrisburg, Pa. (near 13th Street J.
Perhaps he was born in this country, but tradition says he came from
the French s|)eaking ])art of Switzerland and that he was a Lutlieran
in religion. He was one of tlie first settlers of Harrisburg, l^ennsylva-
nia, a man of property and sturdy cliaracter. He liveJ at Second and
Locust Streets, where he conducted a hotel, established 1792, and called
the "Golden Laml)." Here James Jluchanan and Thadtleus Stevens
were his guests. He was probably a member of the old Zion Lutheran
Church. His wife, Mary, died Oct 10, 1814, aged 54 years anil 13 days.
From his will on file in the Register of Wills' office in Harrisburg', which
is a very complete and detailed instrument and in which he names his
children and die children of his predeceased son, Michael, it appears that
he remarried and that his second wife's name was Anna. His children
were George, William, Samuel, Joshua, Mary, and Micliael, named ac-
corrling to their age, unless Michael was an exception. B ( i ) George
Boyer, son of Georg-e Beyer, was born Sept. 16, 1781, and died Feb. 9,
1839. Lutheran. Active in politics, serving a number of times in the
Borough Councils, and as County Auditor for three years. Owner of
the "Golden Lamb" hotel. Married first Mary Kopendaufer, who died
Dec. 10, 1808, aged 22 years, 2 months and 4 days. His second wife,
Mary M., died August 2, 1858, aged 73 years, 9 months and 20 days.
Plusband and wives are buried near George Beyer. Children: Absalom,
William L., Washington, Henry K., Theodore F., Camilla and Mary.
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Note — Absalom died 1808, aged 10 months, and Washington died March
15, 1818, aged II months and 2 da3'S. B (2) Wilham Boyer, son of
George Beyer, was in business with his brother, Samuel, in Harrisburg,
but later in Philadelphia. He died unmarried about 1866, leaving his
estate to his nephews, William L., Henry K., and Theodore F. B (3)
Samuel Boyer (Chapter) 95, third son of George Boyer was, with his
brother George, the executor of their father's will. After dissolving
his partnership with his brother, William, he went from Harrisburg to
Illinois about 1868. A tanner. Married twice. His first wife, Cath-
arine, is mentioned as a beneficiary in his father's will. The second is
not mentioned. Children: Christiana, Elizabeth, Stisannah, George W.,
Isaiah, John Winebrenner, David, Samuel, and Adelaide. Note — All
lived and died in Illinois, except John and Susannah, who came back to
Harrisburg. B (4) Joshua Boyer, son of George Beyer, is mentioned in
the will of his father and that of his daughter, the latter of whom died
Sept. 18, 1831. The historian has no other records. B (5) Mary l^oyer,
daughter of George Beyer, married Richard Knight. She is mentioned
in her father's will. B (6) Michael Boyer, son of George Beyer (Chap-
ter 74), was born March 29, 1786, and died Oct. 23, 1825, aged 39 years,
6 months, and 25 days. He is mentioned in his father's will as living
on his father's farm in Susquehanna Township, with a tavern on same,
at the time of his death. Married twice, tlis first wife, Mary, died Oct.
II, 1813, aged 27 years, i momh, and 7 days. His second wife, Kllenor,
died Oct 14, 1840, aged 55 years and 22 days. Children : George W.
Boyer, Mary Ann, and Catharine (all mentioned in George Beyer's will
as beneficiaries). C -( i ) William L. Boyer son of George Boyer and
Mary M., his second wife, was born in 1815, and died Dec. 17, 1879.
Lived part of his life in Harrisburg, but died in Philadelphia, where he
had been engaged in the agricultural implement business with his broth-
er, Henry K. Boyer. He married Susan Stout, born in 1S26. His only
child, Clara B., born May, 1853, died Jan. 18, 1879. C (2) Henry K.
Boyer was born Oct. 31, 1818, and died March 16, 1881. Manufacturer
of agricultural implements in Phila., Pa. Married Martha .V. Peoples,
born 1820. Chiltlren : (i) Mary E., born Sept. 20, 1846. Address
(1916) 1830 N. i6th Street, Phila., Pa. In charge of Literature Depart-
ment of Woman's Home Missionary Societies of the Presbyterian Church,
located in the Witherspoon Bldg. (2) George W. Boyer (son of Henry
K.), was born May 15, 1848, and died Feb. 18, 1891. President of North-
ern Electric Light Company. Resided at 1425 N. 7th Street, Phila., Pa.
Married Mary C. Kelly, who died Feb. 20, 1891. Children: (a) Henry
K. Boyer, born Nov. 16, 1871. Address (1916) 3547 N. nth Street,
Phila., Pa., and at Surf City, N. J., during the summer. Married Mary
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Crane. Their daughter, Ahiia S., born July ii, 1893, was educated by
the Sisters of Mercy, Merion, Pa., and is a Catholic, (b) Morris L.
Boyer, born Aug. 30, 1875, died unmarried Dec. 15, 1900. C (3) Theo-
dore F. Boyer was born March 21, 1824, died Feb. 4, 1881, and is buried
near parents. Baptist. Grocer. Married Lydia K. Winslovv, of Elk
Co., Pa., who died Jan. 31, 1913, aged 81 years, 2 months, and 21 days.
Children : Charles L., Frank D., Emma, Susan, Caroline, Benton
Winslovv (died young). C (4) Camilla Boyer married DeWees
]ioycr, an Adventist. Their only chikl is Ella lioyer. C (5)
Mary Boyer married a Mr. Hall. Left a son, Frank, of Baltimore, Md.
C (i) Susannah Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and wife, Catharine
(See Chapter 95), married Isaac Guiles, of Harrisburg, Pa. She died
in 1902, and her husband in 1916. Children: (a) Eva O., (b) Chris-
tianna, living at 215 Hummel Street, Harrisburg, Pa. (1916). (c) Mrs.
Frank J. Roth, wife of Frank J. Roth, of the Dauphin County Bar,
whose children are Frank G., Anna C, Mary E., Edward B., John M.
(d) Mrs. A])raham Rudy, of Swatara Street, Harrisburg. (e) Eliza-
beth died in Chicago, Ills., about 1906. (f) Isaiah died at Cornell,
Ills., in i8<)7. (g) George W. Boyer died about 1875 i'^ Cornell, Ills.
Lawyer, (h) David Boyer, of Pontiac, Ills. Married. His children
were: Jesse, Frederick, Eugene, and perhaps others, (i) John Wine-
brenner Boyer (he cune back to tlarrisburg) was born July 21, 1843,
and died July 2.^, 1893. Methodist. Married Anna Elizabeth Reitzel,
born March 9, 1853. Children: (i) Samuel Reitzel Boyer and Cath-
arine. C (i) George W. Boyer (See Chapter 74), son of Michael Boyer
and his first wife, Mary, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 7, 1812,
and died at 56 and 58 North 2nd Street, July 13, 1846. Merchant. Com-
missioned Colonel of State Militia. Married Catharine Pray, June 12,
183Q. She was a daughter of Charles II. Pray, State Representative
from Philadelphia. She was born Sept. 30, 1820, and died July 15,
18.^4. His second wife was her sister, Mary Jane, born March 12, 1824.
She died at Norristown, Pa., May 30, 1914, having married Robert
Stilson after George W. B(\yer died. Children : George W. Boyer and
Charles Henry Boyer (the latter, born June 29, 1844, died July 24, 1845).
C (2) Mary Ann Boyer (daughter of Michael) died Dec. 11, 1885, aged
75 years. Married Edward Fought. Children: (a) Isabelle E., born
Aug. 29, 1836, dying unmarried, Dec. 17, 1892. (b) J. Edward, born
June 19, 1842, dying March 12, 1897. His wife's na:me was Susannah,
June 20, 1858, dving July 7, 1897. (c) Catharine. D (i) Charles L.
Boyer, son of Theodore F. Bo\'cr and his wife, Lydia K. Winslow, is
written up on page 461 of this volume. Since our visit to his city in
1910, he has become Commissioner of the Poor of Dauphin County, Pa.
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Note- -His brother and sisters arc also found on the same page. D ( i )
Samuel Reitzel JJoyer, son of John Winebrenner lioycr anrl his wife,
Anna E. Reitzel, is recorded on page 516. Address (1915) 1601 Derry
Street, Harrisburg", i'a. His sister, Airs. J. S. Craighead, resides at
162 S. Pitt Str., Carlisle, Pa. D (1) George W. Boyer, son of George
W. Boyer and Catharine Pray, was born Oct. 8, 1840, in Harrisburg-,
Pa., and lost at sea in the year 1879, having- sailed for the Island of Rua-
tan, off the coast of Central America, from the port of Baltimore, Rid.,
in the schooner "White \Ving"s," for a cargo of pineapples. He was in
the wholesale fruit business in Philatlelphia anti New York. He was
the first dealer to bring green bananas to this country anil ripen them
in his store rooms. Episco]jalian, but he became a Catholic. College
training. Left Harrisburg when a boy, for Philadelphia, with his moth-
er's people. Served as a drummer boy in Co. B, 171)1 Pa. Militia, three
months' men. Commanded Co. F. Second Pa. Regiment, during the
great riots at Pittsburg, Pa., in 1877. Married first I,inda Amelia Tolon,
wdio was born Aug. 4, 1842, at ."vlycrantes, near Matanzas, Cuba, West
Indies. She died in Cuba, on a visit with her daughter, and both are
buried there. His second wife was Mary McGlinn, born in Phila., l^a.,
March 10, 1855, dying Jan. 26, igo^j. The children of tliis second mar-
riage are: (i) George W. Boyer, born in Phihulelphia, Pa., June 5,
1876. -Address (1916) Collingdale, Pa. Office in Lantl Title lUiilding,
Phila., Pa. Lawyer. Educated in L*ublic School, Temple University,
Union College of Business, Spencerian Business College. Catholic. Cor-
poral Co. A, Third Pa. Vols. Infantry, Sjianish American W^ar, 1898.
Captain Co. A, Third Regiment, National Guards of Pennsvlvania.
Served as an officer of the Staff of the Thirtl New Jersey Infantry, and
is now (1916) a member of a troop of the First Regiment of Cavalry
of Pennsylvania. Unmarried, (b) Mary J. Boyer, born in I'hila., I'a.,
Aug. 10, 1878. High School education. Cathi»lic. At home in Colling-
dale. Note — References consulted by Attorney George W. Boyer in his
researches, (i) Family Bible of George W. Boyer, son of Michael
Boyer, son of George l^eyer — now in possession of Frank Poyer, of New
Cumberland, Pa., and of John Mc(jlinn. (2) Reports from Mrs. Mary
J. Stilson, second wife of George W. Boyer; Charles L. Boyer and his
sisters; the Misses Guiles; Frank J. Roth, of 215 Hummel Street, Har-
risburg, Pa.; Mrs. Susan Morgan, of Harrisburg, whose father kept
the Pennsylvania House on 2nd and Locust Streets, and knew the [foy-
ers. (3) The wills of George Beyer and George W. Jioyer, both on
fde at Harrisburg; the will of William Boyer, son of George P>eyer, on
file at Philadelphia. (4) Tombstones and cemetery office records. (5)
Egle's History of Dauphin County, page 468.
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CHAPTER EI— ] 'age 462. B (i). near bottom. Samuel I lover
was a judg-e in New York. Page 463, line 4. Pkrbert M. Boyer is a
lawyer. Reverend Erancis B. iioyer is pastor (i<jiO) of the Church of
thf Saviour, Jiostun, Mass. The father, Rcvercntl Samuel Herbert Boy-
er, was signally houDred by the Church in i'jl^>, just befure he died, re-
ceivings the title of Doctor of Divinity. Note — May belong to Chap-
ter 44.
CHAPTER EHI— Page 465. Eine six. The name of Nicholas
Bayer's wife was .\nna Mariah. Lived in Erederick Co., Md. Page
465. B (3), second parag"rai)h. Thomas Wesley P)03er, son of Nicholas
Boyer and his wife Mary Mariah, (so Mrs. Morgan writes), was l;orn in
Erederick Co., Maryland, May 14, 1825. Came to Hopewell Twp., Lick-
ing Co., Ohio, wlu-n 21 years of age. Here he married, May 14 1848.
Eliza Varner, also born May 14, 1825. Later in life he purchased a farm
ten miles northeast of Newark, Ohio, where he died Nov. 30, 1896, and
was buried in the Rocky Fork Cemetery, about two miles from his home.
Children: Margaret, Martha Anne, Emmanuel Ham])ton, Isaiah, Delilah,
Mary Mariah, Thomas Wesley, and John Edwin. Note — The following
record of Thomas Wesley Boyer's children should be read between the
two ]Kiragraphs of page 4(11). C (l) ?\largaret Bo\er, daughter of
Thomas Wesley Poyer ami wife Eliza \'arner, married Harry Bcbuut,
anil died thirty-one years of age at her home near I'urity, Ohio. Chil-
dren: (a) Ira Bobout, a blacksniidi of Newark, OW\o, married Clara
IMillcr. Children: luumet and Lura. (b) lulmond P.ebout, a farmer,
nine mile.-^ northeast ot Newark, ( )hio, married I'essie llolTs. Children:
John, lloUie, Harry, Rubie. Pansy, Leah, (c) Esther Bebout married
Theodore Parker, a farmer, of Newark, Ohio. C (,2) jMartha Anne
Boyer married 1 )avid 1<. Price, and died in Newark, Ohio, about sixty-
two years of age. C (3) lunmanuel ILimpton Boyer, a farmer aud
sawyer, living at St. Louisville, Ohio, R. D. i, married Elizabeth Davis
Children: (a) Charles Poyer, a sawyer, living- near his father, marrietl
Jennie Huston. Children: Cleve, David, Eura, Retha, Russel (,b)
Emma Boyer married PLigh i'ennick, a farmer, twelve miles northeast
of Newark, Ohio. Children: Ivy, Minnie, Guy, Pearl, Raymond, (c)
Ross Boyer, of Rocky Eork, Ohio, a sawyer, married Eura Thompson.
Children: Kenneth, Blanche, (d) Frank Boyer, of Newark, Ohio, a
sawyer, married Lillian Martin, (e) Vernie Boyer married David Willey.
Children: Wilber, Allen, Alice. C (4) Isaiah Boyer, lives at Corydon,
Iowa, R. D. 4, and is the owner of a Colorado ranch. He married
Malissa Jewell. Children: (a) Alice Jewell Boyer, teacher of book-
keeping, in Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, (b) I'riend Boyer
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married Minnie Wright, of Sedgwick, Col. Children: Fern M., and
Forest J. C (5) Delilah Boyer married Finley Miller, of Newark, Ohio,
R. D. 8. Children: (a) Bertha married Harry Collins, of Newark,
Ohio, (h) Elizabeth married Rollen Parker, of New ark, Ohio. Child:
Aileen, (c) Atta married George De Freise, of Cleveland, Ohio. C (6)
Mary Mariah Boyer married David Rollen Moran, of 418 Ballard
Avenue, Newark, Ohio. She and her family belong to the church of
Christ. Mrs. Moran has helped the Boyer historian record her people.
Children: (a) Alice married James Dush, of Newark, Ohio. Children:
John. Russell, Dorothy, andMabel. (b) Lonie. (c) Martha. C (7)
Thomas Wesley Boyer, a farmer of Hanover, Ohio, R. D. i., married
Mary Nichols. Children: Ray, Floyd, Orral. C (8) John Edwin
Boyer, of Hanover, Ohio, R. D. i, a farmer, married Arrilla Baker.
Children: (a) Leo Boyer married Orphia Smith, (b) Lillian. Page 465.
B (5), second paragraph. Basil Boyer, son of Nicholas lioyer ami wife
Mary Mariah, was born near Fredericktown, Maryland, March 14, 181 2,
and died near Nashport, Ohio, April 14, 1883. Spent all of his married
life except four years near Nashport, Ohio. Married Mary Anne
Francis. Children: George William, Amos Marion, Edgar, Jennie,
Nellie, Stella, Emma, Corbon. Note. The following record of Basil
Boyer's children should be read after David Washington Boyer's children
on page 466. C ( i ) George William Boyer, son of Basil Boyer and
wife Mary Anne Francis, \vas born in Licking Co,. Ohio, Jan. 20, 1842.
Address (1915) Nashport, Ohio, R. D. 2. New School Baptist.
Farmer. Helped Boyer historian to record his people. Married Mary
£. Perry. Children: (a) Livonna C. (Mrs. Switzer)' of Nashport. O.,
and (b) William E. Boyer, of Newark, O. Married. Child: Esther.
C (2) Amos Marion Boyer, a farmer, married Aiargaret Nevis. Chil-
dren: Bessie Earle, Ada — all in Los Angeles, Cal. C (3) Edgar Boyer,
of Pomona, Cal. C (4) Jennie (Airs. Ballinger), Zanesville, Ohi(j. C
(5) Nellie (Mrs. Nelson) 140 Galliger Str., Zanesville, O. C (6)
Stella (Mrs. Kohler) deceased. C (7) Emma (deceased). C (8)
Corbon Milton Boyer, a farmer, married Sarah Jane Weakley. Both
are deceased. Children: (a) Alonzo Boyer, of Newark, Ohio (b)
Charles Boyer, of Gratiot, Ohio, (c) Orpha Boyer, of Zanesville, Ohio,
(ti) Frank Boyer, of Glen ford, Ohio. Page 465. 15 (2) second
paragraph. William Boyer, son of Nicholas Boyer and wife Alary
Mariah, was born probably near Fredericktown, Maryland, and died in
Ohio. Farmer. Note — His people have not found it possible to re-
cord any other data. Page 465. B, second paragraph. Nicholas
Bo\er had several daughters, as George W. Bo3er, of Nasli]X)rt, Ohio, re-
ports, (i) Matilda, married William Redman, of Nepoleon, Henr\ Cc,
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Ohio. Farmer. (2) Nancy married Mr, Murray, of Nashport, Ohio.
(3) EHza marrietl Albert Jenkins, of Trask, Grant Co., Indiana. (.3)
Catharine. Page 465. B (5) The Une "Descendants Hve at Farmington,
Iowa," belongs not to Ohio Basil Boyer, but to his cousin, a nephew of
Nicholas Bayer. This fact, and the following data, were submitted to
the historian by Miss Lou E. Boyer, of Keokuk, Iowa. This Basil
Boyer had at least two brothers: John William and Andrew. Some of
Basil's descendants are in vSacramento, California. Matison Boyer, of
Cantril, Iowa, is a son of Basil's brother, Anilrew Boyer. Page 4G5. B
(4), second paragraph. The name "McRey" should be McVey. Page
467, top line. "Robert" should Ije Moses.
CHAPTER LV— Page 470. The counties in which Chapter 55
Chapter 70, and Chapter 85, begin, tog-ether with the use of Byer, Byers,
Boyers, for Bayer and Boyer by descendants, seem to show almost con-
clusively that these chapters belong- together. The Phihp Boyer with
which chapter 55 bcg-ins is almost without doubt the Philip Boyer of B
(2), page 342, Chapter 27, while the Jacob Boyer with which Chapter 85
begins is almost as certainly the grandson of the Jacob Boyers, e.Kecutor"
of Philip Boyer's will, and his son, and the Christian Byer with which
Chapter 70 beg-ins, I'hilip's nephew. Papers submitted to the historian
by Rev J. Edward Byers and ]\lrs. William Henry Boyer, of De Land,
Ills., make it possible to reconstruct Chapter 55 and to add materially
to it. Philip l>oyer was born as early as 1730 or 1740, as we infer from
the date of his "will," Oct. 29, 1794. He died in Washington County,
Maryland. His executor was Jacob Boyer, who, judging from the
situation, was his son. 'J'here was at least one other son, perhaps more.
B ( I ) Jacob Boyer son of Philip Boyer, as arg-ued above, is probably the
grandfather of the Jacob with which chapter 85 begins. B (2) A
brother of Jacob Boyer — we do not have his name — left at least two
sons, John and Christian. C (i) John Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer's
brother, and grandson of Philip Boyer, was born as early as 1750 or 176^)
lie left at least four sons and one daughter: John, Jacob, Peter, etc.,
and lived in Westmoreland Co., Pa. D (O J'^'ni Bover, son of John
Boyer of Westmoreland County, Pa., spelled his name "Tx-yers," and was
born as early 1770, or 1780, and died 1845. Lutheran. He is marked
C (i) on page 471. Children: David. George, Samuel, Joseph, Susan,
Elizabeth. D (2) Jacob Boyer, son of John Boyer, of Westmoreland Co.,
Pa., was born about 1775, as the historian judges. From administration
papers in the hands of Mrs. William Henry P>o}'er of De Land. Ills., we
know that his wife's name was Catherine, and that he lived in Williams-
port, Washington County, Maryland. His estate was distributed by
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Catherine Boyers and her son Jacob Boyers, June 21, 1831. The chil-
dren named are: Jacob Boyers, Susanna Newson, 'J'honias iJoyers,
Catherine ]>oyers, Obediah Boyers, Upton Boyers, Rachel Boyers, Sarah
Boye.-s, Eliza McClenahan, Alary Boyers. 1) (3) Peter Boyer. No
data. D (4) Boyer, married and left children: Henry and sister,
wife of Air. Bickley. i'age 471. D (i) David Byers, and all his
brothers and brothers should be E (i) etc. E (1) Jacob Boyers stm of
Jacob l)0)'er and wife Catherine, was born in Washington Co., AIar\land,
about 1800 or earlier, and moved to Illinois, where he married Sophia
Rummel. Children: William Henry, and John W. l^oyer. F (i)
William Henry Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife Sophia Rummel,
was born near Whitehall, Ills., Dec. 25, 1839, and died at St. Cloud,
Florida, Dec 25, 1915. Farmer. Alethodist. ATarried Alarch 30, 1876
Fannie AlcFadden, at Alonticello, Ills. Address (1916) FeLand, Ills.
One child : Alay Louise, born Alay 5, 1877. This Alay Louise married
a Mr. Reneau, but died in 1903, leaving two children, Charles Elbert and
Alarion Reneau, both living (1916) at Alontgomery, W. Va. E (2)
John AValker Bo)'er, son 'of Jacob Boyer and Sophia Rummel, was born
near White Hall, Ills., about 1853. Address ( 1916) Leeslnirg, Indiana.
A miller by trade. Alethodist. Alarried twice, first to Olive Appline,
Vv'ho died leaving him one child, Ethel. She married George W. Flarris,
of Shelby, Ohio. John Walker B)oyer's second wife is Anna May AIc-
Cellan. Children: (i) Ena Orissa, wife of John Wesley Toops, of Alt.
Sterling, Ohio. (2) Clarence Wesley. (3) Ivan Alanville, — both of
Leesburgh, Ind.
CHAPTER LXII— Page 479. D (1) Son ilerschel's address
(1916) is White Pigeon, Alichigan. Page 479. D (1), line 4. Char-
lotte J. Moore, wife of John W. Boyer, is living. Address (1915) 127
Green Street, Allegan, Alichigan. Her husband died May 10, 1915.
D (2) David Boyer's children: John, of Eldorado, Kansas; George, of
St. Petersburg, Florida; Sarah, perhaps others. D (3) Nathan P.oyer
lives at Soutii Bend, Indiana (1915). Page 480, D 11. Hester A. l.Joyer
married I'^rnest Ecklindafer, of Belmont, Alichigan.
CHAPTER LXIII— Page 480. C ( i ), near bottom. Solomon Boy-
er was born June 30, 1813. School teacher— also taught "singing
schools." Alarried cousin Barbara Boyer. Children: (1) Benjamin Flias
Boyer, of Hastings, Nebraska. Born Dec. 9, 1836. Alarried Fannie
Catharine Drake, June 15, 1866, at Warsaw, Indiana. Both dead. Chil-
dren: (a) Ulysses G. Boyer, born April 8, 1866.
CHAPTER LXV— Page 482. Reece Boyer died 1871. Airs. John
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J. Boyer, of Gallion, Ohio, in whose home lie spent his last few years,
says he was "a hne man." I'age 483. C (10) William and Harry were
sons of the first marriage; James of the second. I'age 484., line 5. Ma-
riba VV. Terry, instead of "Maria. "' Line 6. William W. Kime, insteatl
of Kline. I^ast line. James I. Smart's children are Flora, of Decatur,
111. ; Bertha, and Davis, in addition to Supt. Frank L.
CHAPTER FXX — Page 4S9, bottom paragraph. Later research
seems to confirm line 8 — in other wurtls, that Christian l))er of this
chapter is the Christian of Chapter 55, and with that Cha|)ter a part erf
Chapter 27. Refer to the Addenda of Chapter 55.
CII.\PTER LX.W^— Page 4./). It may be that Chapter 75 should
be a i;art of Chapter 50. C (7) Charles Al. l^oyer married Xuv., ii;i5.
..\ddress (i()l6) Knoxville, Tennessee. His sister, Mrs. Flizabeth ^'llrk,
wife of Kev. W. S. \'ork, moved lo Cerin';', Nebraska, in 1915. Their
father, William Boyer, died at Rockfurd, IIL., Feb. 2, i()i4.
CHAPTER LXXVHl— Page 499. Jacub Boyer married into the
Wilhelm family C(.nniected by marriage with U. S. President Polk. Chil-
dren: Jacob, John, Henry, Katherine, Mary, Elizabeth. B ( 1 ) Jacob pL^yer
married Madeline Meyer. Lived all his married life in Hollenbach Twp.,
Nortliampton Co., J'a. Farmer. Children: (1) Reuben B()\er, married,
worked on the railroad and was killed by accident. No other data i\
ported. (2) John Boyer died Feb. 1914. No other data reported. (3)
Savil'a. Eva, Christiana, and Sarah are dead ( 19 16). (7) Poll)' lives
in Philadeljihia. (8j Elizabeth (Mrs. Smith) li\'es on James Street,
Hazleton, Pa. (9) Miltun Bover lives at Xanticoke, Pa. 1j (2) John
Bo\-er, son of Jacob Bo)er and wife, Wilhelm, was born about 1800.
Married Miss Schmidt, of HoUenljack Twp., Northampton, Co., Pa.
P (3) Henry JJoyer, son of Jacob ijO\er and wife, Wilhelm, was born
about 1802. Laborer. Fine disposition. Married Abbie Hicks. Chil-
dren ■ 13): Josiah, Frederick, Nancy, Plenry, Susan, Mary, etc. (i)
Josiaii lloyer dieil about U)r 1 at Hobbie, Pa. Laborer. Married
Kate Shelhammer. (2) Lydia (dead). (3) Susan (dead). (4)
Mariali (Mrs. Fenstermacher ) lives on Mulberry Street, Berwick.
Pa. (5) Polly (Mary) is Mrs. McAlister. She and Sallie (married)
also live in Berwick. (6) Frederick Boyer lives (1016) at Leibersville,
Lucerne Co., I'a. (7) Sarah (Sally) married Eli i\l. C. Trego, 113
Jackson Str., Berwick, P'a. Her son, Clarence Trego, lives at 123 E.
7th Street, Berwick, Pa. P) (4) Katherine Boyer, daughter of Jacob
Royer and wife, Wilhelm, married Matthew Eroh. Children: Peter,
Samuel, Conrad, Matthew, Katherine (wife of Daniel Krommis), Mary
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(wife of Michael Fox), Crissy (wife of Amos Shorts, of Kingston,
Pa.), Mary (Mrs. Kemp, of Freeland, Pa.) B (5) Marie Boyer, daugliter
of Jacob Boyer and wife, Wilhehn, was born 1804, and died Aug. 7,
1859. Married Peter Eroh, Ijrother of Matthew. They Hved in Dor-
rance Twp., Northampton County, Pa. Children: (ajjuhn, who mar-
ried Maria Doubt, whose children are Edith, Clara, Ella. (b)Lavina
(Mrs. Daniel Keener), of Dorranoe, Pa. Child: William, (c) Jacob,
who married Elizabeth Rittenhouse. Children : Charles, Reuben, Rcgina
(Mrs. William Fernau, 635 West Diamond Avenue, Ilazleton, Pa.), Wil-
son, Sarah (Mrs. Gleam, of J la/deton, Pa), Frank, of Hazleton, I'a.,
Marin (Schneider), of Hazleton, Jane (Mrs. Ileckrote, of Sugar Loaf,
Pa.), Dt)ra (Mrs. William II. Willianis, 1700 Anita Place, Florencita
Park, Eos Angeles, Cal), Ida (Mrs. John Eroh, same address), John,
who lied May 19, 1913. (tl) Rebecca married William Ilorlachcr, and
lived in Wanamie, Pa. Chihlren : William, Hester, Fianna, .Vmelia,
Alice, Uriah D., liert. (e) William Eroh married Eliza Knaus. Chil-
dren: Stephen, Eena (Mrs. Mahl-.m Peters, of Jierwick, Pa), Ella (Mrs.
Norman I'eters, of Berwick, Ba.) Thomas, Hester, (Mrs. Stein, of
Wilk. s-Barre, Pa.), Elizabeth (Mrs. Jesse Alden, of Freeland, I'a.),
Susan (lloch), lV>nd Hill, Ba. ( f ) Eydia marrieil Betei" Keener, and
left two children, Richard and Wesley, tif Mountain Top, I'a. After his
death she married Samuel Shellhamnier. The children are : Hannah
(Krauss, of Berwick, Pa.), Alice, Frances (Mrs. James Eevan, of 2217
Siegfried Avenue, Northam[)ton, Pa.), Thomas, Harry. Harvey (g)
Peter Eroh married Elizalieth Fox (his cousin). Children: Irwin, Cal-
vin, Wallace — all of Hazleton, Pa. Note — Mrs. Peter Eroh, 1244 Chew
Str., .Vlleiitown, Pa. ( h and i) Mary and. Elizabeth Erdi died ynung
(j) Susan Ercjh married David Washburn, While Haven, l*a. Children:
Elizabeth (Mrs. E. R. I>reisch, of Cheyenne, Wyoming); Clara lane
(Mrs. Edward Garis) died April 18, 1888; David, of Pellefonte, Pa
Note- Mrs. Breisch heli)ed the Boyer historian very, very much. Chil-
dren: E;iura (Mrs. Frank .V. llolliday, Laramie, Wyo. ), Piuh T., I\ll-
wood R., Susan Marie, David. (k) Daniel Eroh married Caroline
Thom[)S()n, or Thomas. Children: Ellen, Henry, of 1700 .\nita I'lace,
Florencita Park, Los Angeles, Cal. Daniel Eroh married again. Chil-
dren, Clarence, etc.
CHAPTER LXXIX— Page 500. B (i) (a) George Boyer son of
Charles Boyer and wife, Seipt, was born 1854 in IMontgomery Co., Pa.
Address (1916) Peoria, Ills. Railroader. Married Mary A. Riegel. Chil-
dren : W^alter F. Boyer, of Reddick, Ills. ; Francis Boyer, of Montana ; Ar-
thur Boyer, of Delevan, Kansas ; Irene Boyer (Ferris), of Scottville,Mich.,;
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Charles Boyer, of Fairbanks, Alaska; Glailys, Anna, and Harold, of
Scottsville, Michigan, (b) Samuel L)oyer was born 1856. Lived at Wil-
sey, Kansas, since 1884. Died Jan. 1, 1916. Farmer. Methodist. Married
Anna Himmel. Children: Charles, William, Laura, Ida, John, Clarence,
and Nellie — all of Wilsey, Kansas. (_c) Susanna Buyer, born 1859, mar-
ried Louis H. Weiss. Adopted children: Mildred, and Arthur, of Red-
dick, Ills, (d) Edwin S. Boyer was born 1864. .Vdtlress (iyi6) Red-
dick, Ills. Evangelical Church. Married Emma L. Unz. Children: Ed-
na, Laura, Howard Viola, Mildred, Victor, Ruth, Esther, Zula, and
Lois^ — all at Reddick, Ills, (e) Mary A. Boyer, born 1867, married
Charles Rieke, of Kingsley, Iowa. Merchant. Children: Mrs. Edna
(Johns), Anan, ClitTord, Lloyd, (f) Ida Jioyer, born 1870, married Ed-
ward Unz. Farmer. Children : Mabel, Nellie, Edgar, (jertrude, William,
Charles, Irma, and .Mvin — all in Reddick. (g) Frank S. Boyer, born
Jan. 17, 1872, is a farmer. Address (1916) Reddick, ills. Evangelical.
Married Clara E. W^eis. No children. NiUe — He helped the historian,
(h) Flla Irene l)Oyer, born 1874, married Martin Hertz, a farmer, of
Lawrens, Iowa. Children: J'aul, .\mos, Charles, and an infant son.
CHA1'TI<:R LXXXV— Page 507. Through Dr. Arthur A. IJoyer,
of East Orange, N. J., we now know that Jacob Boyer was Ixirn in
Hagerstown, Marxland, March 13, 1789, and that he may be buried there.
He (lied. b\M). 17, 1875. This geograiihical fact makes it i)ractically certain
that I'e is the grandson of Jric<.b ll()_\'er, son of 1'liilip r>'i)er, at bottcan of
page .J70, and that llierefore he belongs to the Wirk County r>o)ers, Cliap-
ter 27. Chiidnu of Jacob and Lucy Boyer: Mary lUizabeth, George \V.,
Micah Louis, Theodore Cliffrjrd, Mortimer H., .Vmanda J lelen, John
Franklin, Henr\- Milton, Jacob iM-ancis, and Barton Cincinuatus. I 'age
508. C (2) iM-anklin D. Boyer died Nov. 7, 1915. C (3) Eugene il.
Boyer died May 27, 1914.
CHAPTER LXXXVI— Pag-e 509. B (7) Israel IJoyer was born
in Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1839. Methodist. Enlisted in Co. G,
141st Regt. N. Y. Infantry, Aug". 10, 1862. Discharged with regiment
May 8, 1865. Dej^t. agent for B. and S. R. R. twenty-seven years. Mar-
ried Sarah A. Taft, Oct. 31, 1869. Only child: Anna E., born Oct. 24,
1870. She married William E. Pack, of 58 Ellen Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Her son: William I., born April 16, 1896.
CPI AFTER CL — Page 515. Samuel Boyer was the son of George
Boyer of Chapter 50 Page 516. Samuel R. Boyer is at 1601 Derry
Street, Harrisburg, Pa. (1916).
CHAPTER LXXXXVIII— Page 518, near top. Plerman Henry's
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address in 1916 is 672 Jamaica .\vcnue, and L.ouis Hewer's, 74 Covert
Str., iirooklyn.
CHAPTER CVIII— Page 525. C (1), near middle, line 4. James
Boyer's daughter, Eeora ]iO>er Davis, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, is the
daughter of James liowyer ('son of Steijhen) and can report fully on
her people. Note — Her uncle, General Eli Boyer, is n(jt named in the
list, hut is also a son of John Bowyer (C) 1. This chaiUer helongs to
Chapter i, page 23.
CHAPTER CX— Page 526. Through Charles Newton Boyer, of
Waverly, Ills., and his hrother, John C. l>o\er, ui Centerville, Iowa, we
can now construct Chapter no prety coniijletely. It must he headed
HENRY BAYER.
This man came from North Germany, and settled near Winston-Salem,
North Carolina. There is a tradition that he was a soldier of the .\mer-
ican Revolution. Wife's name not reported hy correspontlents. Chil-
dren: Joseph Boyer, Robert Boyer, perhaps others. B (i) Joseph Hoyer,
son of Henry Boyer and wife, was born near Winston-Salem, N. C, in
1780, moved to Neetsville, Adair Co., Kentucky, where he died i8y(y
Baptist. Farmer. Married into the "Neet" family. Children: William
Boyer, James Boyer, perhaps otliers. B (2) Robert Boyer also went
to Kentucky and married there. Dr. Scott P. Bowyer, of Taylorsville,
Ills., knows of only one child: J(j:-eph Bowyer. C (i) William ljO}er,
son of Joseph Boyer and wife, Neet, was born at Neetsville, Adair Co.,
Ky., March 21, 1802. Came to Waverly, ills., about 1832. Baptist.
Farmer. Married Sarah Smith, h(jrn March 18, 1802. Children: Joseph,
James, Georg'e, perhaps several daughters. C (2) James Hoycr No
data. C (1) marked B (1) in book. Joseph Bowyer, onl\ son of Robert
Boyer and wife, was probal)l\' born at Neetsville, Ky., about i82o-f8.iO.
Married Jane Ward. Children: Jacob Thomas, marked C (i) in book,
Marv, IMillie, Robert, Reverend vSamuel H., as in book. D (i) Joseph
Bo\er, son of William l)0\'er and wite, ySarah Smith, was born at W^u'er-
ly, Illo , Dec. 15, 1832 ISajitist. Ivirmer at Waverly. Married Malinda
James. Children: Charles Newton, John Cahin, Mary, Id;i, Jessie, Ada.
D (2) James Boyer. h^irmcr. I')a[)list. Soldier in 101 Ills. RegimcnI.
Killed M;iy 24, 18(14. D (3) C-etJrge l)0\'er. Served througli the Ci>.il
War. Baptist. Farn.ier. Killed by his herder 1878, Cambridge, Texas.
E (i) Charles Newton Boyer, son of Joseph Bo_\er and wife, Malinda
James, was horn at Waverly, Ills., Dec. 6, 1857. Methodist. Fanner.
]\Iarried Catharine Mylden. Children: Burleigh and George, .\ddress
(1916) Waverly, Illinois. E (2) John Calvin Boyer. Address (io>(')
JUDGE ISAAC BYERS
Chapter 27. Page 352
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831 S i6th Str., Centerville, Iowa. Born in Morgan Co., Illinois, Oct.
14, i860. Baptist. Carpenter and Contractor. Married Sadie A. Hen-
derson, Feb. 7, 1888. Children: (a) John W., of Centerville, Iowa, who
married Alta Sneede, and had one child, Vivian I\lay. (b) Charles H.
(c) I'aul. (d)Myrtle, wife of Mason John, of Centerville, Iowa, and she
has two children, Carl h., and Earl M. (e) Mae, wife of Carle Sneede,
of Centreville, and she has one child, Loretta May. Note — John \V.
Boyer is a member of the tirm of "Boyer and Son."
CHAPTER CXV— Page 529. C (4), near middle. John Oliver
Boyer died March 31, 1883, aged 86 years, showing that he was born
1797. The children of his first wife, Margaret Teabo, were Oliver John,
and William. D (i) C)liver John Boyer, son of John Oliver Boyer and
wife Margaret Teabo, was born Sept. 27, 1837, at Frazerburg, Ohio, and
died March 28, 1907, at Sioux City, Iowa. Methodist. Superintendent
of Railroad Shops at Sioux City. Married first to Emma S. Green,
Sept. 28, 1857, in Licking Co., Ohio. She died at Boone, Iowa, June 10,
1874, leaving four children, namely, Olen Dick, Ernest, Castallo, Sarah
Eugenia, and Elizabeth. On Jan. i, 1876, C)liver John married Alice
Butler Daw, at Boone, Iowa, and there are four children, namely, May,
Henry, Frank (dead), Clifford. E (1) Ernest Castallo Boyer, son of
Oliver John Boyer and wife, Emma S. Green, was born at Clinton, Iowa.,
June 10, 1854. Address (1916) Spirit Lake, Idaho. Railroad man.
Married first Frankie Clemens, who left him one child, Ethel. Later he
married again, and therc'are three children. E (2) Sarah Eugenia Boyer
was born at Zanesville, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1858. Methodist. Married
John Henry Willey. Address (1916) Independence, Iowa. ChiUlren:
(a) Nellie Ethel, born July 25, 1877, at Atlantic, Iowa. Address (1916)
Mrs. Royal B. Hovey, Independence, Iowa, (b) Henry Raymond, of
Indep-'ndence, Iowa, born May 30, 1886. (c) Horace B., of same ad-
dress, born Nov. 11, 1893. E (3) Elizabeth Boyer was born at Irville,
Ohio, Feb. 9, 1867. Married Ralph Elliott, of Lucedale, Mississippi.
Inventor, painter and decorator. Children: (a) Frank, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., born 1882. Mechanical engineer, (b) Helen, of Lucedale, Miss.,
born 1896. Teacher, (c) Ruth, at home. E (4) May Boyer (of second
wife), single. Address (1916) Morning Side, Sioux City, Iowa. E
(5) Henry Boyer, of Morning Side, Sioux City, Iowa. Wholesale Fur-
niture House. Wife's name. Bertha. No children. E (6) ClifTord Boyer
was born Nov. 8, 1897. Note — Mrs. Royal B. Hovey, of Independence,
Iowa, and her mother deserve much creilit for the foregoing records of
her people. The letter written by Oliver Boyer, the mother's uncle, Nov.
8. i90(;, from Elk Lick, Pa., is most valuable Revolutionary reference.
CHAPTER CXVI
Claim W, File No. 15,!S24, records that John P. Boyee or
Boyea, was born at Pertipue, France, in 1751 or 1759; that he
enlisted from Manheim,, N. Y., as a Private, March 13, 1777, in Cap-
tain Aorson's Company, Colonel Cansevort's 3rd New York Regiment,
and was in the battle of Oriskaniy, and servetl to the end of the Revo-
lution. Married Catharine Rickard, March or May 20, 1780, antl
died Tt Fenox, Madison Co., New York, Sept. 30, 1832. She died at
the srime place June 7, 1838. Children: Conrad, and Ann Fva, born
March 17, 1784, widow of Adan: Snider. J'ension due the soklier was
allowed said children on an application executed Dec. 4, 1851, while re-
siding-; at Fenox, N. Y. In 1852, grandchild Abraham Snider was four
years of age. — From Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
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CHAPTER CXVII
FREDERICK BOYER
The family records submitted by l->r. Robert 1'. Roe, of Pinckney-
ville, Illinois, and Sarah Armor Boyer, of 901 Neal Avenue, Dayton,
Ohio, help us to write this chapter. Frederick Boyer, born 1742, lived
m Carlisle, Pa., died 1806, and is buried there. His y:,-anddaughter,
Sarah A., thinks he must have beloni^ed to the German Reformed Church,
as that was her father's Church. The historian can not find him in the
imnn'grant list, and Sarah A. has no tratlition that he was a Revolution-
c,ry soldier. He may have been both. Alarried Catherine Fry, born
T74(). She died 1817. Children: Alary, Elizabeth, Susanna, .\nn Louise,
and Fretlerick.
B (I) Mary (Polly) Boyer, daughter of Frederick Boycr and wife,
Catharine Fry, married a Mr. Hoff, of Lancaster, Fa. Children: (a)
Margaret (single), (b) Eliza, wife of Dr. Washington Atlee, grand-
lathei of VV. Atlee Burpee, the seedman. (c) Susan, wife of Mr. iiom-
gardner, a merchant, of Lancaster, Pa. (d) Maria, wife of Mr. Reed, a
bankei , of Lancaster, Pa. (e) Frederick, unmarried, a watchmaker,
who died in Cincinnati. B (2) Elizabeth Boyer married a Mr. Hoffman,
of Lancaster, Pa., and died Oct 22, 1842. Children: (a) William, (b)
Frederick, a real estate man, of St. Paul, Minn. Left two daughters.
(c) Christian, a prominent Philadelphian, twice married, but children
not known. B (3) Nancy, wife of George Philips, a newspaper editor
01 Carlisle, Pa. Children ; Robert, Isabella, wife of Dr. Hayes, of Hcatts-
ville, Ohio; and a son who went to sea — end not known. B (4) Susanna
died unmarried in Dayton, Ohio, 1847. B,(5) Anna Louise, born 1793,
(.lied Jan. 22, 1818. B (G) Frederick Boyer, born in Carlisle, Pa., 1789.
Married Francis Kiegley, March 17, 1812. Moved to Dayton, Ohio, in
1829, Note — Jacob Kiegley, father of Francis, rang" the Court House
bell in Carlisle, Pa., when independence was declared. Frederick Boyer
died March 15, 1861, and his wife, Frances, Aug. 31, 1849. Children:
(a) Catharine, born Dec. 15, 1813, married 1831 George Timmonds, of
Mercer, Ohio. Children: Maria (Williamson), William, of Portland,
Ind. (b) Jacob Hoff Boyer, born June 2, 1815, died June 11, 1852.
Lived at Dayton, Ohio. Owned sawmill. Married Susanne Eichelber-
g-er. Children: .Adelaide (Taylor), and Sarah , both of German-
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town, Ohio, (c) Susanna, born July 22, 1817, married Elias Favorite,
of Dayton, Ohio. Child: Fannie (La Rose), dead, (d) Anna Louise,
born vSept 16, 1819, married Levi Wollaston, of Dayton, Ohio. No chil-
dren, (e) Ann Maria, born Feb. 28, 1822, married Dr. Thomas Sloo
Roe, March, 1841, and died in Pinckneyville, Ills. March 10, 1871. Dr.
Roe died there Oct. 12, 1873. Children: (i) Charles Henry, born Feb.
24, 1842. Married Harriet Vashti Jones, Sept. 16, 1866. (2) Robert
Castle, born March 5, 1844. Killed at Fort Donelson, while a member
of Co. A, I2th Ills. Vol. Inf., on Feb. 22, 1862. (c) Frank Melvin, born
Aug. 24, 1849. Married Mary Rushing. Address ( 1916) 5245 Cates
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. (f) John Frederick Boyer, born March 9, 1828,
m Dayton, Ohio. Methodist. Tinner. Married Lucretia Swain. Chil-
dren: Anna B. (Mrs. Lewis), of Hillyard, Oregon; William Boyer, of
Portland, Oregon ; Rev. Arthur Boyer, of Braceville, Trumbull Co.,
Ohio. Presbyterian, (g) Francis Elizabeth, born Jan. 20, 1826. Metho-
dist. Married Samuel Cain. Children died in infancy, (h) George
Philips Boyer, born Nov. 11, 1831, in Dayton, Ohio. Presbyterian.
Bookeeper and accountant. Married Lizzie Goodman. Children : Clara
L., Sarah Louise, Mary G. — all of 901 Neal Avenue, Dayton, Ohio ; and
Charles F. Boyer, of 158 East Bethune Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, (i)
Sarah Armor Boyer, born in Dayton, Ohio, June 4, 1833. Address
(1916) 901 Neal Avenue, Dayton, Ohio.
Children of Charles Henry Roe born Feb. 24, 1842, and wife Har-
riet Vashti Jones, (a) Fannie Gertrude (Mrs. Henry G. Maasberg),
(b) Jennie Jones (Mrs. Thomas L. Wallace), (c) Hallie Maria, at
home, (d) Robert Boyer Roe, of Pinckneyville, Ills. Born Nov. 27,
1873. Married Fannie Wilson. Children : Fannie Belle, and Harriet
Vashti. (e) Charles Henry married Sarah Deane Wilson. Child: Wil-
son Roe. (f) Dr. Thomas Hamilton Roe, of Kemerer, Wyoming, (g)
John D. Roe married Opal Bell. Child: Charles Bell Roe. (h) Zoe Inez,
(i) Ernestine.
Chldren of Frank Melvin Roe and Mary Rushing, (a) Clara, (b)
Fannie, (c) Eva. (d) Fred, (e) Bessie (Pree), of St. Louis, Mo.
Child: a son. (f) Edward, (g) Thomas. All at home, 5245 Gates
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
CHAPTER CXVIII
JACOB BOYER
This chapter may reahy belong to Chapter 3, but will have^to take a
separate place until the connection can be proved. Reckoning from the
date of his son's birth, we think he was born about 1770, or earlier. His
grandson informs us that this Jacob was born in Pennsylvania, and that
he moved to Tennessee. If James Bo}er had coimected this statement
with Jacob Boyer's father, it would have identihed him with Jacob Boyer
B(3) page 31, Chapter 3. Jacob Boyer, of this chapter married a Miss
White, of Pennsylvania. Children : Lewis Boyer, perhaps others.
B (i) Lewis Boyer, son of Jacob Boyer and wife, White, was born
at Newport, Tenn., April 6, 1802. Moved from Newport, Tennessee,
to Missouri about 1840, and died 1893. Baptist. Married Rebecca
Cowherd, of North Carolina. Children: James, Joseph. Note — The
name "Lewis" belongs to family of Jacob Buyer, Chapter 3. See page
18, list of Revolutionary soldiers, "American Boyers."
C (i) James Boyer, son of Lewis Boyer and wife, Rebecca Cow-
herd, was born in Missouri about 1845. Baptist. LInion soldier in Civil
War. Address (1915) Hartville, Mo. Married Elizabeth Caffee. Chil-
dren: Lewis R. Boyer, Silas Boyer. Frank Boyer. C (2) Joseph Boyer
was /)orn about 1835, and died Dec, 1915. Christian Church. Union
soldier in Civil War. Married? Children?
D (i) Lewis R. Boyer, son of James Boyer and wife, Elizabeth Caf-
fee, was born about 1866 in Missouri. Baptist. Merchant. Address
(1916) Llartville, Mo. Married. Children (6): Two girls and four
boys. D (2) Silas Boyer, of Hartville, Mo., born alx)ut 1869. Baptist.
Farmer. D (3) Frank Boyer, of Webster, Texas, born about 1872.
Baptist Farmer.
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CHAPTER CXIX— Perhaps XXVII or LIV
'I'his clKiplcr muloul^L'dl)' bclonj^" to one of the earlier I'oyer l;i;iiilies
in Ha^teni i Viinsylvaniu, perlKips Chapter 54, hut caimol he ideiitilied
without special study Nicliolas Boyer was horn \pril 17, i/^jS, perhaps
at Rr;.\h()rouf^-h, and is huried on the Morris Ceuielery I'lioenixvihe, I'a.,
where lie died .March 9, 1870. Lia]>tist. Cooper at ironworks. Married
Sarah Savage. Children: Noah, Jedin, Xenas, Elhannon, lOiza \nii,
Davis (died young ).
1; (i) Noah Hover, son of Nicholas 15oyer and wile. Savage, was
born March 3, [S30. Died young at rhoeui.wille, I'.i. I', (j) John
Boyer, horn August 17, [831, lived at 1 'hocnixville. Soldier in Ci\'il
War, 150th Regt. Killed at C.ett)shurg, Ta. P.aptist. Married Ahary
Reinhartl, daughter of John Reinhard. Children: ThonUoii !'>., 1 >.ivid
E., Nicholas, John, and Sallie. li (3) Xenas lioyer was ]>orn April 17,
1833. Baptist. Ironworker. Married Sarah Van Horn. Children:
Sallie, Emma, Annie, Samuel, and John. Note — Samuel and John are
both unmarried. John is dead. Samuers address (i')i5) is 258 Wal-
nut Street, Bhoenixville, I'a. Watchman at I'arkersford. V> (4) Elhannon
Boyer, l)orn June 18, 1835, lived in I'hihi., Pa. Hcjtelkeeper. Married
Sarah Downing. Children: Genevieve (dead). Elhannan, of Ehila., I'a.,
is married. Edmund (no data). !> (5) Eli/^a Ann Bcjyer, horn June i,
1838, married John Berry (soUlier). Address (1915) 256 Male Street,
Phoeiiixville, Pa. Here the historian visited her. Children: Mary Eliza-
beth, wife of Elorace E. Vanderslice. Children: Lewis and \'era Verne.
C (i) Thornton 13arnes Boyer, son of John I'oyer and wife, Mary
Reinhard, was born ( )ct. 19, 1859, at I'hoenixville, I'a. E[)iscopalian.
Railway mail clerk. Address( I9[5)940 8th Ave., Marion, Linn Co., Iowa.
Ifc is "a recognized authority of music and nuisical instruments." See
''Musical Truth," 1914. Married Ella C. l^ailey. Children: Thornton
Bailey, of Marion, Iowa ; John Cedric, of San Franicsco, Cal. ; Theodore
Ross, of San Francisco. C (2) David E. Boyer, born Oct. 19, 1859
(twin with Thornton Barnes), is a telegraph operator. Address (1915)
2255 .\Jorth Mei-vine Street, Phila., Pa. Married Miss Murray. Chil-
dren: John, Walter, Dora, Stanley, Joseph. C (3) Nicholas Boyer, born
Sept. i860, is a bookkeeper. Address (1915) Darby, Pa. Methodist.
Married Emma Boyd. Children: James, another boy, and three girls.
C (4) John Boyer, born Sept. 1861, is a traveling- salesman. Address
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(1915) Gainesville, Florida. Baptist. Married Elsie Lawrence. Chil-
dren: Lawrence, Clarence. C (5) Sallie Boyer married John E. Brnn-
ner, ol' 11-14 Chestnut Str., Reading-, Pa. Children: (a) Julin E. Brun-
ner, of 1532 Hawk Str., Reading. Born Jul)- 19, 1879. Telegrajjli op-
erator. Married IJllie Rocktassel. Children: Ruth, Marie, Helen, (h)
How.'ud Rceser Briunier, of 5.13 South lyY^ Str., Jveading'. Born March
10, 1H83. [llacksniith Married Agnes Sheirer. Children: Margaret,
Ethel, A'icjla, livclyn. (c) Arthur Grant Urunner, of 222 0;d. Str.,
Pottslown, I'a. Tclegi-;iph operator. I'.orn Oel.22, 18S5. Married Maliel
Mal7l:crger. Child: John. (d) Walter Raymond Brunner, of 1524
J'erkiomen Ave, Residing, Pa. IUmmi M;irch 3, 1888. Machinist. Mar-
ried l'']orence Schult. Child: (hant. (c) Clarence Ihunner, of iMicks
Ecjcks, Pa. I'.orn Nov. 17, 1889. Telegraph operator. Married Edna
Werner. Child: Paid, (f) llaroUl Lewis P.rnnner, of 1224 Muhlevdjerg
Str., Reading, Pa. Machinist. Married Nora Wells. Child: Verna.
(g) Earl t>o\er lirunner, born May 28, 1895. .At home. Time-keeper.
Sinp-le.
CHAPTER CXX
Note — This chapter seems to belong to Chapter 3, 4, 6, 7, ii, or 12.
R ( I ) John Boyer Hvetl in Oley, Pa. Farmer. Reformed. Married
Catherine Noll. Children : Harriet, Eliza, Morgan, Catherine, John,
Sarah. B (2) Samuel Boyer died single in Oley, Pa. B (3) Joseph
Boyer, a farmer, lived at Blufton, Indiana. Farmer. Married. Children :
Annie, wife of Zacharias, of Indiana, and perhaps others. B (4) There
may be other brothers and sisters of John, Samuel, Joseph.
C (i) Harriet Boyer, daughter of John Boyer and wife Catherine
Noll, lived at Womelsdorf, Pa. Potter. Four children moved to Iowa
and Missouri. C (2) Eliza P>oyer married Fred.' Snyder, of Pinegrove,
Pa., and left two children: John, of Nebraska, and Ida. C (3) Morgan
Boyer lived in Tamaqua, Pa. Evangelical. Carpenter in mines. Mar-
ried Lucy Strasser. Children: Benjamin Franklin Boyer, of Tamaqua,
Pa.; Belle, James, of Tamaqua, Pa.; Alice (Mrs. Charles Hadesty), of
Tamac|ua, Pa.; Elmer (died unmarried). C (4) Catherine Boyer (Mrs.
Lewis Christ), of Pinegrove, Pa. Children: Adaline (Mrs. Samuel
Shrom), of Pinegrove, Pa.; Salome (Mrs. G. W. Stahl), of 1616 Wil-
lington Str., Phila., Pa.; Eliza (Mrs. Hugh Livingston), of 329 Lawrence
Str., Phila., Pa. ; Fannie (Mrs. M. E. Seidel), of Hamburg, Pa. Children:
Edna (graduate of K. S. N. S. at Kutztown, Pa.) ; Warren. C (5)
John Boyer died, leaving children, who are all dead. C (6) Sarah Boyer,
(wife of Lewis Henry Legler). Children: (a) Louise, of 827 North
4th Str., Reading, Pa. Note. — She gave the Boyer historian the fore-
going data, (b) Caroline Legler, (Mrs. Horace Wolf) of Jonestown,
Pa. Child : Leon L. Wolf.
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Chapter 43, Page 430
CHAPTER CXXI
CHARLES BOYER
Through Mrs. Pearl Boyer Allen, of Seattle, Washington, and her
grandaunt Mrs. Mary Stout, of Burlington, Kansas, we know that
Charles Boyer was a potter in Pennsylvania. Moved to Stark County,
Ohio, and then to DeKalb County, Indiana. Lutheran. .\ very good
man. Mrs. Stout calls him "German," which would indicate that he, or
his parents came from Germany; but Mrs. Stout may mean "l^ennsyl-
vania German." At this time it is impossible to locate his Pennsylvania
home. Married Kitty Swan, of Virginia, whose mother was first cousin
of James G. Blaine. The father died young, leaving two children : Ezra
Boyer, and Mary Boyer (deceased).
B (i) Ezra iioyer, son of Charles Boyer and wife Kitty Swan, was
born October, 1842, probably in Indiaan, and died March 29, 1897, in Box,
Butte Co., Nebraska. Attended Oberlin College, in Ohio. Taught school
in L'.diana. Unusually fine penman. Quite a musician — pkiyed the
violin, and the organ. Lived in Auburn, Indiana, where he engaged in
business. Spoke German lluently, but his wife says he used to claim
French blood. Blue eyed, dark hair (nc^t black), sandy beard and light
eyebrows. Married M. A. Childs, in Holt Co., Mo. Oct. 27, 1872. Chil-
dren: (i) Henry Allen Boyer, born in Craig, Mo. June 22, 1874. He
died at Denver, Col., Nov. 22, 1906. Connected for years — about twenty
— with the Grove and Prior Glove and Hat Company. (2) Esdras O.
Boyer, was born June 26, 1878. Address (1916) Denver, Colorado.
Connected with the Harry A. Post Company — Hardware. — Married
Emma Henry. (3) Pearl Boyer, born Feb. 25, 1881. Teacher of piano,
voice, and art. Married L. W. Allen Attorney-at-law. Address (1916)
206 Harvard Avenue, Seattle, Washington. Note — She deserves the
gratitude of her people for her sense of historical responsibility. The
chapter might belong to chapter 120.
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CHAPTER CXXII
BOVER
It is very likely that i1k> J lovers of this cluiiiter Ijclong- to one of the
earlier ehapters uf I Vt.ii'-_\ Ivania r.o)ers, such as ii, 12, 30, J2. or several
others whose earlier reiires^uialives the hihioriaii lias lu/t heen ahle to
follow. The forehear oi this chaiiler eaiue to 1 'eiiii-.) Ka.nia from T.er-
maiiy, according to traditions latel> gathered hy Mr. lamest l{. liuyer, of
WinniiKg-, Canada. .\nd from the fact that Ernest E. Boyer's grand-
father,J olm Iloyer, was horn in iSoo, we know that his (lennan fcreljcar
musi have heen horn ahout 1740-17(10. lie may have taken part in the
American Revolution
r> (1) Peter Boyer, son of this German forehear, was l)orn in Penn-
sylvania, and died in DeKall) County, Indiana. It is known that there
were brothers — perhaps sisters. The family lived in Stark Cuunt)', Ohio.
Childr-en of Peter Boyer, or a Ijrother: John, Jacol), Adam, Jo-eph,
Plannah, and a sister.
C (1) John Bo\er, son of Peter Boyer, or a hrother, was horn in
Stark Co., Ohio, 1800. and died in Stenhen Co., Indiana, i<SC)i. ]\Iarried
Sarah Reinhart, born in Stark Co., Ohio, 1S07. Children: David, John,
Harman, Louisa, Mary, Martha. C (2) Jacob Boyer. C (3) .Vdani
Boyer. C (4) Joseph Boyer. C (5) Hannah (Mrs. Kei)pler). C((V)
Mer sister was Mrs. Pritchard. Note — All horn in Stark Co., Ohio.
D (i) David Bo}er, son of John Bo\er and wife Sarah Reinhart.
was born June i, 1825. in Stark Co., Ohio, and died 18S9 in Minneapolis,
Minn. Methodist. Doctor. Married Catherine Ruuyan at Onincy,
Michigan, 1850, or 1851, moved to Fondulac, Wisconsin, 18(19, and to
Minneapolis 1879. His wife died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1903. Episco-
palian. Children: Celia (Mrs. H. M. Hamilton, of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa), born in Steuben Co., Ind., Feb. 1853, and Ernest E. Boyer, born
in Steuben Co., Ind., June 6, 1855. Address (1916) 193 Furby Street,
Winnipeg, Canada. Married Selina Marlton, of Winnipeg, Feb. 17, 1896.
No children. A financial broker. Episcopalian. Note — This man is
doing his best to record his people. D (2) John Boyer, son of John
Boyer and wife Sarah Reinhart, was born in Stark Co., Ohio. Address
(1916) Coldwater, Michigan. D (3) Harman Boyer, born in Stark Co.,
Ohio, died in Williams Co., Ohio, June 5, 1910. Married. Children:
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M. D. Boyer, of Eldon, Williams Co. Ohio ; I'lin Boyer, of Eldoii, Ohio ;
Sarah ( ^irs. William. Egleston, of Albion, j\lichigan, died Dec. 1902) ;
Theodoria (Mrs. William Foster of Columbia, Ohio, died April, 1894) ;
Adam Bu}er, of jMontgomery, Michigan; l^eunora (Mrs. John Ryan) of
Berlin. Ind.
CHAPTER CXXIII
May belong to Chapter 3.
JACOB BOYER
This man, as Miss Belle Boyer of Tower City, Pa., reports, lived in
Dauphin County, Pa. Married Lucinda Smith. Children: Franklin
Boyer. Frankhn lived at Tower City, a miner, Reformed. Married
EUzabeth Stutzman. Children: Minnie (Mrs. George Tschopp, of
Tower City ) , Belle and Mary ( Mrs. Daniel Grim, of Tower City) . Three
children.
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CHAPTER CXXIV— Perhaps Chapter XXXVII
JOHN BOYER.
This man lived at Sharon, Mercer Co., Pa. First wife was Miss
Garrett. Children: Ann (Seaburnj, Esther (McDowell), who afterwards
became Mrs. Henry Shafer ; Sarah (Hathaway), John Boyer (unmar-
ried), and D. Daniel Boyer. 'The father's second wife was Mrs. Reagle.
Child : Henry Boyer.
B (i) Daniel Boyer, son of John Boyer and wife, Garrett; died
June 7, 1900. First wife. Miss Butler. Children: Four, but only John
is living. The fathers second wife was Rebecca Sholleberger, whom he
married March 18, 1856. Children: Stephen L., Samuel S., Rosa
(dead), Amanda J. (Wilson), W. C. Boyer, M. E. (Shafer), D. Daniel
Boyer, Jr., C. T. Boyer. Note — They live in Sharon, Pa., or near by.
Address (1916) Boyer and James 4 Penn Avenue, Sharon, Pa.
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ADDENDA
TO
AMERICAN BOYERS
BY
REV. CHARLES CLINTON BOYER, Ph. D.
1918
ADDENDA
CHAPTKR l—Pa^^e u. C (5) Luke Hcjyer, son of Colonel William
F>oyer and Margaret Lewis, sIkjuIcI be Luke 1 Kur)- liovv)'er. iulucated ui
Washington and Lee University. ( )ne of Luke llenr\'s ^ons was Thoni-is
Ikjwyer, soldier in the War of 181 j. lie married Xancy I raig, Innn and
reared in Montgomery Co., Virginia. Children : I ) ( 1 ) Charles A. liowyer,
wh(i married Mary C'rockett, of Wythe Co., \'a.. luil left no children.
I) (2) John ll(nvyer, D ( ,^ j Uohert Craig l'(nvyer, I) (4) William K.
Howv.er, I) (5) Thomas l>(jwver (unmarried), 1) (()) ."^alinda, 1) (7) .\nn
l"'rancis and I) (S) Catherine (unmarried). Kcjherl Craig llowyer D (3),
son (jf Thomas ISow.yer anil Xancy Craig, was horn l'\'hruar_\- 13, iSnj,
and de])arted this life February 7, jSijS. h'armer. I 're-^byterian. Ke-
sided in Montgomery Co., Va. Married Xanc)- .\l. ( iuuler. C'hildreu;
L (i) Thomas L. Bowyer (deceased) k. ( j ) Luke II. llowyer, 1^ (3)
K'ichard M. liowyer, S (4) k'.dward llammetl, \\ (5) (()) (7) Luc\' Ann,
l-~mily Susan (deceased) and Alellie (ileceased). Luke Iknr)' Li)W)er
li (2), S(jn (jf Robert Craig liow^ei^ and wife, Xancy M. Cunter, lives at
Riner, Va. Married Mary .\nn Lucas. Children (i) Alinnie C, nf
N'inton, Va. ; (2) Lucy C, of Richmond, \'a. ; (3) Crace )., (jf h'reeman,
W. Va. ; (.[) I'dorida M., of Cdirisliansburg, Va. ; (5) Xannie l^., of Rincr,
Va. ; ('6j May V., of Chri^liansllurg, Va.; (y) h^dward Houston, of
\'inton, Va. ; (8) William .M., of Liner, Va. ; (ij) I'.ugcne IC, of Liner.
Va.; ( 10) iMhel V. and ( 11 ) Jnhn II., bodi at home. Richard M. l^)o\vyer
\\ (3), S(;n of R(jbert I'raig 'lujw }cr and wife, Xancy M. Ciuiler, married
Mary Rader. Children: (1) l\e\'. I'.lbert I-. l'.ow)er. of lM■ie^, Va. ; (2)
Josei)h I', llowyer, of Radford, \'a. ; (3) k'.li/abcdi L., and (4) Mellie
'Mrs. Croger), bodi of Radford, \'a. lulwaid I lanunell llowyer \i (4),
son (;f Robert Ci^aig l!(nv)er and .Xancy M. Cunter, was born Aug- -7.
1856, in Montgomery C(j., Va. draught school a number-of years, l-'ine
l*enman, as the historian, who has two line letters trom him, wishes lo
repcjrl. k'armer. AddresN ( iyi8), Riner, Va. Married Mary .V.
Carrett, of Christiandung, Va. Children: (i) Llanche, born July 12,
i8()2; (2) luniata, born June 3, 18(^4. When the mother died, he married
Mary IC Harman, of Radford, \'a. Cdr.ldren : (^3) C'yndiia k.ois, born
/\j)iil 15, 1902; (.[) Lillian LxjyLl, born cJct. 14, i'jo3; (5) Roljert Stanley,
born Aug. y, 1905; (o) lulward flanmiette, born Jan. 2, Ujo8 ; (7) R<iberl
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Craig, born June 20, 1909; (8) Rudolph, horn Sept. 25, 1912; (9)
Marvin Harold horn Scj)t. 23, 1915; (10) Alary Ruth, born Jan. 5, 1917.
Footnote. — OliiiiHei- V. 'li) (;!), pag-e liG. Altoiiiij- John Howyoi's thr.e .suns are
serviiiK in the U. S. Ami)', nanuly, First UeiUinanl Hulicil T. Howyer, ("'oui-lnto' H.
an 1 Itobi'il Ijce. K (ij) 10iu;rne Howyi-i- has two sons scfvinK, iiainL'ly, First Lluu-
lenant iOuj^one CartiM- Hell and C\)i-|)Oial l''ar]t;y Htll. TVic former was married to
Alary nolle tool hcloie lut sailed to Fiance. Hulierl T. Rovvyer married VirKioin
AVills.
CHAPTl'.R IV— Page 86. Near middle. K (i) Henry Boyer was
horn March 1, 1799, and died Jan. 15, 1845. Prominent man. Market
Commissioner and Migh Ctnistahle. Married IMary Rudy. Children;
Mary, Annieta, William and Reuben (or Rudy). Henry Poyer's second
wife was Esther Rcxlenhach (not (Lehman), horn Jan. 28, i8i,)8. She died
A{)ril 2, 1854. Children: Henry, a painter, who died in Reading; luiima,
idtout whom there are no data, and Amos \V. Page 107. 1'' (6), at bot-
tom. .Amcjs |jo}er was born June 12, 1841, in Reading, I'a., and died
there Se])t. 14, 1916. luilisted in Union Army April 17, 1861, i)rivate Co.
D. 15th Regt. Pa. Vols.; in 1863, Co. G, 20th I'a. Regt., as Third
Sergeant. Married Sarah Jane Rambo, who died July 7, 1913. Children :
Ceorge 11., and h^-anklin Ira (died in infancy). Ceorge H. Boyer was
born Dec. 12, 1863, ^"'1 resides at 120 West Oley Street, Reatling, I'a.
Married Virginia E. Haines, born April 23, 1808. Children: (a) Marie
Sarah, born March 5, 1891, and married to Williard Ziegler, residing at
1032 North Fourth Street, Reading, Pa. (b) Rosetta Haines Boyer, born
Jan. 8, 1893, married Dr. Jesse R. Wanner, of Kutztown, Pa. They reside
at Nanticoke. Md. Children: Elizabeth Helen and Jesse R. Page 117.
E (5) Lulu Boyer (Mrs. Henry H. Kleft'man) resides at 5315 KenuKne
Avenue, Chicago, 111. Child: N:na Alice, born May 28, 1910. Rev.
Claude 1'',. Hoyer married Isabel Valentine Ilenning, of Piano, 111., Sept.
27, 1911. Address (1917), 120 (Jak Park Avemie, Oak Park, 111.
CHAPTliR V--Page 128. D (10) Angelina Krebs Boyer married
Rev. h'rederick William Dechant, Se[)t. 24, 1846. He died March 14,
1888. Children: Sarah Rebecca, William Henry, Calvin Micliael,
Adelaide I'dizabeth. \i (1) Sarah Rebecca Dechant was born May 2,
1S48. E (2) William Henry, born Jan. 3, 185]. Married Dec. 15, 1885.
Rebecca Catharine Ilagman, born Nov. 27, 1858. Architect. Children;
(a) I""rederick Hagman, born Aug. 31, 1887, is a graduate of U. P. in civil
engineering (1910). Associated with father in Reading office, luilisted
in Engineers' Corps, 1917. (h) Miles Boyer Dechant, born Jan. 10, 1890,
is also a U. P. graduate in engineering (1915). Pie is also serving in
I'rance. (c) Mary .'\ngeline was horn Marcli 31, 1893, aiitl .Sarah Letilla,
July 27, 1S99. E (3j Calvin Michael Dechant, horn June 24, 1855.
Married Oct. 18, 1887, Lucy Clewell, born Dec. 19, 1855. Civil engineer
in Florida. Address (1917), Pinellas Park, Florida. No children. E
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(4) Adelaide Elizabeth Dechant, born Oct. 2.2, i860. Man-icd Oct. 16,
1884, Edwin Chamberlain. Address (lyi/), Fox Chase, Pa. She is a
graduate of the Keystone State Noniial School, Kutzlovvn, I'a. I\lr.
Chamberlain is a civil engineer. Children : (a) Lewis Boyer Chamberlain,
born July 22, 1885. Died July i, 1917. U. 1*. graduate in civil engineer-
ing. (])j Robert Dechant Chamberlain, born May 9, 1888. Died March
14, 1890. iJ (7) page 128. Hannah IJoyer, wife of Dr. Sellers, left live
children, only one of whom grew up, namely, Calvin Theobald, born July
2, 1843. He died Nov. 24, 1877
CHAPTER VI— Page 164. Near top. E (5) Mary Ann I'.oyer
was born April 3, 1817, near Geigertov\n, Jjerks Co., Pa. .She married
David Hughes, at St. Mary's, Pa., Dec. i, 1836. He died July 2r, i85(j.
She died Aug. 18, 1901, and is buried at Pottstown, Pa. Children: (i)
Elizabeth, wife of Christian AukjIc, of Warwick, Pa. Children: Cath-
arine, Mary, Jane, Matilda. (2) William Montgomery. Mellu)dist.
Earmer. Address (iyi6), Warwick, Pa. Soldier in Ci\il War. 101 st
Regt., C(X D. Married Angelina Boyer (deceased). Children: Mary, of
Progress, Pa.; Amy, wife of Jacob Devans, (jrantville. Pa.; Sarah Jane,
wife of Mr. Rudy, Progress, Pa.; Thomas, of Cireenwich Street, Reading,
Pa.; Robert, of Warwick l^a. (3) Thomas B. Hughes, born Jan. 24,
1840. Lutheran. Civil War, loist Regt., Ccj. D. /Vddress (1916),
Pinegrove, Pa. Retired railroader. E.N.-burgess. Children, Ivy b.lton,
wife of Rev. C. B. Schncder. i\ddress (191(3), Shamokin, Pa.; Sarah
Hannah, wife of Lyman Eegley, Phiegrove, Pa., and Dorcas, wife of h'arl
Martin, Pinegrove, Pa. (4) Mary Ami ilughes married Levi .Stein.
Children: Jtjhn Stine, a puddler, of Pottst(nvn, L^a., and Levi Stine, of
Pottstown, Pa. Parents are both death (5) Robert Plughes, aildress
(191O), Pinegrove, Pa. Carpenter. IJ. li. Church. Married Adelia
Stine. Children: John, Le\i, Thomas and Martha, all of l^inegrove. Pa.;
Charles, of Lebanon, i'a.; Howard, Malilda, lr\in and l''.sther, all of Pine-
grove. Page 158. E (3) Benjamin E. Boyer's children: (i) Amelia,
wife of C'harles Bellhorn, N Avenue, Chicago, 111. (2) Alice, wife of
iM-ank Merk, 213 South Chicago Street, Jolliett, IH. (3) (ieorge W.
Boyer, 113^ Iowa Avenue, Jollietle, III. Married Anna Mayer. (4)
William. Page 169. Ella Boyer V (5). l-'ull name was Ella Elizabeth.
She married Phineas Wilson. Address (1917), West Chester, Pa. R d
Daughter: EHie. Page 169. E (1) (Ieorge M. Boyer's children: (i)
Virginia Boyer, married to Mr. Miller, Coatesville, Pa. (2) John lioyer,
Cui)ola, Pa. Married. (3) iulna Boyer, of Wilmington, Del. (4)
Blanche Boyer. (5) Haines Boyer, of Cui)ola, Pa. Page 169. E (4)
Charles E. Boyer married Ruth JMaddeii. Children: Erank, Edna, Helen,
Rebe.
AMERICAN BOYERS 5
CHAl^TER VII— I'age 179. Mary Elizabelli McCahon (not Mc-
Malion) marrictl Hoiiry T'urkholder. Children: (i) Mary II, married
Saniuel Leiper Taylor, an attorney. Her adilress (1916), 53 ILssex Av-
enne, Lansdowne, I'a. Children: Eleanor Laird Taylor, Saniuel Leiper,
Robert Cray, Edith Alex. (2) llcnryy Alex I)nrkholder. Address (1916)
200 Majile Avenue, Lansdovvne, Pa. Married Rerlha i'owell. Cliild :
Henry Alex.
CHAPTER VHI— Page 184. C (7) Andrew Beyer came into
Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa., in 1802. Pie laid out his farm
for the town now known as Iloneyhrook, and dcjnaled land for tlie tir.st
])uljlie sehools there. I) (1) l^lizabeth P.eyer. Born 1797. Died 18O5.
Daughter of Andrew Beyer and lilizabeth Kulp. Married William Buch-
an.an. Children: M (1) Sanuiel Ijuchanan. Born 1818. Married Har-
riet Morgan. Children: F (i) Elizaljelh (Parker), Julesburg, Colorado.
E (2) William R, LTnionville, Wyoming. E (2) Anne (died in infancy).
E (3) Andrew Buchanan. liorn 1821. Married Hannah Pierscjl.
Children: F (i) I'.lizabeth (Silliman), J-^ (2) 'hVances (Reel), E (3)
David William, F (4) Elorence (Cloud), of Philadeli)hia, Pa. 1-: (4)
Reliccca. Born 1824. Alarried J. C. Davis. ChiUlren : E (]) I^lizabeth
(Hornberger), V (2) Mary (Landis), (jf Coatesville, Pa.; E (3) Ida
(Markward), E (4; b'rank, of C(jates\ ille> J'a., and Charles. E (5)
Sarah. Born 1826. Married G. M. Wagoner. Children: F (i) l^ank,
of Lancaster, Pa.; E (2) I^lizabeth (Crube), of Iloneyhrook, Pa.; 1'^ (0)
EJ.izabeth Buchanan, born 1828, married C. B. hlumnierfelt. i'^ (7)
William Buchanan, born 1830. Married .So[)hia luhyards. Children:
I'" (I) Laurene ( IlutchiuMJU ), 1' (2) hdia (biggee), b" (3) lunm;i
(Stettler). b". (8) James Buchanan. Brjrn 1833. Married Rachel
Supjdee. Children: b' (i) William, of 1 lone}'bro()k ; b' (2) I>elle
(Arters), of Honeybrook ; b' (3) John, E (9) J. Westley Buchanan.
Born i837. Married and died young. Children: E (i) J(;seiih, of
Elverstm, Pa.; E (2j others. Page 197. In addition to the hve children
of Sanuiel lieyer and wife, as recorded, relatives ha\e reported Harriet
(Craham) and Sabina (Piatt).
■ CHAPTER IX— Page 218. E(i) Samuel Boyer's children: (1)
Lottie married Samuel Ziegenfus, of Delaware Avenue, South Ik-thlehem,
Pa.; (2) Hattie; (3) Samuel, of .New Jersey; (4) Howard, of Phila-
delphia, Pa.; (5) Ilarry died single; (6) Clayton, of New Jersey. E (3)
Stephen Boyer's children: ( P) Mattie, married but is dead; (2) Matilda,
wife of J. E. Anders(jn, of Tithn Ave., Eiudlay, (). ; (3) Roger, of Alabama.
E (5) Christina's children: Morris, Harley, Steward, of I'abnerton, Pa.,
and Emma. E (6) .Susannah married 'Scpiire Kindt. Her address is
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lo Garrison Street, Bethlehem, I'a. Children: (i ) Carrie, wife of H. A, }
Cruver, Seidersville, I'a.; {_') h'.dna. wife of Cuy Clinton, ))rofessor of j
chemistry, University of I 'liilipjtine Islands; (3) Howard, of 40th Street,
Mew "S'ork, married 15ertie Sict^fried ; (4) Alary, i'age 220. (1 (2)
near to[). I'rofessor Sylvester IJoyer. Address (1918) State Agricul-
tural College, Corvallis, Oregon. His brother. Rev. Jonas William Hoycr,
pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Conway, Arkansas, has the f(jllowing j
degrees: A. 15., A. M. and 11 D. Married lAalyn K. Hornback, cjf '<
Rensselaer, Rio., June 8, igUj. Address (1918) 102 L(.icust Avenue,
Ccjnway, Arkansas. Brother Rev. b^lmer Timothy Boyer was granteil
the degree of B. D. May, 1918, by Louisville Theological Seminary,
Kentucky. Address ( 1918) 109 East Broadway, Louisville, Ky. P)rolher
Clarence Emmanuel Boyer, in training" at Berea College for Presbyterian
ministry, is in the L^^. S. S. Navy, serving his country. Sisters : ( 1 ) Rosa
marrieil Charles (jant, of Huntington, IMo. Christian Church. (Jne --hild, ,
Trula Fern. (2) Anna Amelia married W. T. Courtney, of Palmyra, j
-Alo. Page 242. Bottom. V {2) h'rancis D. Boyer married Mildred |
Stiles. Children: Ruth Plelen, Ijorn June 24, 1915, and Jane k'rances, '
born July 24, 1917. Home address (1918) 515 East ALiin Street, lirad-
f(jrd, Pa. Page 12. Near bottom. G {2) William W. \joyer. Born ;
Alay 22, 1896. Married Carrie K. Reidler, daughter of John Reidler and i
wife, Orwigsburg, Pa., Oct. 29, 1917. Like her husband, she is Lutheran.
He is ser\ing his country in France at this writing. Page 243. Near j
bottom. Thomas P>reisch resides (191 7) at 517 Line Street, ILaston, Pa. i
L'age 2^^. [i (3) Joseph Boyer's lirst wife, Mina (not Mamie) (ilick,
(led when her son Byron was about two years old. Children: J'' ( i ) i
Alarv C. Iljyer. liorn 1853. Married C^eorge Chandler. Adtlress ,
(1918) Lola, Kan. No children. P^irniers. i' (2) William 1-'. Boyer. j
^Vddress (1918) La Harpe, Kan. h^armer. Born at Carlisle, Lid., in i
1856. Married Myra 'J'rumbull. Children: ti (ij I'dsie married Mi". !■
IJarker, a machinist, of La Harpe, Ind. G {2) J'dva lioyer married Dana
.Anderson. Address (1918) Moran, Kan. G (3) Edna married Frank .
Barker. Address ( 1918) La Hari)e, Kan. Ci (.j) P'rank IJoyer. Single. |
(i (5) William Boyer. G (6) George Boyer, all at home, h' (3) Byr(jn
PTanklin Boyer. JjCjrn at Carlisle, Ind., in 1858. l^tiscopalian. .Ad-
dress (1918) Anamosa, Lnva. Dealer in farming implements tor the \
Liternational PLu-vcster Comjjany. Married Margaret Ta)lor. Chil- j
dren: (i.(,i) Clarence ]^oyer. Born it^^2. Address (1918) 1418 A '
.-Avenue E, Cetkir Rai)ids, Iowa. Pdectrician in U. S. Navy f(jur years.
Railway mail clerk last ten years. Alarried Bessie Soi)er. No children. |
G (2j Earl Boyer. Born 1887. Address (1918). 419 Secontl Avenue K, !
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, k'or eight years recorder of Jones Co. Single.
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J'lanager of 1 1;ids(jn Motor Ccjiupany, C'cdar Ivapids, Iowa. Wlien Miiia
<Jiick (lied Jose[)h r.O}'or married Mary Kramer. He ih buried at llum-
ooldt, Kan. Euihcran. ChiUlren: ( "i (ij Ida Buyer. Married C. V.
Scymore. l'\iriiier. Addres.s (1918) I lumboldt, Kan. There is one
cli Id. ("1 (j) Wlutney Jioyer married and resides at lola, Kan. Fai'mer.
(j (3) l^dwaril Iio)er married and resivles at Ka llarpe, Kan. I'\armer
(i (4) l>onisa lioyer married William Martin. J'armer. .\ddress Hum-
boldt, Kan. G (5) Curtis l*o)'er married and resides at i'^nlield, J\an.
I'armer, (i {b) Claude lio}'ei- is single. Address (1918) liumb()ldt,
Kan. Ivarmer. raj,'e 233. K (4) Levi JJoyer's children all li\e in Co-
lumbia, Ind., or that \ieinity.
CIlArTb:R XVI.— i'age 294. F (1) (b) Instead of Noah S. read
Nicholas. Address (1917) 1731 Kiberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, I'a. Mar-
ried Christine Walda. Children: Zella (Mrs. Ral])h IJarr, Kendallville,
)nd.), and b'lsie Izena (Mrs. Kimball, lu I'.ast Rush Street, Kendallville,
lud.)
CIIAI'TIlR XX— Page 305. Paragrar.h 2. 1) (_>) Thomas M.
Poyer died Jan. 2, 1917, and his son, Cieorge 1j., died Ma) 5, 1917. Tlie
sister, who re[)orLs these facts, is iMice lUair l)03er, v\ife (jf 11. W'.dter
Molstein, Helvidere, N. J.
CHAPTFR XXI— Pages 308-309. Addenda to 11 (1) Jacob i'.oyer,
son of Johannes Payer and i\.nna M. Lcrcli, as bubiuitled by an aunt of
Mr. John 1). Weaver. Jacob's children were Susan (AP^. l)a\id liliem),
I.ydia (Mrs. McHose), Petsy (Mrs. Rjnker and later Ahs. Reuben
(dick), Josej)]!, of Saucon, Pa.; Jacob (w hereal)(juts not known); Sarah
Ann (Tdrs. Samuel Weaver), of Weaversville, Pa.; Mary Ann, known a-
"Polly" (Mrs. Aaron Click); Marietta (Mrs. William Milk-r) (.Mr.
riiller, a saddler, leaves descendants in Illinois—Allen, Laura, Marcus and
others), and Pelinda Margaret (.Mrs. iJr. A. li. Sherman), of (hrardxille,
Pa. tr (2). Page 309. Near middle. Josejih l)(j}er had a daughter,
Jane, luarried and living in Ijethlehem, Pa. Her brothers, Josei)h and
C)rus, have been recorded. C (5) Mis. ;\ar(jn (Hick al>o has a daughter.
.\ddress (i9i()) Mrs. (Jrange h'uller, Calasaucjua, Pa. Children: L'harles,
Annie.
CHAPTh:R X.\ IP-Page 313. 1) (3) near botlcjm. John W.
Poyer's son, James H. Boyer, was born at iMuleyville, Pa., May 4, 1871.
Address ( 1916), Monongahela, Pa. Merchant. Presbyterian. M:irried
Sarah lM"ances .Stewart. Children: Stewart Rudolph, born y\pril 15.
1899; John luiiesl, born Nov. 4, 1902; James J''ranci.^, Ixjrn July jy, \\)r.G;
}larriet I'.dna, liorn .Sept. 1, 1910, and .Sarah bdizabeth, born Jan. 1, ii>i3.
$' AMKRICAN B(3VKRb^
CHAPTER XXVII— Page 344. C (3) secjiid parag^i-aph. SanineO
Byer. i^orn Veh. 2. 1806. Married a Miss liartholonicw (not Whitney),
She was the sister of Pliih'[i Hartholoniew, hiislianJ of the annt (;f Ira
PiOyer, of Claremont, Ontario. Sec H (1) second paraf^rapli, pag"e 347,
and make correcti.(jn. One of the chiughters of Samuel Ilyer and wife,
iiartholomesv, is Mrs. Joim Miller, Chiremont, (jnlario. 1) (i ) pa^e 347.
Same paragraph. Ira Poyer (not Pyer). 1) (.() Page 345. Manasse
Poyer died 1914; Henry, his brother, 1917, and the sister, ]£lizabeth, iQio.
Page 348. IC (loj near bottom. Oren Poyer's wife, i'-)la Miller. Burn
1870. Died Oct. 21, 1917- Pag^e 350. 1^ (2.) Rev. David V^ Hyers, of
Sterling-, Illinois. P^assed away about i^jid. His daughter, Lillian, now-
residing- at toi4 Associati(Mi Ijldg'.. Chicago, Illinois, has sent her father's
photograph, and speaks of him with great affection.
REV, DAVID V. BYERS
CHAPTl^R XXX— I'age 361. P. (i) Philip Jiayer, son of Fred-
erick, was a Revohitionary soldier, as affirmed by his grandson, P'rederick
N. Ij(.)yer, of Ha Grange, 111. The historian, judging from Pennsylvania
data, believes this Philip to be the Philij) of 1782 recorded on Page 8()0,
Vol. 7, iMfth Series, Pa. Archives, and listed on page 19 of "American
Boyers." His children, as named by Frederick N. Poyer, were John
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({ wlio settled in South Central Indiana) ; Philip, Jr. (wluj settled in l.dt^af
Co., 111., about 1828 and died there) ; Frederick, horn March 5, 1793. He
'died AjM-il 21^, 1840. Si:e li (3) I'ai^^e 363; Ahraharn (li\ed and died in
Kansas) ; .Solunion (moved from Coles C(j., 111., to i)a\is Co., low a, ahout
1854-5, and settled near Drakcvillc) ; Catherine, known as "Kitty" (Alr^.
Ennis, of Clark Co., 111., near Dolson Prairie) ; Pucy tMrs. Dick) ; lletsy
'(Mrs. Robert Anderson).. Note: l-'redcrick N. Poyer does not name all
the sisters of ]\ (1) page 361. D (i) Plijah A. Puyer, son of Philii^
Boyer and \'^ife, Piimell, married h^mnie /\. ISoyer, widow of iMX'derick
Boyer, July u, 1845, and Pad twtj sons: ['. (1) Rdey Poyer. Porn in
lulgar C(*., HI., March il, 18)7. Married bAaline Sloneburner i\ov. l_',
1874. AdilrchS (1917) Matto(jn, 111. No children. P (j) Joseph P.oyer.
Ihjrn Nu\, 3, 1850, at Kansas, Pdgar Co., 111. Married April 30, 1872, to
Atlanta J. Canij)bell. Children: b' (l ) k.rnest ()., f (2) 1 )rusilla, P (3)
I.eroy, b' (4) Nellie.. The father re.sules (,1917) at Kansas, lulgar Co.,
111. ]) (2) Wilhani Lewis B<n'er, second son of Philip Poyer and wife,
Pinnell, died near Ashmore, lib, about i8go. Children: Son, d;iugiiter.
D (3) Preston Bo)'er, third son of I'liiliji P)oyer and wife, Pinnell, was a
soldier C(j. II,. 791!) lib Vols., Civil War. D (3) iaicy Aim, daughter oi
Philip Poyer and wife, Pinnell, married I'eter Kankler. There were chil-
dren. D (4) Ann JuUe, daughter of Philij) Boyer and wife, I'innell,
married Jackson Smith in lulgar C(x. 111. Idiere were children. I) (5)
lane, youngest daughter of Philip B<jyer and wife, Pinnell, married Wil-
son, of bddorado, Butler Co., Kan. D ( i) JoVm Ke^^ter Boyer, son of
b'rederick Boyer and wife, Naomi Kester. Born in (Jldham Co., Ky., Oct.
18, 182U. Merchant. Died at La C.range, lib, xMay 8, igil. Buried at
Kansas, Julgar Co., 111. Married Rachell Pinnell .\ug. 31, 1843. ("hil-
<lren; E (t) lulward Pinnell P.oyer. Born D.'c. 0, i^^n. Accidentally
shot and killetl Sejit. 19, ii'>y2. He was married to Labella Steele> Oct,
21, iH(>). Children: b' (i) lulward bAerell Boyer. liorn J;m. i, 1871.
JMarried J-)ec. 29, 1892, antl resides in Charleston, Coles Co., 111. b" (2)
Leona Boyer. Born Sept. 27, 1872. Married Harold Basler, Nov. 7>
.1894. Address (1917) Indianapolis, Ind. P (2) Dru.silla A. B(»yer,
daughter of John Kester Buyer, was lK)rn Jan. 8, 1855. .She married J.
H. McGrew, Dec. 10, 1872. Child: Myrtle. She married Charles
PAgley. and after his death M. B. Watt. .Xchhess (1917) La (irange, III.
The mother lives here, too. 13 (2) Willi.im l-'rederick Boyer {see C (3 I
I'age i'')^}, second son tjf bVederick Boyer and wife, Xaonn Kester, was
born in lulgar Co., lib, Nov. 7, 1829, and died .\ug. 14, t898. Merch:un,
banker, Charleston, lib He married Ann Arterburn, Nov. 6, 1857. who
died Jan. 21, 1881. Children: I''. (1) Marietta Buyer. P.orn .Vug. 15,
1853. She married Dec. 24, 1872, B. b\ Straley, wlio died May 4, i8y2.
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Their one son is dead. The nKjther res'des at Kansas, 111. E (2) Ar'zoiia
I'oyer. Horn March 3, 185.). Married Albert 11. Hobbs, Oct. 9, i8H..>.
Address (1917) Charleston, 111. C)ne daughter, Anna, born Oct. Ji, locSs,
married and lives in ludianaixjlis, Ind. R (3) Horace (ireely r)Oyer.
l!(;rn March 18, uS()_>. Address (1917) Kansas, 111. Married May 4,
J892, to Lena 1 loog. No children. 1{ (4) I'.iidie lk)}er. 15orn l'\'b.
19, ]865. Married Charles 1". .\cholY, Nov. 15, 1888. Li\es in New
Jersey. No children. V. (5) Helen, daughter of second wife, Isabella
jeitries, lives in Flora. 111. 1) (3) Tresb}' I'olytlius I'.oyer (see C (3J,
l<age ^\()^), third S(jn of h'rederick I'.oyer and wife, Naomi Kester, was
born Nov. 18, 1832. Soldier. 'Jduee}ears in Co. 11, yi)lh lllin(3is. llon-
orabl) discharged as h'irst Lieutenant. Married jemima (ioodman, who
died in 1902. C'hildren : 1[ (i) Mansa married John Mills, and after his
death Mr. lialentine, who died in i()i(). N(j children, ller atldre>s
(1917) Kansas, ill. 1^ (2) W'illi,-^ \V. I'xjyer, son ofd'resby 1'., was born
June 2(j, i8()2. He married July 25, 1893, Jessie L. Haltock, who is now-
dead. Children: L ( i ') b'.mmett T., V (2) C'harles William and R (3)
1 helma ( !ene\ieve. Address of father and children (1917) Ashmore, 111.
I'. (3) I'.mmett l'>o\'er, son ol I'resby I', and jemima, was boi n i8(rj and
died Sept. I, 1889, unmarried. N(jte: I'resby 1'. Ijoyer, falla-r of !'. ( i)
(2) (3). marrietl again. Address (1917) 1321 6'./' Slreel, Terre Haute,
Ind. I) 14 ) I'rederick' Nathan Loyer, son (jf h'l'ederick l'o\er and second
\\ife, hanuie .Ann Kester, was born July J^, 1840, in lulgar Co., 111.
/\ddress (1917) La Crange, 111. Stock shipiier. Lnlisted July 28, 1801.
lie was i)romoted l() sergeant, second lieutenant and first lieutenant, lie
declined a captaincy twice. Honorably discharged Jan. 14, 1866, after
four years antl (jver live months, and was engaged in twenly-four battle^.
The llcjyers owe him much f(;r the line records he has subm-tted to the
hi^torian. lie married, Sept. 12, i8(j6, Sarah A. Wiley, at Kansas, 111.
Children: E (i) (2) tniy Arlinglcm and (ient:lli^ka A., who died )'oung.
E. (3) Elora T., born b\'b. 2u, 1874. She married Ivoliert Mann, July 29,
1904. Address (\<)\y) La (jrange, 111. Chikl : Martha. Horn Aug. 20,
190^^. l'^ (4.) Kale Wiley l'.(.)yer. I'orn Dec. 28, i87(j. She m;irried
ledediah Homer, a grain merchant, June 14, J899. Address 09'7)
Law renceville, Lawrence Co., 111. No children. E (5) Margaret Louise
I'.oyer. Horn Dec. 4, 1889. Single. Address ( 1917) New Haven, Conn.
Assistant Superintendent Orphans' Home. D (3) near end of second
paragraph. Solomon Ci. lioyer, second son of Solomon Hoyer and wile,
Matilda Shaw, married Cynthia Parish. He tlied May 29, i()ii. Chil-
dren: E (1) Matilda (Mr.^. Swaim, Moravia, Iowa); 1", (2) h'. A. I'.oyer,
Centerville, Iowa, R. D. 4; E (3) 15elle (Mrs. Wallace, who died at
Grand Rai)itls, Iowa) ; 1^ {4) Silas M. lloyer, who died near Mountain
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Gi"0\e, Mo., alujiit fi\e }ear.s ayo. His uciiIr-w, Rev. S. II. Ijoyer, ui
Alountain (Irene, .M(j., could give details. After the c'eath of his first
wife, Solomon (1. lloycr married Sarah j. lUirns. Children: E (5) i\lrs.
O. G. W oodward, uijw of Alora\ ia, Iowa, L(jck I'ox 75. She was horn
.^c;it. 25, 187J. i\lanied Mr. Woodward at Rcick l\a|iids, Iowa, (une 24,
ii'93. Children: (1) llairy Iv IWirn Ala)' u, 1^04. He married I'earl
l'"unhln)nscr, I'Yh. jy, u;i8, and is ruiw at Del Rio, Texas, in the arm\',
,^i3th Ca\-alry, 'I'roo]) C. ( _• ) l.e-!ie I'l. I'-oni iMay j6, 1898. luilisied
in C:i\'alr)-. (3) /\ j^ii'l horn A|iril 15, 19(10. who heeanie a talented mu-
sician, d'cd May 25, ji;i8. (4) ilarley 1^. I'.oi 11 May 19, 1904. (5)
\v'cHingion M. Horn Ainal 23. 1909. ((>) h'rancis A. lujrn May 5,
1911. F, (6) Mrs. II. L. Whicker was horn Sej.t. 2. i^ji). Address
(1918) Jasj.er, Mo. Children: (7) All at home. E (y ) hdla Royer.
Rorn I"eh. 7, 1879. Marr'ed j. C. Critldlehau,f_;"h, July 7, 1901. Addre.-iS
(1918) Mora\ia, Iowa. Nine children. J.. (8) luij^ene Royer. Rorn
Jul}' 3, 1882. Rives at Cnion\ille, Iowa. There are three children. I)
(4) \'''/il!'am Ilenderson R)0\-er married Nanc\' h^. . No children.
Tile sister, iCmil}' C'allierine, married John N(;]and. C (10) [Kiye ji)_^.
!\ev. Ahraham Roser, S(.>n of I'hiliii I'over and secontl wife, was horn
about i8cj7 and died in 1871, as ie[iorted l>\ 1 )r. TIkjiikis .V. lioyer. his
^rand.^on. Came to Rdgar Co., 111., about 1828, from Kentucky. Min-
ister ol the "Christian"' C hureh ( nisciides ), widely and fa\orahl) kno\\ n.
"\'a.rried Harriet Shaw, sister of Solomon Ro3-er's lirst wife. Children:
\) (I) I'll. lip, a farmer, whose ehildren were Stephen A. Houj^iass Ro)er
(now decease<!), hanil)' \'., Jack.^oii and Miles, as reported b) 1 )r. Thomas
.v. Rioyer. 1) (2) Andrew Jackson Royer, wlu) died siiiyle. \) (3) Jtjhii
Idetcher R(r,er, whose ch'ldren are Rafa)etle (now deceased), \^i<-la (de-
ceased), Rosa (Mrs. \\ ilhoil, (j1 K;insas, 111), I'err)' ( deceased ), Charle.s
(decea.^eJ), Ida (deceased), Hattie (deceased). Nole : ddie liislori;in
wrote to Mrs. W'ilhoit, but has no repl)'. I) (4) l'"rank R>o\er, a farmer,
whose children, as Dr. Thomas A. Rxjyer re|>orl^, are ilerick ( ). Ro\er. of
I'aris, Ilk, and Clara (Mrs. R) inan Arterburn), of Kansas, 111. The his-
torian wrote to Herick Rxjyer, bul has no reply. D (5) Rev. Christopher
Columbus Royer. Alinisler in C'luirch of Christ's Disciples. \ er\ able
man. Rorn li^^y in I'.d.^ar Co., 111., and died there ujK*. Children: I''
( I ) Helene V. (Mrs. O. O. Williams, of 1 lume. 111.) IC (2 i Rev. Thomas
-Alexander Royer, D. D., of Richmond, Cal. He is a Chri.siian ininisler of
great ability and has been called the most iniimlar and lorcible lecturer m
the West. R<jbert J. Rurdette rectMiimeiided him in the highest terms of
jjraise, and he has been compared with Tahnage both in thought and si\le.
Among his most popular lectures are "The New ReiKiissaiice," "W h.ii
dime is It, and Where Are We?" "IV^'ular h'allacies," " I'he White ^^lan's
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Fnirden," "Measure fur Measure." "The Tomorrow of America." E (3)
Dr. Jephthath S. Boyer, a physician, of Sacramenlo, Cal. E (4) Alia
("Mrs. Alex Marica, of Francesville, Tnd.) !■: (5) Minnie (.Mrs. AIcLin
Bandy, of Columhus, Mo.) K (0) Tro lessor I'-dward E. Boyc-r, (jf
h'ureka, III., a minister and fme man. 1'^ (7) Dora (Mrs. Edward
Whinrey, of Muncie, Ind.), and E (8) Ollic (Mrs. Victor Raredin, of
I'aris, HI.) Note: The historian tried t(j get into connecti(jn with Dr.
Boyer for a complete record of his people, hut has not succeeded. D (6)
(ieorge W. Boyer, a farmer, vvh(jse children are Eeroy, Eee and Rehecca,
hut of whom the historian has no records. D (7) Thomas Jefferson
Boyer, a farmer, v\ho was still living in 1^17 at Kansas, HI., hut the his-
t(jrian has not been able to secure a letter from him.
CHAPTER XXX II- -Page 374. Third line. Professor Eyman
PVemont Boyer (not Bowyer). Address (1917) West Plains, Mo. Page
380. D (i) Eyman I^-emont Boyer (not liowyer). D (2) Jerome W.
Boyer (not Bowyer). Page 380. D (1) near top. Eemrncju S. Boyer--
two m's in lirst name, i'age 401. Same C(;rrecli(jn to he made. I'age
379 C (2) Kate (Amelia C.) Boyer Smith tlied h'eh. [u, 1917, and is
buried in Woodland Cemetery, Da) ton, Ohio, and her brother, Daniel W.
Boyer, died Jan. 27, 1917, and is buried in hdd(;ra City Cemetery, i'age
380. Third paragrai)h. D (2) Jerome W. lioyer (n(jt Bowyer). Mar-
ried Nellie Nethery, May 1913.
CHAPTER XXX IX— Addenda, page 2O. Attorney John K. Byers,
\Varrensburg. Mo., writes that the note to ijage 415 sIkjuIcI make Conrad
Boyer the head of the chapter and that wherever his name (jccurs it should
be s[>elled lioyer. He also says that the descendants of Andrew Boyer
and J<jhn Boyer, scjns of Conrad Boyer and Margaret Kiel, are known as
Byers, have written it Byers for nunc than si.xty years, and do not want
any other wa}'. Addenda, page 26. B (i) Ixjtlom jKiragrajih. keport
of Mrs. Irene Boyer Smith, 2329 Ashland Avenue, India.napolis, Ind. C
(.1 ) Adam Boyer, fourth son of Peter P>oyer and ih-st wife, was born
Sept. 10, 1815, and died Jan. 15, 1897. Member of U. B. Cluirch.
Farmer. Married Rebecca Houlton, January, 1838. She was born Aug.
5, 1813, and died Aug. 10, 1892. Children:
D (i) Elmira, born Oct. 8, 1838; died May 17, 1906. Wife of An-
drew B. Duncan. No children.
D (2) Balis Ham[jton I)(jyer, born April 17, 1840; died June 30, 1908.
I'armer. Married (March 10, 1861), Susan Oberlin. Children: 1". (i)
Warren Jerome l'>o\er. Address (1917) Hamilt(jn, .Steuben C(j., Ind.
Farmer. Married (Oct. 4, 1882) Ida Bell Reese. ChiKlren : ¥ (i) Clyde
Reese Boyer. Born x\ug. 23, 1893. Died Oct. 14, 1894. F (2) Gladys
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Audra Boyer. Born Aug. ii, 1895. Married (Sept. 19, 1914) to Loren
Aldrich. F (3) I'lioebe Elizabeth. Born June 15, 1901. F (4) Cleo.
Born July 18, 1904. Died Aug. 6, 1904. F (5) Lisle ( )nier. Born May
0 1910. E (2) Mary Minnie Boyer, second child (jf Balis Hampton
Boyer. Born Dec. 24, 1863. Married (Feb. 10, 1S91) iNIartin Sniurr.
I'armer. Address (1917) Butler, Ind. Children: F (1) Minnie Smurr.
Born June 11, 1893. Married (April 7, 1916) to M. E. Ault. V (2)
Dessie Smurr. Bcjrn Sept. 20, 1895. Marrieil (April 12, 19I(j) tu George
N. Rimer. E (3) .Vdam ]). Ikjyer, third child oi P>alis Hamptcjn Boyer
and wife, Susan, was born (Jet. 20, 18OO. Farmer. Address (1917)
lielmer, Ind. Married (Sept. 21, 1887) Blanche Conrad. Children: F
(I) Lirace Boyer. Born Jime 13, 1888, Married ( I'Y'liruary, 191)0)
Carl Eeas. Farmer. F (2) Ealph Boyer. \'>on\ Sept. 12, 1889. Mar-
ried (November, 1915) to Delphi Martin, h'armer. I' (3) Bruce H.
Boyer.' Born Nov. 26, 1891. Farmer. F (4) Ruth J. Boyer. Born
Dec. 22, 1893. Married (hV-bruary, 1915) to ()ra Ijowcrman. F (5)
Bertha J. B(jyer. Born Jan. i, 1895. F (6) Ruby M iicjyer. Born Nov.
24, 1898. F (7) Naomi Boyer. Born Nov. 1, 1900. V (8) Amy D.
B(jyer. Born May 11, 1905. F (9) Merritt D. Boyer. B(jrn March 19,
1907. E (4) Francis Marvin Boyer, fourth child of Balis Hampton Boyer
and wife, .Susan, was born Oct. 28, 1872, and died Oct. 28, 1891.
D (3) Mary Ann r)0}er, third child of Adam lioyer and wife, Re-
becca, was born Aug. 13, 1841, antl died Jan. 7, 1906. Married .February,
1862) to Royal J. l^'isk. Cirocer. Children: h!l ( i ) Crant J. I^sk. Born
Aug. 15, 1863, and died September, 1903. Traveling salesman. Married
Mae Boots. Child: George. E (2) Dr. Frank V. [•"\sk. Born June,
1867. Address (1917J Price, Utah. Physician and surgeon. Married
to Allie Vdung. Child: Russel Y. Fisk. D (4) Irene licjyer, fourdi child
of Adam Boyer and wife, Rebecca, was huvu Sept. 26, 1853, in l-'rankliu
Twi)., DeKalb Co., Ind. Presbyterian. Address (1917) 2329 Ashland
Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. I'ine genealogist. Helped historian connect
her people. Marrieil (Jan. 25, 1880) to Archibald Thomp.son Smith. He
died April 6, 1903. Business man. Children: 1*^ (1) Ei^le Archibald
Smith. Born April 22, 1884. Unmarried. Address (1917J 2329 Ash-
land Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. I'resbyterian. Attorney, with oRice in
Meridian Bldg. D (5) Ira Boyer, hfth child uf Adam Boyer and wife,
Rebecca, was born Sei)t. 16, 1855, and died unmarried, Dec. 21, 1873.
Note : Mrs. Smith recalls the names of her father, Adam Poyer's brodiers
and sisters. As she remembers them, they were Susan, Hannah, Clara,
Polly, Ehzabeth (Bet>y), Jacob, John, Peter Michael ami Joseph. She
recalls that Joseph was a half-brother of the rest, and that there were
thirteen in all. She says that Peter died a young man. She also says
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that her Uncle Conrad married a sister of her fallier. Jdiis agrees with
]\lrs. I'Yanklin Spiegel's statement, page 28 of the Addenda, near top, and
identities both Mrs. .Sjjiegle and the Conrad Boyer in question. The record
i.lso agrees with the statement submittetl by Ernest E. Royer, Winnipeg,
Canada, w ritten up in chapter IJ2.-
C'HAl'TER XLI — I'age 422. The records of the Pension lUneau
show, as reported to Miss Margaret Sage, of Kokcjmo, Ind., Jan. 9. 1917,
that John Boyer, son of Johannes Boyer (see B (i) \nige 422) "American
Boyers," was born Oct. 17, i/Oo, at I'alatine, Alljany.Co., N. Y. (See
Addenda, page 30.) He enlisted there September, 1777, for three months.
iMilisled again January, 1780, to December, 1780, and again .Kjiril, 1787,
for nine months. Private soldier under Captain Samuel ( Iray and Colonel
IV'ter Bellinger and under Cainain ( iarret Putnam and Colonel W illelt, of
New York. Battles engaged in: Jolmstown, West Canada Creek. He died
Oct 1.4, i8-,6, in Decatur Co., Indiana. Our records show that his second
wife was Kate Bateman Kramer. The i)ens:on record shows that he mar-
ried her Jan. 2y, 1824, at Brookville, Franklin Co., Ind., and ihat she a[)-
plied for ])ension aged 80, receiving it May 30, 1853. See Addenda, i»age 30.
CHAPTER XLIII. Page 429. li (3) third i)aragraph. Earne.^t
Napoleon Bowyer's daughter, Anna Josei)hine, is now Mrs.' Austin
Thomas Race, of 2232 Oak Street, Jackscjnville, Morida. Active worker
in church, director of V. W. C. A. lirighl and useful vsoman. h'our
cliildren. K (2) i)age 429. Eloise h.rnestine Bowyer, daughter of Egbert
lerome Bowyer anil wife, Madge. Married ( iarland Love Hanley, .\pril
27,, 19 1 7, at W'intield. W. Ya.
CHAPTl'.R XL\\ Addenda, page 34. Mary Wilson, of Central
Cit)', Neb., has two living brothers, James M. Myers, of Petersburg, Mich.,
P. R. i, Box O4, and Andrew B)ers, oi 1435 Mariposa Street, Denver,
C(j1.
CHAPTh:R Ll.-^Jonathan Boyer. Through Dr. Charles E. Spahr,
of York, Pa., a descendant of Jt)nathan Bcjyer, we learn that the latter was
l>orn June 15. 1762; that he died Jan. 11, 1828, and that he is buried al Big
Flats, Chemung Co., N. Y., with others of his family. Dr. Spahr does
not know for certain whether Jonathan Boyer was born in this country or
in Palatinate, Cermany. Nothing of his personal history is known e\cei)t
that he was married to bdizabeth Heckert and that the children were
Elir-abeth, John, Philip, Samuel, William Delanc) , Su.san, Katharine,
Polly and Mary. B (i) Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Boyer and his
wife, Elizabeth Heckeil, did not marry. V> (2) John Boyer, s(;n of
Jonathan Bcjyer and wife, I'dizabeth Heckert, was born \)ci:. 20, 1787, as
Dr. Spahr says he knows from an old (ierman Bible of Johannes Heckert,
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now in possession of descendants. John was married and left the ftjllow-
iny children: William. Harriet and Alary l-'lizabeth. B (3) Philip I'ljyer,
son of Jonathan lUjyer and wife, Elizal»eth Heckert, was horn Aug. 5,
J 791, at F.ig Flats, N. Y., and died Oct. 12, 1836, in Baltinicjre, Md. He
married Sept. 2, 1823, Catharine Klinefelter. She was horn Nov. 25,
i8(Kj, in I'ahiniore, Md., and died Any. 5, 1895, in York, I'a. I'hilip's
children were Klenora, Mary Elizabeth, Helen Adelia, Lydia Klipefelter.
B (4) Samuel Boyer, son of Jonathan lioyer and wife, I'dizaheth Heckert,
was born A\n-\\ 20, 1799, and died Jan. 17, 1879. Justice of the peace and
later a judge on the l)ench at l^lmira, N. Y. He married I'.linor I'.mins,
nee Winans, an English girl. She died Sept. ii, 1855, aged 53 years.
The children were Mary Adelia, Sarah Helen, John Elewellyn, I'.lizabeth
/vrabella, .Samuel Herbert and Sarah (JHvia. B (5) William Helancy
Boyer, snn of Jonathan Boyer and wife, hdizabcth Heckert, married
Mary r.oyle. Children: Elinor, Mary, William, iulward, Charles. 15 (6)
.Susan h(jyer, daughter of Jonathan ljO)Lr and wife, Idizabcth Heckert,
was b(jrn 18(^7. She hrst married Bhilij* \''an Deeren, and there were two
children: I'hilip and Davitl. , iVfter her Imsband's death she married
Mr. Eandis and left a daughter, Elizabeth. V, (7) L'atherine r.o)er,
daughter of Jonathan Jjoyer and wife, h.lizabeth, married Ihjratio ( iates.
Childien: Mary, .Sanniel and Helen. !'> (8) I'olly P)(j)'er, daughter of
Jonathan Boyer and wife, h^lizabeth Heckert, married Jonathan liarues.
Children : Jane, Wallace, James, Jonathan. B (9) Mary lioyer, daughter
of |(jnathan Boyer and wife, I'di/abeth Heckert, married Sohjmon liearil.
Children: Sn'san, James antl lulward. C (i) William B(j}'er, son of J(jhn
Boyer, b(jrn Dec. 20, 1^87, married Adelia WatI■ou^s, Init Dr. S]ialir lias
found no further data. C (2) fhu'riet Uoyer, John's daughter, married
John Kalhbuu. C (3) Mary bilizabeth married CKven liolden and lived
for a time in Haltimore, Md., where Dv. Spahr's mother knew them. C
( 1 ) I'ilenora Bcjyer, daughter of I'hilip Boyer and wife, Cadierine Kline-
felter, was born Sejil. 26, 1824, and died Nov. i, i8«)4. Marrietl Peter
Ahl. C (2) Mary lilizabeth, born Aiiril 24, 1827, married William Suuth^
blich. C (3) Helen Ailelia died in infancy. C (4) Eydia Klinefelter,
lujrn Vc\). 18, 1834, married Michael B. Spahr, born Aug. 20, 183CJ. He
died March 8, 1914. Children: Ceorge Walter, Phili|. \\uyi;i\ k.ertha
Kate, Charles h:dward, Mary bdlen, iManklin and Hattie. C (i) Mary
Adelia Boyer, daughter of Samuel Boyer and wife, i'dinor i:mins, married
David narrower. C (2) Sarah Helen died young. C (3; John
Llewellyn, Samuel Boyer's son, was a lawyer and never married. C (4)
Idizabeth Arabella married (Jrville Harris. Siie died aged jy years, leav^
ing one child, Charles, who lives at bdmira, N. Y, {5) Kev. Dr. Samuel
Herbert lioyer, son of Judge Samuel P.oyer and wile, Idinor himin^, wa.-.
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l;orn at Big Mats, N. Y., and died Jan. 15, 1916. in Philadelphia, Pa. He
was a Protestant l^jiscopal clergyman and served three charges with great
credit. He married Sophia M. Puckner. Address (1917) 1729 South
Broad Street, [Philadelphia, I'a. Children: Herbert Morton, a I'hiladel-
phia lavvNcr of i)romi>e ; Charlotte Belle, wife of Luther S. (ireen, Phila-
delphia, I'a., and Rev. l^-ancis Buckner lioyer, rect(jr of the Church of the
Savior, Boston, Mass. C (6) Sarah Olivia, horn Sejjt. 5, 1831^. Living
in I'hiladelphiaa Pa. D (1) Philij) Boyer Spahr, son of Lydia Kline-
felter Boyer and Michael B. Spahr, was born C)ct. 10, 1858. Lutheran.
Marchant. Married N(n'. i, 1883, to Sarah Elizabeth Smyser. Born
Sei)t. 18, 1858. Address (1917) York, Pa. Their son. Dr. Charles E.
Spahr, of York, is a successful praclioner and has done much t(j hand
down the liistory of his mother's people.
CHAPTER LXV— C (7) page 483. Mary P.oyer, born at New
Garden, March 11, 1825, and married Ahial Nedery, a Quaker of tine
character, and a wheelwright. The family lived at Kennett Scjuare, Pa.
Children (10) : D (i) Anna Louisa, born April 19, 1846, married William
Guest, whose children are Benjamin and Elorence. D (2 ) Lewis Clayton
Nedery, born Se[)t. 28, 1850, married Humphrean Logan, whose son Harry
resides at Avondale, Pa. D (3) Amia Mary Nedery, b(jrn March 2^^,
1852, married Edward Wallace, of Philadelphia, Pa. She resides at 5130
Brown Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Her children are Penrose, of California;
Llarry, of Atlantic City, N. J.; Edvvartl, of i>hiladeli)hia. Pa. They have
families. D (4 ) Josephine Nedery, born Jan. 28, 1854, married William
Baker, of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1871. Their son, Eewis Percy, born May
30, 1876, married Cora Grimes in 1916, and they reside in Philadelphia.
William Baker died in 1883, and Josephine, his wife, married John L.
Anders(jn in 1884, and resides at Delaware City, IJel. No children. D
(5) Ella Jane Nedery, born (Jet. 23, 1856, married l^dwin 1*\ Paul in
1880. Children: L)aniel C, b(jrn Aug. 2, 1881 married Maude Bishop in
1905; Adeline, born Ajjril 18, 1887, lives with UKJther at 5130 Brown
Street, Philadelphia, Pa. D (C) Reese l>oyer Nedery, born April 5.
18G0, is a telegrapher. Address (1918) Stenton, Philadelphia, Pa. Whir-
ried in 1887 to Elizabeth IManchard. Children: Anna, born 1887, mar-
ried Erederick Ramsey, of Abingtcjn, Pa.; luhel, born 1889, married and
resides at 2541 North Bouvier Street, I'hiladelphia, Pa., with parents;
Malcolmn li., born 1892, married LLirriet Painter. He is now at Camj)
Lee, Va. D (7) Margaret Hall Nedery, born (At. 27, 1867, is at home
in California. D (8) Alice Almira Nedery, born Nov. 19, 1869, married
July II, 1888, John Stern Llarlan, a machinist. Address ( 1918) Kennett
Square, Pa. Children: E (i) luirle, born Jan. 18, 1890. He married
April 18, 1914, Katherine H. Perrine, and is chief clerk in a law office,
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I'liiladelphia, Pa. One child, Katheiine Alice, born Nov. 8, 191 S- The
historian owes fine records to Mr. Harlan. Address (1918) 909 South
Cecil Street, Philadelphia, I'a. i'^ (2) Paul Junes Harlan, born Alay 10,
1892, died March 14, 1912, unmarried, li (3) Alice Nedery Harlan
resides at Kennett Scjuare, Pa.
CHAPTER LXX— Probably belongs to Chapter XXVIH. The fol-
lowing data, reported by Harris H. Byer, of 10 Hedger Avenue, Westfield,
I\Iass., would seem to prove this connection: Mr. Byer says: "Thave just
now found Samuel Bayer's will — written in Knglish but signed in (iernian.
This will shows that David is his son." He also says: "I ha\e in my
possession a parchment di^^d of laiul from John hletcher U) .Samuel l>uyer.
blacksuHih, residing in the townshi]) of Conesloga, County Lancaster
( Pa.), a tract of land. The date is 17O5. Then," continues Mr. I'yer, "I
have the statement (jf John Payer and Christopher Hollinger, executors of
the estate of .Samuel Ba)er. Dale 1792. The above John Bayer, 1 prt-
sume, is a son of Samuel. 1 also have," says Mr. Bayer, "a statement of
the indebtedness of David B}ers to Samuel liyers. Dated 1792." Note:
The historian believes that Samuel Bayer, v\ Ik; bought lantl in 17O5 died
in 1792, and the above records prove that John and David are his t\\ t; sons.
These data do not show tliat he had other children. It is just pussii)le that
the Samuel Bayer in ([uestion was the Samuel of Cha[)ier .\XVH1 (third
line), who bought land in 1734 from Amos Streltle in Lancaster Co. If
so, he may have been bron ab(jut 1710, and in that case was S2 \t'ars old
when he died in 1792. When we n(jte that the Samuel liayer of Cli;ipter
XXVHI, born 1725, lived 99 years, the proljabillty is still strc^nger. If the
Samuel I5ayer in cpiestion was the Swiss f(jrebear oi Chapters XXVIH
and LXX, he left at least three children: Samuel, John and David, (^tf
John we have no trace now. David Payer resided in .Adams Co., Pa., and
left a will. In 1839 he deeded 154 acres of land to his son. Christian
Byers. Chapters XXVIH and XXVJl seem to belong together. See
Addenda, page 43. I'urther research is necessary.
CLLVPTLR LXXVH — Cie(jrge W. Boyer (bottom of page 4t>S), of,
Strassburg, Ohio, in 1909, now (1917) of Peach Cit}', (.)hio, thinks that his
great-grandfather, John Boyer, came from Lancaster Co., Pa. Ik also
thinks that descendants of his grandfather's lircjther John may be found at
IX'linance and Paulding, (Jhio, and descendants of Jdiiallian (or Jonas j in
Western Ohio.
CHAPTER— LXXLX— Page 500. Near bottom. 1^ (2) Willi^mi
Bcjyer, born 1831, now died, was married to Catharine Miller, now also
dead. Page 501. P (3) lY^ter Boyer, of Delaware, now dead about three
years, was married to Lena Beck. Children: C (1) Harry Boyer, of
MKr^TUAJ,, OF ?;
(irepnred by Wi
Tr? tbf» (Ifjrlh of laTG^llE Dn.nOYI H on r.<
ntoa^ brf?tbrf>n n% t^« Hnr^ rnrt cllrn'
true and loyol IrlentJ, ci fiynrpeitbetlo
a<1vleor - n losa ffhloh oold print 1«
l?e 1VHS Ixjrn In nqw York City or; Way
'j^llfli t^oy®r| the forror for nony year
idcrt of tbe '"ohool Irinolpels Aesoo
Fr<?JT>cli and Dutohg the In t tor hc'7in(?
prior to tbo Arorloon ^©volution, bu
becmicf), «3 be remarked, "I hrtv© «e
centorn whose anoeBtors twuld not be
1(e was educated in t];e publlo school
Toi'ki Hew Yorlc Unlverwlty end the We
ln^tter of which he tia© rrraduated wit
er yeore, ond, in foct, until i?lthln
ii<f«fl on e.^oellent omr^tour uthlete, wh
snk© ©rd who would never enter Into
KOTed it from the fle>ld of rcftl epor
Vir j'^^'iri'^or C^rvr at V'O 73?' r i.'^ro r.po'
l>oylo, end th©roc<fter he became aeeo
a former rresldent «nd one of the fa
Mr. Royer Joined at Its inoppti^n, ei
ej vnry notlYe iTi<9t!)ber« In 1911 he bo
!jtrF»usf^, Keloh nisd PoycTi of which h(
til his untlrely dorKlee.
He wifso a careful end rep;ouroeful plei
fundnrentnl prlnolploe of the lftiT| ei
« brond end liberal Tlslon, of tinlrap<
r^lthout public notioo or proinlo© of
unate r<errber of the BBr»
I'o.wftC « member of end hctive In the
(Tfin'no Dnltci Fratf?mlty, end ths Onk H
by hie TJldow, fonr^orly Kthol YrooraonJ
end /iup.ene V* I^ye^r, Jr«
f/Kro^rrAi, or niinrr-i^ mx, norm
(frepnred by Jlatlmnlol D.Foloh)
In thf» tlf?nt)i of KUG'liE DD.nOY! n on f ftpteinbor 18, 19J?,8, hla assool-*
r-trsfli^ brethren t\% t^« f^nr. nnd cllrnte euatnlned th© loia of a
tnte (!»nrt loyol IrloncJ, a pympathatio confrere and a moot thorough
f^flTlror - n loss which cold print Is if^ntlrcly tinworlhy to rooord*
1^0 rais born in How York City oj;; f^ay ?1, 1000, fe won of Edrar^'and
'.llfli I'oy^r, the fon-or for mony yeerc? a ©ohool prlnolp©! and pr«B-
idcpt of tli(? .'.'ohool rrinolp?slfi Agisoolntion, Jlla enoecitry waiu
l^Tcpeli and Putoh, Um Intt^r homing mottled in this country long
prior to tbo Ar^rloon nevolutloHj but he never boastfsd of forobearo
becifuwpio, .afs he reraorJfod, "I brtVo ween too ro?>riy proud of their an-
centors whose onoeBtiore would n^^ b© proud of^th©R!»" *
ise was educated in tl © public schools, Collogo of th© City of New
York, Krw York llnlverrdty and the JJew York Law^ J'ohool, from th©
lit-^iter of which h«3 t^p^b rrraduoted with honoro In 1903* In hlfl young-
er ycorp, i>nd, Jt^ foot, until within a jnhort p^^rlod of his doath he
■wBRi nn ©.■»:o0llent nnif^tour p.thlet©, who lovod epbrt only for B|^rt8
snk© BTHl who rrould n@-?er enter Into eny contest which ho f eli ro-
tnoTed It from ttina floXd of reftl sport, >
I' Ir. j-o^jn^'-or cVivr at, t^^o Jlrr ^rtire rpfjnt In t)!?? in?? offlco of Loula F»
l>oylo, end t^oref^itor ho b«^c®m«} eseooleted with Charles Gtreuso,
a forr^or rrcmldr^st «nd on© of tb© fotjn<?ero of this Aseoel®tl6)i,whloh
I'fir,^ Royer Joln^ad nt Its lit^cp?tl6n, and of which ho has elweys, been ,
5)1 v^ry ROtlv© inelrober* In 1911 h® hOQBvn^ o merobor of the firm, of
tvtrrMJs^ Tieloh HTjd Foyer, of which ho continued to b© a partner un-
til, his untlr;®ly dorolsfl!. • •'^' ;'" ' . /
Vq vnei Ri careful end rcrfourcsful fileoder, o thorough etudent of the
funaor^^ntnl princlplce of tic Ifew, and an ind©ft<tlf^ble worker, with
a brond end llb'crs?! Tleton, of unimp^nchoble Integrity, over willing
trithout public notioo or promise of reward to arjelet pny leas fort-
unate Tterrber of Iho Brt> "^
I'o.^'^ftc 19 W'smber of euC hctlv® In th© Uew York Athletic Club, Phi
r,f.n'»nn Dnlto Frat??rnlty, innd tl© OaK Rld^o Golf ^Olub* lie Is ntirvlTed
^\y hie TJidow, fon^orly F.thsil Vroomon, end two «on|i, Wllllain V. Boyer
rv.(\ /iuf»©n© P. Hoyer, Jr« ,•:■'' .-. / J ,
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Lower Delaware; C (2) George Boyer, of Lansdale, Pa.; C (3) William
Boyer, of Wilmington, Del. lunj^loyed in Cox Stove Foundry. C (4)
Dr. Jacob E. Boyer, of Lansdale, Pa., was married to Helen VAy, now dead.
Leaves no children.
CPLMTER XCV— Page 516. Last paragraph. Samuel l^. Buyer.
Address (1917) Lisburn, Pa.
CHAPTER CXXV— William H. P.oyer, born in Baltimore, Md.,
migrated to Fulton County, Blinois, where he died. Married I'diza ).
Collins and left the following children: hdenore, Albert, Henry, Rosana.
B (i) Elenore Boyer, daughter of William H. Boyer and wife, i^liza, born
June 4, 1856, in Fulton Co., PL, married William I'. Boyer. Address
(1916) Strong City, Kan. Children. E. M. Boyer, Kingman, Kan.; J. S.
Boyer, Centralia, Wash.; E. C. Boyer, Wellington, Kan.; Mrs. A. N.
Steele, Halstead, Kan.; William H. Boyer, Strong, Kan. R (j) Albert
Boyer, son of William PL lioyer and wife, Eliza, has a .-on Wesley. B
(3) Henry Boyer, son of William H. Boyer and wife, Eliza, resides at
Ho{)e, Kan.
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